Anyone here know about skydiving?

[Geology Rocks]

Sorry to hear about that. I lost a few close friends while jumping. 100% was from swooping and all could have been avoided.

Great pics trigger happy!

[rondog]

If ya want some stink come talk to my ( now ex Boss). I had a thread up but it died during the crash. Last person to be involved in a fatality here in Colorado and he lived. http://www.coloradoconnection.com/ne...aspx?id=737280

He is still AD and your welcome to come talk to him, Or what is left.

Wow, BOTH canopies deployed at the same time? That's rare as hell, and VERY bad ju-ju. So sorry for the guy that died and your friend/boss as well, but I'd have to say there's a 3rd person carrying some blame as well, for not doing a good pre-jump inspection of their rig. Even us unwashed Okies back in the 80's would look over each other's rigs like monkeys looking for fleas, and sometimes a potential problem WAS found.

[Snowman78]

I'm probably wrong here, but I thought you had to have oxygen to go above 12,500?

Well, I hike 14er's with out oxygen so I think its okay. Unless you mean 12,500 AGL

[Geology Rocks]

Wow, BOTH canopies deployed at the same time? That's rare as hell, and VERY bad ju-ju. So sorry for the guy that died and your friend/boss as well, but I'd have to say there's a 3rd person carrying some blame as well, for not doing a good pre-jump inspection of their rig. Even us unwashed Okies back in the 80's would look over each other's rigs like monkeys looking for fleas, and sometimes a potential problem WAS found.

Bad things do happen, but it makes me wonder what happeneD and if it was use error. Did he deploy the main then have a problem? Did he Not cut away the main and deployed the reserve? I wonder what the reserve repack date was? Did he free fall through the hard deck and have his Cypres fire which would deploy the reserve not taking into account the main? Either way its horrible.

[HoneyBadger]

Well, I hike 14er's with out oxygen so I think its okay. Unless you mean 12,500 AGL

You can walk as high as you want, but there are lots of regs for flying and jumping.

It has been 13+ years since I did any HALO, but...

Depends on the Military or civilian side of the house and how long you are above 12,500 ect.

In a nutshell (civilian) above 15K everyone must be on the hose. Military, crew must be on O2 above 10K and jumpers above 13K.

Above 18K you must prebreathe O2 for 30 minues before depressurizing.

And tons more rules like it.

Sooooo when I said you needed O2 above 12,500.... I was pretty far off. Thanks for the correction and added info.

[Spdu4ia]

Where I jumped in missisippi 14000 was the standard jump altitude, no oxygen needed. For the sunset load they would climb and everyone exits at 15-16 but we didn't hang out up there. I would imaging circling at that altitude would be a bad idea. We were also a little below sea level if I remember correctly.

[Geology Rocks]

Spd...i just out of Gold Coast Skydivers for a bit and went to the Mardi Gras boogie a few times. One of my favorite DZs in the US.

[jerrymrc]

Bad things do happen, but it makes me wonder what happeneD and if it was use error. Did he deploy the main then have a problem? Did he Not cut away the main and deployed the reserve? I wonder what the reserve repack date was? Did he free fall through the hard deck and have his Cypres fire which would deploy the reserve not taking into account the main? Either way its horrible.

Main did not deploy. Pulled the reserve and well, ya know what happens when you take the tension off something? What happened next is still somewhat up in the air but you can be the best bomb De-fusier in the world but try it with a panicked person strapped to ya. Burned in with just a drag.

[Geology Rocks]

Main did not deploy. Pulled the reserve and well, ya know what happens when you take the tension off something? What happened next is still somewhat up in the air but you can be the best bomb De-fusier in the world but try it with a panicked person strapped to ya. Burned in with just a drag.

Got ya. I was under the impression that the main deployed as well as the reserve and they got tangled.

Thank you for clearing that up.

[Robb]

You guys are totally bumming me out here.
What's "swooping?" Sorry to hear about friends lost.