Frenchy68 0 #26 November 12, 2005 Drop your weapons and put your hand where I can see them on the avatar! Uh... Where's Krisanne going? "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #27 November 12, 2005 QuoteDrop your weapons and put your hand where I can see them on the avatar! Uh... Where's Krisanne going? How did I get dragged into this sordid mess? "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchy68 0 #28 November 12, 2005 QuoteQuoteDrop your weapons and put your hand where I can see them on the avatar! Uh... Where's Krisanne going? How did I get dragged into this sordid mess? Inserted you mean? "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #29 November 12, 2005 QuoteInserted you mean? It's considered polite to ask first. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchy68 0 #30 November 12, 2005 QuoteQuoteInserted you mean? It's considered polite to ask first. Aiming is not what I do best. Carpet bombing theory: sooner or later, I'll hit something! "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #31 November 12, 2005 QuoteBeen there. Cutaway at 1800'. Pulled reserve immediately. Nothing. Looked RC with end still in the housing. Pulled it out, looked at both pins to see if they were intact and through it away. (Reserve was pulled) Nothing. Rolled over to blow PC hesitation off and saw nothing but blues sky. Rolled back face to earth and thought "Reserve total - guess I'm dead" Waited to hit. I was going to hit off the airport, across the road, behind a small factory building, and in a bulldozed pile of brush and trees. Last thing I would have thought was "I'll go right to the bottom. I wonder how long it will take them to find me." Got opening shock. Checked altimeter, 300'. Looked up to see round reserve. Thought "I'm alive" Looked down and saw I was going to hit a power line. Thought "I'm going to die" Just enough time to turn round 180 degrees, miss line and land in the same pile I was going to hit if I bounced. When I'd done everything I could and I resigned myself to dying it was like a switch turned off in my head. I immediately calmed down from the excitment (panic?) of the malfunction, cutaway and attempts to fix it. About jump 87 in 1981. Prototype SST from 74 or 75 national champion Rainbow Flyers. Worst thing, I did everything right (recognized malfunction, checked altitude, cutaway at appropriate decision hieght, pull reserve right away and stable) and still almost died. The day I decided to become a rigger. *** Click ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #32 November 12, 2005 QuoteAiming is not what I do best. Carpet bombing theory: sooner or later, I'll hit something! Feeling the need to make some joke about the French military here, but it's just not coming to me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchy68 0 #33 November 12, 2005 QuoteFrench military Going commando? Quotecoming to me I thought so. "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vectracide 0 #34 November 12, 2005 You can buy their military rifles online: Never fired....dropped once. ------------------------------ Controlled and Deliberate..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ExAFO 0 #35 November 12, 2005 QuoteQuoteDefinitely aiming for my rigger's van. Yup, that's what I would do... Fuck that...I'd track for my Rigger himself...Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GQ_jumper 4 #36 November 12, 2005 My daddy slapped me for picking my noseHistory does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. --Dwight D. Eisenhower Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
usedtajump 1 #37 November 12, 2005 Terry, I had a similar experience to yours where I thought I was going to die until the round reserve finally opened at 500'. What really amazes me is I got the same sensation that you did that when I realized I was about to die, I just calmed down and it seemed I was suddenly at peace with dieing. Anyone else experienced this phenomenon?The older I get the less I care who I piss off. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #38 November 13, 2005 QuoteWhat would you do if you cutaway and pulled a severely malfunctioning reserve? Aim for the pea-gravel. Or a pond. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydivermom 0 #39 November 13, 2005 Eric Butts had a similar experience. My instructor in Beaumont was actually a witness. Said the reserve finally inflated and they he just flared with all his might, and then rolled around on the ground laughing. Glad to be alive I'm sure.Mrs. WaltAppel All things work together for good to them that love God...Romans 8:28 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydivermom 0 #40 November 13, 2005 Glad you are still with usMrs. WaltAppel All things work together for good to them that love God...Romans 8:28 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vt1977 0 #41 November 13, 2005 QuoteWhat would you do if you cutaway and pulled a severely malfunctioning reserve? Stick my head between my legs and kiss my ass goodbye. Vicki Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hemphog 0 #42 November 13, 2005 Head for the pond.... CANNONBALL!!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Ya we'll rape the local objects, and maybe do some jumps too!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,446 #43 November 14, 2005 I had a friend who was in a similar situation; total on his reserve (a Piglet). He tried turning every which way hitting everything (no Jesus string), and finally was turning on his side because he figured it would increase his chances the most possible when it opened at about 300'. My first thought when hearing that, believe it or not, was "damn -- you should have turned on your back because that's your best chance." It wasn't his day. Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #44 November 14, 2005 Quote...when I realized I was about to die, I just calmed down and it seemed I was suddenly at peace with dieing. Anyone else experienced this phenomenon? Yes.-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #45 November 14, 2005 QuoteQuoteQuoteDefinitely aiming for my rigger's van. Yup, that's what I would do... Fuck that...I'd track for my Rigger himself... That's JUST what I was thinking!! I would hope he could hear me screaming towards him shouting "You sorry son-of-a-bitch!!" at the last minute. But then I'd have to try and remember which one did my last repack... With any luck, they'd be standing next to each other and I'd take 'em both out just to be certain. ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlindBrick 0 #46 November 14, 2005 QuoteQuote...when I realized I was about to die, I just calmed down and it seemed I was suddenly at peace with dieing. Anyone else experienced this phenomenon? Yes. And it's f'ing dangerous as all get out. I was in a bad , bad truck wreck(head on into a concrete culvert at 68 mph) and I had that moment of peace and then I came to the conclusion that I wasn't comfortable with going gently into the good night and put the wheel hard over just in time. Saved my life as if I hadn't, the driver's side floor board would have went like the passenger's side and knifed throught he bottom of the dash. I'd have been a double amputee and almsot certanly would have bled out as it was a good 15 mintues before someone came by and got help. -Blind"If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broke 0 #47 November 14, 2005 PLFDivot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
