Enrique 0 #1 February 10, 2004 Yesterday, on my Worst Case Scenario calendar: HOW TO SURVIVE IF YOUR PARACHUTE FAILS TO OPEN 1.- Signal to a companion whose chute has not yet opened that you are having a malfunction. Wave your arms and point to your chute. 2.- When your companion gets to you, hook your arms into his chest strap or through the front of his harness, all the way up your elbows. 3.- Your companion should open the chute. 4.- The chute opening shock will be severe, probably enough to dislocate or break your arms. Your friend now must hold on to you with one arm while steering with the other. 5.- If there is a body of water nearby, head for that. * * * Now, why would you head towards a body of water if your arms are broken or dislocated? Wouldn't you rather save your "companion" the hassle of flying you down with one hand straight to your drowning death by becoming a wonderful meat-missle? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
benny 0 #2 February 10, 2004 Repost Never go to a DZ strip show. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Enrique 0 #3 February 10, 2004 Well, I am sorry Mr. Benny Wiseguy, but my post refers to the 2004 calendar, not the 2003! Huh! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeemax 0 #4 February 10, 2004 Phew thank god! i always thought red and silver was a stupid plan... would the instructors listen?? bah!Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cvfd1399 0 #5 February 10, 2004 Sort of on and off topic, I was browsing through the 2004 guiness world records book and seen a few almost unbelieveable incidents. One showed a woman who fell (I think it was) 32,000 feet without a parachute and lived (badly injured). Another was the first reccorded save by a skydiver that caught another skydiver who had what they said was a stuck ripcord , and held on to them all the way through deployment and lannding. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beerlight 0 #6 February 10, 2004 QuoteAnother was the first reccorded save by a skydiver that caught another skydiver who had what they said was a stuck ripcord , and held on to them all the way through deployment and lannding. Just not possible......... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdweller 0 #7 February 10, 2004 > HOW TO SURVIVE IF YOUR PARACHUTE FAILS TO OPEN < I think you would be better off if you pull your reserve. At least this way, your chances of breaking your arms are reduced------------------------------------------------------ "From the mightiest pharaoh to the lowliest peasant, who doesn't enjoy a good sit?" C. Montgomery Burns Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nightjumps 1 #8 February 10, 2004 Perhaps the genius who came up with this plan should do a couple of Mr. Bills. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EdC 0 #9 February 10, 2004 If both of your arms were broken, you wouldn't be able to take off one shoe and shove it up your butt before bouncing just to confuse the FAA. Big Ed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cvfd1399 0 #10 February 11, 2004 http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/ Highest Fall Survived Without A Parachute Vesna Vulovic, a flight attendant from Yugoslavia, survived a fall from 10,160 m (33,330 ft) when the DC-9 airplane she was traveling in blew up over Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic), on January 26, 1972. A terrorist bomb was thought to be the cause, and no other passengers survived. Vesna broke both legs and was temporarily paralyzed from the waist down. Vesna remembers nothing, but later learned that a former nurse, Bruno Henke, saw Vesna's legs sticking out of the fuselage. Bruno cleared Vesna's airways before rushing her to hospital. Three days later she awoke from a coma in a hospital in Ceska, Karmenice. She says, "I was so lucky to have survived! I hit the earth – not the trees, not the snow, but the frozen ground." Strangely, the first words she uttered, "Can I have a cigarette," were in English! Luckily, she suffered no psychological trauma, and no fear of flying. Prevented from returning to her job, she forged a new career in administration. "I was able to fly over the world for free," she says. Her experience has helped her form a philosophical attitude towards life. "I believe we are masters of our lives - we hold all the cards and it is up to us to use them right." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cvfd1399 0 #11 February 11, 2004 It won't show the part I read in the book on the site unless you buy the book but it is in there. Never say anything is not posible. Look at the lady that rode that plane down. Most people would say that is not possible. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beerlight 0 #12 February 11, 2004 Quotehttp://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/ Highest Fall Survived Without A Parachute ." I wasn't disputing the "Highest Fall survived"....the other one.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #13 February 11, 2004 QuoteOne showed a woman who fell (I think it was) 32,000 feet without a parachute and lived (badly injured). Her name was Vesna Vulovic. She fell from 33,330 feet in 1972. She was severely injured. Another man back in WWII by the name of Nicholas Alkemade fell 18,000 feet without a parachute whatsoever and walked away! He twisted his knee slightly and had scrapes and bruises, but other than that he was fine. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nbblood 0 #14 February 11, 2004 QuoteAnother was the first reccorded save by a skydiver that caught another skydiver who had what they said was a stuck ripcord , and held on to them all the way through deployment and lannding. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just not possible......... Ever seen Joe Jennings' "Good Stuff" DVD where Greg Gasson exits holding onto the legstraps of his rig, holds on with one hand, and deploys the main himself, while holding on to the rig? Oh, BTW he wasn't wearing a backup either. I didn't think it was possible either, til I saw that. Now I think it's possible, just not likely. Blues, NathanBlues, Nathan If you wait 'til the last minute, it'll only take a minute. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beerlight 0 #15 February 11, 2004 Quote Never say anything is not posible. Look at the lady that rode that plane down. Most people would say that is not possible. ok, ok! I agree with you Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #16 February 11, 2004 QuoteJust not possible......... Many things are possible that seem like they aren't. Impossible is such a strong word. Who would think you could survive a fall at 33,000 feet and survive? Who would think it was possible to fall from 18,000 feet without a parachute and WALK AWAY???!!! It is possible. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cvfd1399 0 #17 February 11, 2004 Any volunteers there is a case of beer in it for ya lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #18 February 11, 2004 Yeah but I want to be the holder...not the holdee... Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
