clintonradloff 0 #1 November 9, 2001 this post is intended for those only if you want to post how many mishaps you may have had or had.its a post. post on it. only if you want to.wm 25 190lbs 6.1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,995 #2 November 11, 2001 Depends how you define mishap, of course.Personally. I've had five malfunctions, and a sixth (canopy damage) that I should have cut away from but didn't. Four of them were spinning mals. Three were on tandems.Two injuries - one from landing too close to a treeline (canopy collapse from 20-30 feet.) Torn ACL, broken foot. Unfortunately one on either leg, so it put me in a wheelchair for a month. Second was a BASE jump from 250 feet. Off heading opening, no time to flare, torn plantar faschia.Dumbest things were the now-infamous seven-points-from-four-grand four way and solo night BASE jump from 230 feet in the fog (without even a spotter.) I escaped those without injury, but learned quite a bit from them.Worst mishaps I've been a part of were John O'Hara's death (freefall collision on our dive; one dead, one lost a foot) and Harry the pilot's death (he stalled our Cessna trying to dead-stick it back to the runway after it blew a cylinder.) I avoided getting hurt on those by inches. In both cases, I ended up trying to keep them alive until medevac got there, but couldn't.-bill von Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ojf1982 0 #3 November 11, 2001 why do you keep saying "its a post. post on it." Do I sense an attitude?Skydiving is not a sport, it is a way of life!Omar B-24801 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OmriMon 0 #4 November 11, 2001 he added "only if u want to",atleast he's being polite lol Free Skies,Omri A-38593 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E150 0 #5 November 11, 2001 I have had two cut aways, but I drempt them both! Or were they nightmares? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skreamer 1 #6 November 11, 2001 Bill, do you mind posting a link to that essay you wrote about your mate John O' Hara going in? I asked you a while back about that bridge day essay you wrote, and I know the two were on the same site. I can't remember the URL.CheersWill Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mountainman 0 #7 November 11, 2001 QuoteDumbest things were the now-infamous seven-points-from-four-grand four wayDo you, by chance, have some video to go along with some of these things? Especially the above. I would love to see it.Laterz......--------------click me for a good time Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,995 #8 November 11, 2001 >Do you, by chance, have some video to go along with some of these things?> Especially the above. Fortunately, I don't. Some things are better left to fade away.-bill von Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 4 #9 November 12, 2001 QuoteFortunately, I don't. Some things are better left to fade away.Agreed, brother. I have the video of me and Ray Porterfield cutting away from a two-canopy wrap at 900 feet. A line was wrapped around my camera and it is a true miracle that it cleared when we pulled handles. Never thought once to reach down and cut the line with my hook knife.ChuckMy webpage HERE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,995 #10 November 12, 2001 >Bill, do you mind posting a link to that essay you wrote about your mate John O' >Hara going in? http://people.qualcomm.com/billvon/essays/index.html-bill von Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chickenhawk420 0 #11 November 12, 2001 ehmmmmmmm, ehehmmmmmmahhhhhh ahhhhhhhhhh...... sorry just had a mishap on your thread. Don't go in for 30 40 minutes phewey.... :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jumperpaula 0 #12 November 12, 2001 It's not as "mishapped" as cutaways and wraps, but on the last load yesterday, we were on an 8 way going to the last point at about 5,000ft and the guy who was "supposed" to take my leg grip grabbed my hackey...!! Freaky!! I felt the bag come off my back ...weird feeling when your not ready for it! Luckily I was on the front of a zipper and didn't kick anyone. He bought me a case of beer (green bottles) and he felt sooo bad. But, things happen...I was ok ... and I wouldve been REALLY PISSED if it happend at 12,000 instead of 5,000. You gotta be ready for ANYTHING TO HAPPEN when your skydiving! Fly Your Slot ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #13 November 12, 2001 106 jumps...No reserve rides (except a 2 out which doesn't really count) Nothing too crazy. Landed through 40-50 Ft tall pine trees onto the volley ball court (Closer to the beer drinkin area. "I meant to do that") at Raeford. No injuries or rig damage. Dropped a toggle 20 Ft off the ground and never flared once. That hurt! Pretty uneventful skydiving career so far. I'll try and keep it that way! "There once was a man named Enis....."-Krusty the ClownClay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #14 November 12, 2001 17 reserve rides and more torn main canopies than I care to remember.My first reserve ride was on my 45th jump. I was freefall student jumping an Crossbow (Para-Commander copy) packed by another freefall student. After my usual four jerks on the main ripcord (wasn't gutter gear wonderful!), the main pulled me upright, but the wind was still racing past! A quick look confirmed that I would not survive the landing, so I turned my attention to my belly-mounted reserve and the next thing you knew I was hanging under a 24 flat.My second reserve ride was caused by own laziness in not replacing a loose main loop. Another jumper bumped my pin loose on exit and I found myself hanging under a bag lock at 9,000'. I dragged the main bag down to 3,000' then cutaway and opened my 26' Defender. My third ride on a round reserve was the aftermath of someone else's experimental pack job on an experimental canopy and resulted in landing in the wrong country!I also suffered inversions and tore up round canopies owned by both the Canadian and German Armies, but landed them softly anyways.All the rest of my reserve rides were cutaways from torn or tangled first-generation tandem mains. We had so many hard openings and torn canopies that I got a bit too cavalier and landed a few damaged canopies that I shouldn't have.Is that a long and scary enough list of mishaps to satisfy this audience? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #15 November 12, 2001 Geez after Rob's list why bother? I had a couple that were tandem related, which might explain why you'll never again catch me hooking live meat to the front of my harness and jumping with it. My 17th jump with a "real" first timer was a tandem side spin, drogue side down (formerly known as a graveyard spin, this has killed several in the past). Thanks to Ted Strong and Bill Morrissey for developing the recovery technique and Jess Rodrigues for including it in the tandem course I took, I got us out of the spin in plenty of time to deploy the drogue and have a normal canopy opening and landing - but you shoulda seen the camera guy trying to keep up with us! The other was my last tandem - after being told several times to pick up his legs on landing and let me touch first, the passenger put his right one out and took the entire brunt of the landing; broke the shit out of it. Lucky for me it wasn't a compound fracture cuz, as we found out later, the guy had AIDS and didn't bother to mention that fact prior to the skydive... I can't point to any one jump that messed my back up so I don't count that.Oh, then there was the time that I got drug through the aircraft tie down area... fyi, parapac and asphalt don't mix well... pull and flare,lisa Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weid14 0 #16 November 12, 2001 At least you had the sense to turn off your CYPRES Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harro 0 #17 November 12, 2001 dumped at 2500. line over mal. Cutaway with RSL and into a flat spin after reserve was out. Looked up and saw my main wrapped around the lines of reserve. brakes out after getting underneath my reserve at 600 feet. flared and landed with thump!Me hate RSL'sFreemind, freesky, freebeer, freefly, freesex Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christopherm 0 #18 November 12, 2001 I've had two. One was a spinning malfunction on my eigth jump, however, I must admit this was do to poor body position. My second was on my last jump, 22. I was on final and not paying attention to others in my area, someone cut me off and I over reacted by pulling my right toggle all the way down. I dropped 15-20 ft. on my ass. I'm lucky there was no spinal damage, just back muscles. Silly me, I was trying to slide in. I figure I might as well get all the bad stuff out of the way before I get good. -So, how hard is the ground?! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallinWoman 1 #19 November 12, 2001 One cutaway...Mostly just USB...Sort of like UPB (Unidentified Party Bruises), you know, the next day you see bruises and you can't remember how you got them.....Now I just get Unidentified Skydiving Bruises. Battle scars I wear with pride! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pammi 0 #20 November 12, 2001 Shit Paula! I bet that WAS a pretty freaky feeling! Glad you and no one that might've been above you got hurt!Family Photos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pauldrennan 0 #21 November 12, 2001 never been up yetwm 21 200lbs. 5.7 friend of clintonradloff Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #22 November 13, 2001 I got kicked out of a bowling alley... does that count as a "mishap"?It involved skydivers (go figure) and beer (go figure)I ain't happy, I'm feeling gladI got sunshine, in a bag Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #23 November 13, 2001 Skydivers + Beer + More Beer + Even More Beer = End of the Year Video Material A rainy day at the DZ is better then a Sunny day at work Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #24 November 13, 2001 hehe.. I do have the exit interview around here somewhere"You just got kicked out of a bowling alley... how do you feel?"I ain't happy, I'm feeling gladI got sunshine, in a bag Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jumperpaula 0 #25 November 13, 2001 Quote Shit Paula! I bet that WAS a pretty freaky feeling! Glad you and no one that might've been above you got hurt! Needless to say, after two SCR's , the DZ.Com record, a 3 stack and a 3 point 20 way, that premature deployment wrapped me up for the weekend. I was DONE!! Fly Your Slot ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
