BrianSGermain 1 #1 March 21, 2012 Canopy collisions are a danger that we all must work together to minimize. Please sit down and watch this feature-length 45 minute, three part episode of SkydiveRadio. I also invite you to discuss the topic in this thread. We are never done talking about safety. Part One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSB7q_HV-xU Part Two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn-63a02muU Part Three http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esiimgqwuek Happy Landings, BrianInstructional Videos:www.AdventureWisdom.com Keynote Speaking:www.TranscendingFEAR.com Canopies and Courses:www.BIGAIRSPORTZ.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrianSGermain 1 #2 March 21, 2012 You can also listen to the entire show here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/skydiveradio/sr147_05_15_11.mp3 However, there are diagrams and supporting video in the youtube version that may help to clarify some of the points especially in the third part. Enjoy!! BrianInstructional Videos:www.AdventureWisdom.com Keynote Speaking:www.TranscendingFEAR.com Canopies and Courses:www.BIGAIRSPORTZ.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rstanley0312 1 #3 March 21, 2012 QuoteCanopy collisions are a danger that we all must work together to minimize. Please sit down and watch this feature-length 45 minute, three part episode of SkydiveRadio. I also invite you to discuss the topic in this thread. We are never done talking about safety. Part One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSB7q_HV-xU Part Two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn-63a02muU Part Three http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esiimgqwuek Happy Landings, Brian Good stuff!Life is all about ass....either you're kicking it, kissing it, working it off, or trying to get a piece of it. Muff Brother #4382 Dudeist Skydiver #000 www.fundraiseadventure.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
femTo 0 #4 March 21, 2012 ya ya... learned a thing or two :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NealFitz 0 #5 March 22, 2012 i would like to share with you Brian and the community a close call i had last May under canopy. i do not have the full length video because the file became corrupt and this is what i could manage of it. i could see my fellow parachutist above me but did not anticipate the turn. close call http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WQ3SIrKKas&feature=BFa&list=UUCqXoiJZtY-N8RE7XwOLt_A&lf=plcpDudeist Skydiver #170 You do not need a parachute to skydive, you only need one to skydive again Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrianSGermain 1 #6 March 22, 2012 Quotei would like to share with you Brian and the community a close call i had last May under canopy. i do not have the full length video because the file became corrupt and this is what i could manage of it. i could see my fellow parachutist above me but did not anticipate the turn. close call http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WQ3SIrKKas&feature=BFa&list=UUCqXoiJZtY-N8RE7XwOLt_A&lf=plcp Thank you for this. Please tell us more about the context leading to the near-collision, so we all may learn from it. BGInstructional Videos:www.AdventureWisdom.com Keynote Speaking:www.TranscendingFEAR.com Canopies and Courses:www.BIGAIRSPORTZ.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NealFitz 0 #7 March 23, 2012 pre deployment it was a normal as you go skydive, lots of separation on break off, pretty standard opening. i always deploy around 3000ft. wind conditions were a wee bit choppy but within the limits of safe flight i noticed on opening the canopy buffeting slightly but got it under control and assessed the wind strength. i always fly the same landing pattern with my heights picked out for downwind leg, base leg and final. i start my downwind leg at 900ft and in this video i was waiting to start my entry into the pattern- the close call came at just about 1200ft or so. i could see the other canopy pilot above me even though the camera doesn't make that clear enough. i did not anticipate him turning when i was clearly below him but at the time he may not have seen me but. it all happened so quick- we are taught to use the rear risers as an avoidance maneuver yet in this case i did not i used the brake line instead but you have to understand how quick it all seemed. after wards, i checked to see where he had went and he was slightly below me vertically but horizontally maybe about 100metres away after i had righted myself. towards the end of the video i make my turn back to where i had originally aimed to be to started my downwind leg. What i have learned from this is to be ever more vigilant under canopy even with the people that I regularly jump with. this incident was quite scary however i would like to point out, the footage does not do it justice- it was a lot closer. this has been an (un)fortunate step (whatever way you want to look at it) into making me a better canopy pilotDudeist Skydiver #170 You do not need a parachute to skydive, you only need one to skydive again Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrianSGermain 1 #8 March 23, 2012 It is true that the scary moments always turn out to be our most profound learning experiences. In this case, it appears that the jumper that descended toward you in the turn was the one most in need of learning from this particular event. We all need to look around us, but we are more heavily responsible for the airspace on and below our flight level, since we are descending. When we look before we turn, and focus our eyes where we are actually going, we must look down and in the direction of the turn. This is not something that everyone does. This scary moment is proof of this. Let this be a lesson of expanded awareness for everyone who sees the video, and not a lesson of trauma that makes people feel unsafe. Flying requires awareness, not fear. Often it is fear that brings us to reach for awareness, but the experience of awareness has nothing to do with fear. Paranoid shifting of eyes around, darting eyes that do not see, this is not the kind of awareness that we require. When we are truly taking in the whole picture, it is because we are in love with the experience and are leaning into it with the entirety of our hearts and souls. Awareness is the big YES that allows joy turn into skill. Fly in Joy: Fly Safe. BrianInstructional Videos:www.AdventureWisdom.com Keynote Speaking:www.TranscendingFEAR.com Canopies and Courses:www.BIGAIRSPORTZ.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrianSGermain 1 #9 March 24, 2012 Please spread this around. QuoteCanopy collisions are a danger that we all must work together to minimize. Please sit down and watch this feature-length 45 minute, three part episode of SkydiveRadio. I also invite you to discuss the topic in this thread. We are never done talking about safety. Part One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSB7q_HV-xU Part Two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn-63a02muU Part Three http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esiimgqwuek Happy Landings, BrianInstructional Videos:www.AdventureWisdom.com Keynote Speaking:www.TranscendingFEAR.com Canopies and Courses:www.BIGAIRSPORTZ.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JasonYergin 0 #10 April 22, 2012 Great articles... I didn't realize there were 3 until I saw this thread though. Thanks for the info_________________________________ ...Don't Get Elimated!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
