virgin-burner 1 #1 January 31, 2011 well, found this video just today, nice collection of stuff that goes wrong.. at least one guy died, for all i know. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyZ27d9dwGQ i'm only missing out on they guy swooping through the hangar here.. but the rest, is genuine..“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jrmrangers 0 #2 January 31, 2011 Theres a few true oh shit moments in that clip. Do you know if only one person in it didnt make it i saw a few that looked tough to survive. Wait , I pull what first? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #3 January 31, 2011 no shit man, probably everyone had their "OH-CRAPPY-BOLLOCKS!!!"-moments.. but some stuff you just look at and think.. gosh, i just KNEW that was gonna go sideways! BTW, the guy that hit the parking-lot with many spectators, quite at the end, he really did die that moment.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 279 #4 February 1, 2011 Hey, I'm in there! Cool. But luckily that wasn't for an accident, but for an intentional cutaway video I posted, where I only chopped one side at first and got spun around. (Only a very brief extract is shown.) A lot of the vids in the compilation are fairly well known -- e.g., a canopy on the Otter tail, Elvis in the parking lot, Cypres fire over a small European town, the BASE jumper sliding down the dam. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #5 February 1, 2011 yea, i've seen most of the original vids.. doesnt take away the fact that it's a nice compiliation of stuff anyway! who exactly are you? gimme a time-line! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 279 #6 February 1, 2011 Quote yea, i've seen most of the original vids.. doesnt take away the fact that it's a nice compiliation of stuff anyway! No problem, I was just explaining. Every video is new to someone. Quote who exactly are you? gimme a time-line! At 3:09 (The full video on blip.tv) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #7 February 1, 2011 Quote Quote yea, i've seen most of the original vids.. doesnt take away the fact that it's a nice compiliation of stuff anyway! No problem, I was just explaining. Every video is new to someone. Quote who exactly are you? gimme a time-line! At 3:09 (The full video on blip.tv) nice.. looks like you ended up cutting away completely (and fell away to get stable again before you deployed your reserve). while in the spin, which was fairly fast, for us n00bs out there, how did that feel!? any problems reaching handles? how was the setup made?“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KevinP 0 #8 February 1, 2011 Okay, there is a guy in there. Long hair, jeans and barefooted, climbing back into his harness. I saw a picture of that dude. Does anyone know where that video is located?Sincerely, Kevin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #9 February 1, 2011 QuoteOkay, there is a guy in there. Long hair, jeans and barefooted, climbing back into his harness. I saw a picture of that dude. Does anyone know where that video is located? this link says it's a guy called greg gasson. it also indicates that it was made, or used, in the "good stuff"-video. all the footage seems to be gone from youtube, but with my limited knowledge, it might be eloy? for all i know the cool shots with the skydivers in the car on that movie were shot there, so chances are good this was also done there.. maybe!?“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KevinP 0 #10 February 1, 2011 QuoteQuoteOkay, there is a guy in there. Long hair, jeans and barefooted, climbing back into his harness. I saw a picture of that dude. Does anyone know where that video is located? this link says it's a guy called greg gasson. it also indicates that it was made, or used, in the "good stuff"-video. all the footage seems to be gone from youtube, but with my limited knowledge, it might be eloy? for all i know the cool shots with the skydivers in the car on that movie were shot there, so chances are good this was also done there.. maybe!? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7LNMwGNmLk GOT HIMSincerely, Kevin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #11 February 1, 2011 Quote Quote Quote Okay, there is a guy in there. Long hair, jeans and barefooted, climbing back into his harness. I saw a picture of that dude. Does anyone know where that video is located? this link says it's a guy called greg gasson. it also indicates that it was made, or used, in the "good stuff"-video. all the footage seems to be gone from youtube, but with my limited knowledge, it might be eloy? for all i know the cool shots with the skydivers in the car on that movie were shot there, so chances are good this was also done there.. maybe!? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7LNMwGNmLk GOT HIM ATTABOY! good find! the link i provided indicates he was "wired" to his rig anyway.. maybe someone with a little more knowledge about it may chime in? just out of curiosity.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KevinP 0 #12 February 1, 2011 There is something on his wrist, but it could just be a brace. But, could someone hold on to a harness during the opening sequence? I don't know because the 18 Army SL and 1 Tandem I have done probably isn't an accurate comparison. Whatever the case, he's pretty hardcore. EDIT: Because the post reads like a five-year old wrote it, but I am not going to expend the mental energy it would take to fix it.Sincerely, Kevin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildcard451 0 #13 February 1, 2011 Quotethe link i provided indicates he was "wired" to his rig anyway.. maybe someone with a little more knowledge about it may chime in? Nope. Greg has huge fucking man hands and was able to hold on through deploy by sheer force of will. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 279 #14 February 1, 2011 Quotenice.. looks like you ended up cutting away completely (and fell away to get stable again before you deployed your reserve). Had a normal rig, plus a secondary harness underneath (cut from an old rig), with a belly container built for the 3rd canopy to be cut away. The cutaway for that one was an easy to grab loop handle. I got hold of the bottom of one yellow cable first and yanked it out. I was impressed at how fast the 'mal' spun me around, given that the cutaway canopy was 200 sq ft of F-111. It only took a couple seconds of getting whipped around, to think I had proved the point and that it was time to get the hell out of there! Then finished the cutaway, and tried for a minimum time to flip over, stop spinning too much, and dump the main. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
