High Altitude Hop and Pop

[Lucky123 0]

Has anyone ever done one of these? I'm not talking about a 12,500 hop and pop I'm talking like 20,000 to 30,000.

[billvon 3,064]

Had a friend (Taz) who used to do 30,000 foot hop and pops all the time. (HAHOs more accurately.)

[lolimfalling 0]

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3662487

[diablopilot 2]

Know a few guys who did static line jumps from 26K and 30K.

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[Lucky123 0]

Do you know how long she was under canopy? Did she just breath oxygen on the plane or did she have an oxygen system with her. I wonder if there are any world records for time under canopy?

I would absolutely love to do one of these someday!Where can I sign up?

[billvon 3,064]

>Do you know how long she was under canopy?

He. For a while - 35 minutes or so. (They were jumping 360 sq ft canopies.)

>Did she just breath oxygen on the plane or did she have an
>oxygen system with her.

On-board oxygen system with a bailout system as well. Full face mask with overpressure regulator.

>I wonder if there are any world records for time under canopy?

There definitely are, but they're measured in hours. Paragliders often fly for hours; one flight I found was 9 hours takeoff to landing.

>Where can I sign up?

It's not as fun as it sounds. Temps are very low (-40F is not unusual) so either you will be sweating at altitude or very warm when you get lower. Opening shock will be quite dramatic, since you will be going at a _minimum_ of 140mph when you open, and probably closer to 200mph. It happened to someone at 26,000 feet at Thailand one year. He broke some ribs and was very cold by the time he landed.

[Lucky123 0]

I bet the view is incredible from that altitude. I wonder if Taz ever took video on any of his jumps? I'd love to see it.

[ianmdrennan 2]

All the military people I work with have done them.

NONE of them have said they liked it, citing saddle time and cold temps as the main reasons.

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[azureriders 0]

I do some video work for HaloJumper.com from time to time. The guy that runs it had a reserve premature upon exit one time. We normally exit between 28 and 30k, but this was before I was jumping with them so I have no further details other than what I "think" I remember so I will spare you any guessing.

[shropshire 0]

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Do you know how long she was under canopy? Did she just breath oxygen on the plane or did she have an oxygen system with her. I wonder if there are any world records for time under canopy?

I would absolutely love to do one of these someday!Where can I sign up?

If you want time under canopy... Get a Paraglider!!! .

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[theonlyski 8]

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Do you know how long she was under canopy? Did she just breath oxygen on the plane or did she have an oxygen system with her. I wonder if there are any world records for time under canopy?

I would absolutely love to do one of these someday!Where can I sign up?

If you want time under canopy... Get a Paraglider!!! .

I dont know, a stable 2-out on a military HALO rig (MC-4) would be what, 760 sq feet?

That sounds like a LONG ride down.

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[shropshire 0]

Bit tricky to steer tho ... I'd imagine... could still be fun

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