nicknitro71 0 #1 April 12, 2005 After a week-end of jumping in any disciplines you can think of, on my last jump on Sunday I was taking my rig off and I tripped into the legstraps, fell, and broke my right fourth metacarpal in half! The good news is that I helped the orthopedic to shape the cast so I can keep jumping Be carefully out there especially when you take your gear offMemento Audere Semper 903 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phoenixlpr 0 #2 April 12, 2005 A similar thing has happened with one of my friend. After nice day of skydiving by taking his jumpsuit off next to his car he has lost his balance and his arm stucked between his car and the seat of his car. The result was a broken bone and plaster.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The111 1 #3 April 12, 2005 Do we need to have the talk about bowling/golf? www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rsibbald 0 #4 April 12, 2005 I hear golf trousers and bowling shoes are just as dangerous Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #5 April 12, 2005 were you doing some X-Treme out-of-the-rig-jumping ??scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bodypilot1 0 #6 April 12, 2005 Quote Be carefully out there especially when you take your gear off And for that matter, even putting it on can be dangerous. Kim (Cloudi) was standing with her rig on her back and in trying to put her legs through the leg straps got one stuck at her knee, she lost her balance and fell on her knee, hitting it on the concrete hard and never got to jump. Be safe. Edwww.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kris 0 #7 April 12, 2005 Zeemax blew out his knee at Rantoul last year just putting his rig on. That's why I sneak up on my Mirage now.Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #8 April 12, 2005 I haven't yet hurt myself putting on or removing my gear, but I've fallen flat on my face doing both. I figure it's just a matter of time . . . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
councilman24 37 #9 April 12, 2005 Okay, you all need to go back to B-12 snaps! Especially old fat farts like me.I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freakygirl 0 #10 April 12, 2005 QuoteThat's why I sneak up on my Mirage now. maybe you and your rig should get to be better friends.... if you ambush it all the time it might start to hate you. i'm pretty sure you don't want to piss off your rig. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kris 0 #11 April 12, 2005 Quotemaybe you and your rig should get to be better friends.... if you ambush it all the time it might start to hate you. i'm pretty sure you don't want to piss off your rig. It's okay. My Mirage and I have a love/hate relationship. She knows she's just a few months away from seeing a horrible end on a BBQ grill while I gleefully douse it with more lighter fluid. So, since she knows, I have to sneak up on her.Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 4 #12 April 13, 2005 QuoteOkay, you all need to go back to B-12 snaps! Especially old fat farts like me. I have been jumping B-12's for almost 30 years and have never fallen down putting my rig on or taking it off. In fact, I can put it on while jogging to the plane.Now I have fallen down walking in from the parking lot. SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Corey 0 #13 April 13, 2005 Don't anyone feel bad, my father in law got ran over by a golf cart this weekend and is in a cast....and he thinks my wife and I are nutty for wanting to do our first jump this weekend..... Genius? ..... Insane? Who's to say? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nael 0 #14 April 13, 2005 I'm glad there's other people like me out there! I've never actually fallen over whilst putting my rig on (thank god for the pole within arms reach!) but I have been told many times that I have "not yet perfected the elegant way of putting my rig on" hehe....and I thought it was just me!www.TerminalSports.com.auAustralia's largest skydive gear store Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skylord 1 #15 April 13, 2005 I went out to the DZ to video a friend's landings. I was not jumping, and I have never been injured in my limited career so far. Anyway, I was walking out to the student landing area at Elsinore, and I was looking up to see where her canopy was. Sure as shit while not watching where I was going my foot went straight into a huge varmint hole and I collapsed into a heap. Ouch!! I remember thinking that I should bribe a jumper who had landed into loaning me their rig so I could justify the ride in the golf cart. I was OK, but embarrassed, no real damage, but boy it sure is funny what can get you...... BobBob Marks "-when you leave the airplane its all wrong til it goes right, its a whole different mindset, this is why you have system redundancy." Mattaman Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tdog 0 #16 April 13, 2005 QuoteDo we need to have the talk about bowling/golf? I went downhill mountain biking with a friend. We were doing the most serious stuff I have ever done, very fast downhill (because the brakes were useless) on very jagged rocks... I crashed a few times going over 30MPH. He did too. We stopped to look at the map. He was standing still. He fell over on flat ground and his knee hit the only rock within feet... Knee needed to be scoped. $45,000 hospital bill after Kaiser reduced it from $75,000. He had to pay 20% of the first $10,000 - thus a $9,000 bill for standing still. And, there was the time my uncle playing golf.... Never mind. Life is dangerous I guess. I guess this "incident" thread is the reason why my AFF instructors told me to have a hand on a wall (or cute person) while putting on gear. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #17 April 13, 2005 QuoteAnd, there was the time my uncle playing golf.... Golf is dangerous... my brother broke his leg playing golf... I like to claim it was full contact golf... but alas it was the regular kind.Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tdog 0 #18 April 13, 2005 QuoteQuoteAnd, there was the time my uncle playing golf.... Golf it dangerous... my brother broke his leg playing golf... I like to claim it was full contact golf... but alas it was the regular kind. My grandfather rolled his golf cart and threw my grandmother off, which probably saved her life. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #19 April 13, 2005 I believe my brother was walking... he slipped going up a hill.Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloudi 0 #20 April 14, 2005 I was embarrassed to tell you at the time, but the reason I fell was really because I was temporarily blinded by the unearthly glow radiating from your unconditionally immaculate hair. Kim Kim Watch as I attempt, with no slight of hand, to apply logic and reason. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bseriesboosted 0 #21 April 15, 2005 QuoteAfter a week-end of jumping in any disciplines you can think of, on my last jump on Sunday I was taking my rig off and I tripped into the legstraps, fell, and broke my right fourth metacarpal in half! The good news is that I helped the orthopedic to shape the cast so I can keep jumping Be carefully out there especially when you take your gear off This is why i love my b12 snaps. lol it will suck when i buy a new container and can't get them because i want articulationPruitt Skydive The Farm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bodypilot1 0 #22 April 15, 2005 LMAO 2 words for ya Sweety. Polarized Sunglasses Be safe. Edwww.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlindBrick 0 #23 April 15, 2005 Never got hurt by my rig, but I did manage to cut myself with a hook knife once. -Blind"If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #24 April 15, 2005 Quoteit will suck when i buy a new container and can't get them because i want articulation You can get articulation and B12's on the same harness. Not every manufacturer will do it but it can be done. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
