DiveMaker 0 #26 March 27, 2004 Quote I couldn't imagine anyone having a "I guess I'll just wait for my Cypres to fire" attitude, while the ground is rushing up at them. Me either - until I met a few of these folks. One guy (few hundred jumps) had trouble pulling his main. He tried again, rolled on his back, got face to Earth, tried again, rolled on his back. Then -being the altitude aware type of guy he was - he maintained a stable, face to earth position after he passed thru 2k and waited until his cypres fired. He wanted to give his reserve every chance of opening properly. One jumper (~50 jumps or so) cutaway a spinner a few seconds after opening. Good call there. The jumper pulled the reserve handle out, but stopped pulling when it got to the point of actually pulling the pin out. The jumper pulled, but only to take out the slack in the cable. The jumper did nothing else. The cypres fired and saved the jumper. The jumper told me later that they did not think it would be so much of a pull to pull the pin. (as compared to the training harness handles) No RSL because it was rental gear. These two jumpers are different than the ones Billvon mentions. Plus I have a few other stories from around the world. Some are on the cypres save site. The good news is that they are few and far between. #DiveMaker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dnewcomer 0 #27 March 27, 2004 Quote.....therefore we would all be crazy not to use them every time we skydive. In this context I did not mean to imply anyone who ever makes a skydive without a helmet is literally "crazy" (as insane) and was only using this word as a figure of speech. Sorry if it offended some people who choose to skydive from time to time without a helmet. Everyone has a right to his own opinion about wearing a helmet or not as long as his behavior doesn't compromise anyone else's safety. D-- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
