sammer 0 #26 March 5, 2004 QuoteQuote Also, now that I am thinking about it: Whats to keep you from falling out of the harness? That would really suck. the straps. you can hang upside down in your harness just fine, you won't fall out unless you somehow get the shoulder straps off of your shoulders. I don't think I like that idea. I know it can be done, but my shoulder straps are pretty wide when the main is open. Probably about even with my shoulders before I loosen the chest strap....about 4 inches off of them after I loosen it. The idea of being in freefall with out my rig just creeps me out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrewEckhardt 0 #27 March 5, 2004 QuoteReading the post about tandem mals, I got a crazy idea when someone mentioned cutting away a step through. With regards to a normal solo jumper (i.e. not a tandem), could you grab your risers and do some sort of crazy monkey flip through them to undo a step-through? Step throughs fly and land fine, although peeling your toggles off twisted rear risers is a little strange. It's big, square, conrollable, and landable. Why cut away? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skygrl70 0 #28 March 5, 2004 I hope I don't get too much crap for this but....may I ask what a step through is??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scrumpot 1 #29 March 6, 2004 Why should you get any crap? A step through is when your rig (or you with your rig on) "steps through" one or more of the suspension lines. This "twists" the line groups, usually just on one side/set of the risers so that they are not independently in free & clear sequence without at least one group (and sometimes more) wrapping over another. Most times this is caught just by starting at the links with your lines & placing your fingers in sequence between each where it attaches, in order then running them up to the canopy to assure all are free & clear, while also making sure there are no twists in the risers ...they are laying flat after you have done this properly one on top of the other. If when you do this they are not, or you get 1/2 way up your lineset to the canopy & the lines seem to twist up in a bunch before you get to their attachment points at that end, and you can not shake them loose, ...ask somebody. Chances are you have a step through! Under load, after opening generally your suspended weight forces the lines to untwist themselves down to their lowest connecting point (your links) which results in an awkward looking twist to your risers as you reach up to unstow the brakes. If you've been unlucky enough to step through an entire dual set of lines from BOTH front and rear risers, AND somehow entirely miss this during your pack job (which I personally don't see how it could happen ...but it has!) then you will most likely have a hung slider and a fairly assured required cut-away. Prudent packing procedures normally preclude either of these scenarios, but the 1st one is generally not that big of a deal (as you've read from some of these previous posts), so long as it is corrected & not either ignored or compounded. Step throughs generally occur for instance, after you have landed, and you either inadvertently "step through" a set of suspension lines lying on the ground before you, before you get them all gathered up. Or have you ever seen when a canopy just falls all down around you when landing, and the lines just seem to drape everywhere? If you happen to step over one (or more) thereby going between them, THAT is a "step through". Apologies for being long winded. I just started typing free-form thought flow & my fingers just wouldn't stop! Blue Skies (PLEASE!) -Grantcoitus non circum - Moab Stone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookitt 1 #30 March 6, 2004 QuoteI hope I don't get too much crap for this but....may I ask what a step through is??? How about a simple answer :) (no offense scrumpot but that was difficult ... and please no referencing back to some of my incoherent postings ) What the original poster is talking about is the most common. It would be like laying your canopy face down and doing a front or back somersault through the middle of the left and right line groups. Kind of like a Gymnast on the rings. -or- Plant your feet, take off the rig and lay it on it's back, step out of the straps, and then continue to roll the rig backwards as it's picked up... Viola!!! step through. If the canopy is packed up that way, it's controlable.My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
