mikeat10500 12 #26 June 19, 2003 Caught my thumb in the aircraft door. OUCH!!! ...mike----------------------------------- Mike Wheadon B-3715,HEMP#1 Higher Expectations for Modern Parachutists. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerm 0 #27 June 19, 2003 low turn under canopy after a brain fart on jump 230.... 2 sprained ankles, 1 broken fibula, 5 screws, 2 pins, 1 plate, and 4 months off really sucked was a good learning experience.... calmed down my landings a bit Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuteless 1 #28 June 19, 2003 Mike: Its HEMP 6 ; I know a woman wholeft a Cessna 180 and caught her wedding ring at the top of the door frame. It ripped her finger right off. The pilot, her hubby dove and met her as she landed, rushed her and the finger in ice to hospital but they couldnt reattach it. OUCH is right on. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SickMonkey 0 #29 June 19, 2003 Sprained knee pond swooping... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fergs 0 #30 June 19, 2003 Apart from scrapes, bruises and sprains: • Broiken femur • Broken shoulder • Busted tooth • Broken wrist • Broken pelvis • Head injury causing one week coma • Broken ankle • Broken bank balance (multiple occurrences) On the other hand: • 30 years of fun and laughter • worldwide network of friends • cinstant benefits when travelling • met a great gal who became my wife of, now, 25 years • memortable skydives too many to mention • kept me out of bars and off the streets (at least in daylight hours) • kept me young – you know the story … “you don’t give up skydiving coz you’ve got old, you get old coz you’ve given up skydiving.” Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beej 0 #31 June 19, 2003 shattered forearm and wrist at wffc in 99...break line broke on final (was jumping demo gear too..go figure)..spent a week in blessing hospital at quincy - awesome staff! broken finger also.. catching the risers to early on opening. Lesson learned: if your main index finger is in a splint on your pulling hand...dont jump thinking you can 'pull' correctly. I d practiced on the ground beforehand...but when it came to pull time, nothing happened! I thought I had a total or something, I reached again..to feel a mess of pilot chute bellowing around the boc...so I just grabbed the mess and threw like a demon. ---------------------------------------------------- If the shit fits - wear it (blues brothers)-- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonto 1 #32 June 19, 2003 Well, technically I was not injured skydiving. It was moments after I landed, less than a second in fact... but since I was wearing gear at the time I'll give it to you. A plate and 14 screws, 6 weeks out the sport and a year on crutches... tIt's the year of the Pig. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
froglady 0 #33 June 19, 2003 3 different incidents 1-dislocated toes in groundhog hole 2-broken ankle landing in small yard 3-broke 2 small foot bones reaching and shifting harness on landing FrogLady Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lippy 918 #34 June 19, 2003 Jump #170, night jump when it was wayyyyy too dark. After the plane spun for a good 5000' out of control, he got it flying again and I decided it was time to leave. Too dark to see the ground, too stupid to go half brakes. Hit the ground full flight, broke a tooth, got concussed pretty good and scratched the shit out of my face. Got some other minor injuries, usually due to things equally as stupid.I got nuthin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
serls 0 #35 June 19, 2003 I've scraped my ankle on an exit and had a pretty nice case of whiplash from a wicked opening. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baa75 0 #36 June 19, 2003 I’ll have to answer this one better a little later today…after I go see the orthopedic surgeon! I’m actually sitting here right now with one of those big uncomfortable immobilizers on my left leg. I flared a little high jumping a friend’s smaller canopy. I jammed my knee & I’m waiting to see if there’s any real damage to it. BettyAnn Getting married? Check out my website! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyPrincess2002 0 #37 June 19, 2003 Bruised Tailbone. Unfortunately that area takes a long time to heal. That just gives me incentive to work on my landings. Bruises almost every weekend, but I bruise easily. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kryos 0 #38 June 19, 2003 QuoteI broke my finger on exit - that is about it...... Boy, you're lucky! :) What is it they say about the sport of skydiving? It's the only sport where femur is used as a verb ... as in "I femured." Yep! Never broke a bone in my life ... until mid- life. Then I took up skydiving ... and "double femured" ... When I do things, I try to do them with gusto! :) Blue skies ... --rita Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bch7773 0 #39 June 19, 2003 I've only torn a calf muscle on landing... I know its nothing. Has anybody noticed that this post is like going back to elementry school in the playground? Whoever had been injured the most was the coolest? boy1: I've had 10 stiches boy2: oh yeah, well I've had 11! boy1: well, I've broken my toe too, so I'm much cooler than you! MB 3528, RB 1182 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jbrasher 1 #40 June 20, 2003 Compound right ankle, broken left heel, broken left tib/fib, 2 fractures pelvis and right broken wrist on a nude demo Broken right tib/fib on a night demo all with various metal bits and pieces most of which have been removed and I'll second your.... on the other hand Red, White and Blue Skies, John T. Brasher D-5166 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robskydiv 0 #41 June 20, 2003 I fractured the third digit on Rt thumb. I was a new "A" License holder at the time. The DZ was using a WDI attatched to a pole as a windsock. I should have followed the experienced jumper down. Down-wind high speed dirt landing. And I should have PLF'D. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jceman 1 #42 June 20, 2003 QuoteQuoteI broke my finger on exit - that is about it...... Boy, you're lucky! :) What is it they say about the sport of skydiving? It's the only sport where femur is used as a verb ... as in "I femured." Yep! Never broke a bone in my life ... until mid- life. Then I took up skydiving ... and "double femured" ... When I do things, I try to do them with gusto! :) Blue skies ... --rita Yea, but I got more metal in/on my one femur than you got in both of yours combined The least you could have done was top me, seeing as you werre using my canopy! Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #43 June 20, 2003 I haven't broken anything skydiving. That said, I earned the dz title "Muppet of the Year" when I broke my right ankle running to the plane last june. I thought I broke my left ankle while jumping at Rantoul (with a broken right ankle), but MRI's showed it to be a sprain. _Am__ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Genn 0 #44 June 20, 2003 Broken nose from a canopy collision. Right shoulder surgery from taking a hit in freefall. TONS of bruises from CRW. All worth it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydivejersey 0 #45 June 20, 2003 QuoteSix weeks ago tomorrow I broke my fib and tib on my 3rd AFF jump. 9 pins and one plate. I let go of my flare and hit hard. (Twat). Won't do that again. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydivejersey 0 #46 June 20, 2003 Pretty scary that 1 in 4 peps needed a hospital visit at some point! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikeat10500 12 #47 June 20, 2003 Hi Bill I jammed my thumb in the door before taking off...no injuries during jumping that I can remember. As for the woman with the wedding ring ,that's nasty...jewelry and skydiving...just don't mix well! ....mikeQuoteMike: Its HEMP 6 ; I know a woman wholeft a Cessna 180 and caught her wedding ring at the top of the door frame. It ripped her finger right off. The pilot, her hubby dove and met her as she landed, rushed her and the finger in ice to hospital but they couldnt reattach it. OUCH is right on.----------------------------------- Mike Wheadon B-3715,HEMP#1 Higher Expectations for Modern Parachutists. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
craichead 0 #48 June 20, 2003 After a nearly perfect AFF Level 3, I came into land, flared, and I dislocated my right shoulder! The latest theory is that I pushed down the toggles a little too hard and fast, and I hyperextended my arm, which led to a dislocation. (Didn't fall on an outstretched arm--they were both right there in front of me, close to my body!) But anyway, my very wonderful friend Heather drove me to the ER, and I got knocked out for 15 minutes while they popped my arm back in. We went back to the DZ so Heather could make the sunset load, and then I met AndyMan, who wasted no time in pouncing on this vulnerable, injured and drugged-up student. Classy! -P__ "Scared of love, love and aeroplanes...falling out, I said takes no brains." -- Andy Partridge (XTC) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpergirl 0 #49 June 20, 2003 I had my canopy collapse and threw me about 15 feet to the road below (bad spot). I landed on my feet first, cracked my heel bone I believe, then hit my hand/wrist and scraped an inch of skin from it. Lots of blood, no broken bones. I thanked God afterwards. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites FliegendeWolf 0 #50 June 20, 2003 Quotecracked my heel bone I believe...Lots of blood, no broken bones Which is it? A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 4 Next Page 2 of 4 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
FliegendeWolf 0 #50 June 20, 2003 Quotecracked my heel bone I believe...Lots of blood, no broken bones Which is it? A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
