chifly1234

I am pretty big. The rig fits pretty well...probably a little snug but it's the biggest rig i've ever put on (it's a C18, i'm 6'4" 225) so i'm not a great judge. I've jumped it quite a few (by which i mean like 20 haha) times, not that that really matters. This rig is fairly old and has seen a lot of use...maybe it's a little more stretchy than it was when new. Also I think my arch has been improving (getting deeper) lately so maybe that slight change in body position had some effect. Rig has a standard RSL (no skyhook). There were about 3" of slack in the reserve cable, and it was moving freely on the ground before the jump). Reserve handle is a D handle. Rigger checked afterwards that the handle was appropriately sized. still odd that the seal didnt break...but maybe it had just enough slack to let the pin slide by while under tension. cripes i hope i'm not too big for the rental gear--that could put the kibosh on my season...will have to discuss with the AFFIs.

all belly flying. did some 360s. seal thread would not go back on/past the end of the pin.

Jav Odyssey Cypress on student mode closing loop intact aad was checked on ground (prejump) and at ~10k I didn't look at AAD myself after but i'm sure the riggers did, they didnt report anything can't comment on closing flap grommets, presumably you're getting at abrasion on the closing loop though, and the loop was fine.

I had jumped the rig several times before that day and RSL wasn't fiddled with or anything. For what it's worth, i was taught to take a look at the lanyard and make sure it looks ok (it did)...honestly though would i be able to tell if it had a little too much slack here or there?, probably not. thanks for the reply. as for my response, i think i'm mostly lucky the way it played out and managed not to fuck it up worse (i should have reeled in the pc before unstowing my toggles, and i should have disconnected my RSL in prep for a two out).

I doubt much will come of this, but just curious if anyone has experienced/has any thoughts on what happened to me. After a normal freefall, I was under a good main by 4300 feet; but noticed the reserve pc and bridle was out. Reserve bridle was wrapped around the main risers in front of me from right to left (importantly, i think the pull force was toward the front because of the way the bridle was wrapped, keeping the reserve freebag in the container...i'm a lucky motherfucker). I reeled as much of the PC/bridle in as i could and made it back without further incident. When i touched down, I felt the reserve/bag pop out of the container and lay on the ground next to me. So the reserve pin popped right? The odd thing is that the rigger's seal on the reserve pin was somehow unbroken. the closing loop was fine. the reserve/cutaway handles were seated and everything in place. before the jump, the pin was checked by the packer, by me, by an experienced jumper on the ground, and again by a coach at ~10,000 feet and looked ok. Seems to me that the reserve deployed as the main was coming out (it probably wasnt out in freefall cause then i'd have been riding a reserve down from up high; plus the reserve bridle wrapping around the front side of main risers suggests the bridle wasn't stretched out behind me as the main came out...i think...). anyway, i'm just trying to wrap my mind around how this happened for the sake of not repeating it. I'm a student so could well have unknowingly done something dumb..e.g. bump reserve pin on the way out the door...but didnt feel anything like that. best we could come up with is that the pin got bumped/otherwise moved and then when the main deployed, it was just enough to pop the pin. seriously curious how the rigger's seal didn't break. the only thing that i didnt look at afterwards was if the container itself was somehow damaged near the pin, but that seems unlikely. any ideas?