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01-29-2014, 06:50 PM | #1 |
In Search of a Life
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I thought you had to a tandem jump on your first jump. A 16 year-old panicked and didn't remember/take counter-measures during a spin. SHOCKER
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01-29-2014, 06:57 PM | #2 |
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01-29-2014, 07:00 PM | #3 |
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Some places also offer static line jumps.
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01-29-2014, 07:22 PM | #4 |
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Nope most of the time that's the case, but not always. I have never gone on a tandem jump, my first two jumps were static line jumps, where the chute gets deployed after 25 feet. After that I was on my own.
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01-30-2014, 10:54 AM | #5 | |
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My BIL was medically discharged from 82nd Air Borne for compression fractures (plural) to his spine when his chute failed to completely open but he only augured in from about 300-350 ft. Had his chute failed to open at all he’d be paralyzed. He's about an inch shorter now than he used to be too.
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01-29-2014, 11:39 PM | #6 |
Someone pass the antifreeze
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