Feb 19, 2012, 4:32 AM
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I'm curious at to why some jumpers don't seem bothered by Gopro's snag points. I've watched a couple of videos on youtube and you see their camera's on "huge" extensions.
This pic of Jeb is a typical example, notice that he hasn't even bothered to replace the standard large gopro screw with a low profile screw.
Are these guys simply ignoring the dangers, am I missing something? I guess you could easily have it rigged so that it will simply snap off with a few pounds of force?
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Feb 19, 2012, 5:35 AM
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I willing to bet they ARE concerned and for that reason have considered the following:
1) They have the experience to evaluate the risk vs. their skills.
2) They have selected equipment appropriate to mitigate the risk (i.e canopy sizes, deployment systems, and camera mounts that will break when necessary.)
(Side note: drives me nuts when I see people bolt a GoPro to a helmet.)
3) Have practiced the activity and specific methods WITHOUT the cameras in order to mitigate the risks.
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Feb 19, 2012, 6:27 AM
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I willing to bet they ARE concerned and for that reason have considered the following:
1) The have the experience to evaluate the risk vs. their skills.
2) The have selected equipment appropriate to mitigate the risk (i.e canopy sizes, deployment systems, and camera mounts that will break when necessary.)
(Side note: drives me nuts when I see people bolt a GoPro to a helmet.)
3) Have practiced the activity and specific methods WITHOUT the cameras in order to mitigate the risks.
I'm sure you are right. It just appeared contrary to what I've grown up with.
90% of me thinks they have the knowledge and experience to do the job right, but when I see a big old stock thumbscrew sticking out of the setup, it makes me go umm? Something that costs a few cents to replace with a normal low profile machine screw.
Feb 19, 2012, 8:27 AM
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I willing to bet they ARE concerned and for that reason have considered the following:
I don't really know who "they" are. From the basejumpers that I know, I can say:
"they" consist of a percentage of people that do what you say. A small percentage, but definitely some
"they" consist of people that just don't think about it. Not because they are purposely careless, but they just don't think about those kinds of things. pretty big percentage. Seems like the first group is actively trying to recruit them over to a better view of the sport.
"they" consist of dumbasses that really don't care and just do it because their egos can't handle less and they are just plain idiots about the activity. another fairly large group - which seems to be growing
I'd prefer that first group to keep growing, personally. I like and respect those guys.
Feb 19, 2012, 9:07 AM
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The nice thing about base for those of us that hold to machiavellian views is it's a sport that has a built in self correcting mode for stupidity and ignorance.
Feb 19, 2012, 9:50 AM
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Well he does have a cut-away helmet ... I s'pose
It is very odd, I've seen it on a couple of base videos today. That and the idea of both front and rear facing go-pro's.
I don't have a clue about base, but I am surprised by it. I would have expected guys to be more concerned about snag points - not less.
In wingsuit base jumping a camera mounted on your helmet is about as far away from the deploying canopy as you can get (apart from a chest mount). See if you can find any rear facing footage of a full flight base deployment. There were some great shots in one of Robi's movies, Fly The Line 2 I think, you can see the canopy deploying so far behind its brushing the trailing edge of the leg wing. Opens up a whole new can of worms in terms of ankle mounts (and I have seen people mounting GoPros on their right foot in WS base) but the helmet mounted cameras aren't such a big deal.
(Of course sub-terminal is a whole different animal again)
Feb 19, 2012, 2:48 PM
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Well he does have a cut-away helmet ... I s'pose
It is very odd, I've seen it on a couple of base videos today. That and the idea of both front and rear facing go-pro's.
I don't have a clue about base, but I am surprised by it. I would have expected guys to be more concerned about snag points - not less.
In wingsuit base jumping a camera mounted on your helmet is about as far away from the deploying canopy as you can get (apart from a chest mount). See if you can find any rear facing footage of a full flight base deployment. There were some great shots in one of Robi's movies, Fly The Line 2 I think, you can see the canopy deploying so far behind its brushing the trailing edge of the leg wing. Opens up a whole new can of worms in terms of ankle mounts (and I have seen people mounting GoPros on their right foot in WS base) but the helmet mounted cameras aren't such a big deal.
(Of course sub-terminal is a whole different animal again)
Feb 20, 2012, 8:46 AM
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Are these guys simply ignoring the dangers, am I missing something?
A lot of skydivers ignore the danger that you can simply die while skydiving, some chose to ingnore that stuff can get wraped up on stuff attached to helmets. Both have been proven to be wrong. People still do both for the benefit of doing it... The more ignorant you are the more you benefit from everything!!! :-)
) but the helmet mounted cameras aren't such a big deal. 
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