Safety articles is importent

[MariusTer 0]

Arrived at the DZ Sunday morning for the last DRCP and first 3 sec. First jump was uneventfull and I was rearing to go for my 3 sec delay.

Climb to altitude was uneventfull,climb out was straight forward and then it started going wrong. De arched and went unstable the moment I let go of the strut and missed the rip cord.Got that sorted and pulled albeit a bit late .

Instead of a nice 235 orange canopy I had a line over right hand side on the last 2 cells which put me in a backward spiral.somewhere in the back of my mind I remembered the safety article I read about this.I unstowed the brakes I remember looking at the right hand brake and it is pulled up hard against the retaining ring.flared once nothing flared twice nothing, last one I said to myself as I started my the third flare I am mentaly going through my reserve drills I release the brakes fast and the 2 cells pop open.

2 days later I am still stiff and sore and I am replaying the events in my mind.What was maybe 15 seconds felt really long and I cant believe how rationale and clear my thinking was nor the amount of info that was taken in and processed.

Had to buy beer for the jumpmasters afterwards.

[Skyper 0]

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I had a line over right hand side on the last 2 cells which put me in a backward spiral... I release the brakes fast and the 2 cells pop open.

there is one more person on dz.com described similar scenario happend on a tandem jump whereby fast release of the brakes solved line over...

[MariusTer 0]

there is one more person on dz.com described similar scenario happend on a tandem jump whereby fast release of the brakes solved line over...

[ChrisL 2]

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2 days later I am still stiff and sore and I am replaying the events in my mind.

Why are you stiff and sore? Was it a very hard opening?

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[MariusTer 0]

The opening was quite hard.couple of bruises where the leg straps were,luckily I had them real tight.but there is a mysterious bruis on my right shoulder as well.

[Skyper 0]

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The opening was quite hard.couple of bruises where the leg straps were,luckily I had them real tight.but there is a mysterious bruis on my right shoulder as well.

head down openings can be very hard... and mysterious

[sundevil777 93]

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there is one more person on dz.com described similar scenario happend on a tandem jump whereby fast release of the brakes solved line over...

I must have read that article that is why I releasd the brakes fast because there is no way I could have figured that one out on my own

[PiLFy 0]

Had to buy beer for the jumpmasters afterwards"

They pack the kid a line-over, & get free beer for it? Sheesh, what a racket...

FWIW Marius, I had a line-over once. I cleared it by releasing the brakes, & pulling down really far on that side. The steering cascade slipped off the end w/a loud phwomph!

[MariusTer 0]

They did not pack the rig there is a couple of packers who do this for extra jump money and they have the packing slip.

[PiLFy 0]

Twas a joke, Marius. Mmkay?

They don't even pack the kid a line-over...get free beer...& now sit back w/popcorn watching the OP get pissed. Sheesh, what a racket.