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Mikki_ZH 0
How can I watch a .mp4 file?
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.mp4 files will play in quicktime.
Dave
Dave
"low pulls, ha, they're easy. You just do nothing for a bit longer"
(I think the part of the WS BASE guidelines that talks about "deceptive" groundrush is applicable to those using track / smoke pants.)
(I think the part of the WS BASE guidelines that talks about "deceptive" groundrush is applicable to those using track / smoke pants.)
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TomAiello 26
QuoteWhat's funny is that I've seen videos of Dwain, Yuri, and Pecnik all with shorter canopy rides than this one (and all from WS flights too), and in the threads where I found those videos the comments were all unanimously positive toward the low-pullers.
I must have missed that.
I did however, see this post in which Yuri urges people to pull higher, and this one in which Yuri says that his low pull was unintentional.
JB is fairly well known and experienced. I don't think this is a case of people having different reactions based on the skill (or connections) of the jumper. We all know that he's got the skills.
What's funny is that I've seen videos of Dwain, Yuri, and Pecnik all with shorter canopy rides than this one (and all from WS flights too), and in the threads where I found those videos the comments were all unanimously positive toward the low-pullers.***
There is a difference IMO. Those guys had descent speeds of about 40 MPH so it takes almost three times as long to splash. So pulling at 150' in a WS is almost like pulling at 450' in full FF.
Hopefully Robi will comment on it
Edit to add:
A low pull is not wise no matter what you are jumping. It is true that with a WS you lose less altitude but there is the added complexity of the system. Somebody with more experience can comment on that.
There is a difference IMO. Those guys had descent speeds of about 40 MPH so it takes almost three times as long to splash. So pulling at 150' in a WS is almost like pulling at 450' in full FF.
Hopefully Robi will comment on it
Edit to add:
A low pull is not wise no matter what you are jumping. It is true that with a WS you lose less altitude but there is the added complexity of the system. Somebody with more experience can comment on that.
Memento Audere Semper
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QuoteThose guys had descent speeds of about 40 MPH so it takes almost three times as long to splash. So pulling at 150' in a WS is almost like pulling at 450' in full FF.
I disagree.
The reduced fallrate and reduced vertical altitude used during a wingsuit deployment does NOT make it "safe" to pull low.
Chances of deployment problems are increased. By the armwing getting in the way, PC in the burble, hard opening to due high forward speed, line twists due to swing through deployment, time required to free arms and legs, reacting to line twists etc.
IMO If you pull at 450' for norm FF it would not be a good idea to go any lower with a WS on.
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The111 1
I wasn't implying it had to do with the jumpers or their "names", just that it seemed to me in the past that I had seen more positive comments toward this stuff. And I do remember Yuri saying his low pull was unintentional, but I also seem to remember he pointed that out AFTER several people said "awesome!".
It's a weird situation I guess because based on our nature (as jumpers, no I'm not BASE yet), we like to see hardcore stuff and like to think "awesome!" in our heads based on how cool it looks, even if we might be yelling "dumbass!" based on how close to death we know the jumper came...
It's a weird situation I guess because based on our nature (as jumpers, no I'm not BASE yet), we like to see hardcore stuff and like to think "awesome!" in our heads based on how cool it looks, even if we might be yelling "dumbass!" based on how close to death we know the jumper came...
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skreamer 1
I did not say it was wise! But if everything worked OK, and shit can happen even without a WS, I'd reather pull at 150' with a WS than without.
Memento Audere Semper
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skreamer 1
Seven BASE wingsuit fatalities in the last four years, how many in skydiving?
What is your point? I really don't get it?
Memento Audere Semper
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Just out of interest, do you wingsuit BASE jump?
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QuoteUm, no I didn't.[/url]
Hold on, you can't claim you speakz breetish iingleesh
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