How to rig a PC in tow

[SEREJumper 1]

Jumper rigged a Javelin with a PC in tow, cutaway main and pulled reserve. Jumper made a safe landing under reserve.

Sorry, should have been in gear and rigging, my bad!

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[monkycndo 0]

At least the jumper made it easy to document the oooooops.

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[Quagmirian 40]

I suppose that's one reason to mate the velcro.

[BKW82 0]

And by the looks of the picture, all the tribesmen came out to see this magnificent event ;-)

[piisfish 135]

if the closing loop had been the correct length, it might not have happened.
Was it a botched attempt at a french tickler ?

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[DougH 270]

That closing loop is just plain nasty!

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[davelepka 4]

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if the closing loop had been the correct length, it might not have happened

More like if the container was the correct size. If the rig was tight enough to trap the bridle and and cause a PC in tow, I'm betting that the shortest closing loop they could fit and still get the rig shut.

Poor equipment selection, poor equipment set up, poor rigging/packing. The jumper got what they deserved with that chain of easily preventable mistakes.

[Remster 24]

Quagmirian

I suppose that's one reason to mate the velcro.

Not necessarily... Since jumper (I assume the jumper packed it) missed the fact that the bridle went under the flap, he might very well have matter the velcro and not noticed it (in fact, the velcro MAY have been matter prior to pulling)

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[base283 0]

Dont be so hard on the victim, Maybe he just ate something stupid for breakfast.
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[hookitt 0]

It's not so much it went under the flap. He may have noticed that since he would have hid the bridle from view. The loop is so long, he pulled the loop over the top of the bridle with the bridle still in plain view.

I'm rather impressed at what I see in that photo

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[councilman24 36]

That takes real skill. I'm not sure I could do it if I tried.

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[g2gjump 0]

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Poor equipment selection

elaborate please?

[Slurp56 0]

hookitt

I'm rather impressed at what I see in that photo

I am too. Just look at how secure that bridle is!

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g2gjump

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Poor equipment selection

elaborate please?

The selection of equipment is fine. It's misrigged and the closing loop is clearly too long. I doubt it's actually so tight of a fit it needs to be 3 extra inches long.

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[degeneration 5]

A gear check on the flight line would hopefully have spotted that packing error. I take it there wasn't one?

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[davelepka 4]

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Poor equipment selection

elaborate please?

The container appears to be overstuffed. If the canopy was sized properly for the container, and the closing loop was that long, it wouldn't be tight enough to hold the pin or (most likely) trap the bridle.

As it sits, it appears to be tight and far longer than it should be, so my bet is that someone was looking for a smaller container, or got a 'good deal' on that rig, or whatever, but in any case the canopy/container appears to be a mis-match.

[cbassmnm 4]

Maybe he went to change the closing loop, and grabbed a closing pin necklace instead?

[hookitt 0]

I think you're wrong about that and fail to see how it appears to be so over stuffed. The rig looks new. The loop is long by several inches. I doubt it's so stuffed that someone who knows how to close a rig properly couldn't close the flaps normally.

It's a Javelin. So often people don't mash the D-Bag under the closing loop prior to closing the bottom flap. (hard to explain and I don't have a javelin near me to show it)

I (and you I'm sure) see people struggle and struggle to close a rig yet you can do it with ease and shorten the loop by a couple inches. You must have noticed the bridle is under the loop? It certainly doesn't go there!

I would be curious what size rig and what size canopies are in it.

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[g2gjump 0]

davelepka

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Poor equipment selection

elaborate please?

The container appears to be overstuffed. If the canopy was sized properly for the container, and the closing loop was that long, it wouldn't be tight enough to hold the pin or (most likely) trap the bridle.

As it sits, it appears to be tight and far longer than it should be, so my bet is that someone was looking for a smaller container, or got a 'good deal' on that rig, or whatever, but in any case the canopy/container appears to be a mis-match.

Thank you dave. I thought you were "bashing" the container type. I didnt look at the "whole" picture: size,main etc.

[popsjumper 2]

degeneration

A gear check on the flight line would hopefully have spotted that packing error. I take it there wasn't one?

Exactly!
I'm amazed it took so long for somebody to catch that.

Poo on the jumper who did that for not asking for a gear check AND on everybody at the DZ for not taking better care of their youngsters.

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