Crown Prince Cheats Death over Dubai!!!

[degeneration 5]

Didn't want to show disrespect by posting this in the Incidents forum, but the news article reads like it should have been...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2510029/Crown-Prince-Dubai-cheats-death-skydiving-festival-manages-untangle-parachute-cords-3-000ft.html

Never seen line twists so over dramatically exaggerated!!

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[Clonedbeef 0]

Kind of like the white house has a new dog.

[jimmytavino 16]

Hahaha....

that's rich....

get it ??? ...RICH ???

maybe he oughtta PACK his own main.... AND stow up the excess brake lines


jmy
A3914
D12122

[IJskonijn 38]

Wow, that looks like a whole 3/4ths of a linetwist!

[dqpacker 7]

i wonder if his packer still has his hands?

[DeeBeeGee 0]

ANTI-clockwise!! the worst kind of clockwise

[chuckakers 369]

degeneration

Didn't want to show disrespect by posting this in the Incidents forum, but the news article reads like it should have been...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2510029/Crown-Prince-Dubai-cheats-death-skydiving-festival-manages-untangle-parachute-cords-3-000ft.html

Never seen line twists so over dramatically exaggerated!!

Oh brother.

Chuck Akers
D-10855
Houston, TX

[mattjw916 2]

someone needs to post a video reply in the comments section of them cracking open a beer at 3k under a canopy with line twists, chugging it, then kicking out... because that's about how much time you have...

NSCR-2376, SCR-15080

[BigMikeH77 0]

---AP 20. November 2013
DENVER

"A Denver man is lucky to be alive after plummeting nearly 13,000 under a malfunctioned parachute on Wednesday.

Michael Haring, an experienced skydiver with 40 jumps, was performing advanced maunevers in freefall such as front and back flips and barrell rolls - skills that are used in international competition. When he pulled the ripcord to deploy his main parachute, it failed to open leaving the outermost cells of the chute uninflated.

"As a skydiver, you don't have a lot of time to react in life-threatening situations like this. I could have cut the main parachute away and opened my reserve, but I quickly analyzed the situation and made the decision to stick with what I had and make it work."

What Michael did once he realized the parachute had totally malfunctioned was aggressively pull on the back "risers" in to inflate the chute properly and land safely. In a situation where most would have cut away, this skydivers intrepid mindset and courageous actions serve as a shining example of bravery in the face of death."

CAN I BE A PRINCE NOW???

[DougH 270]

mattjw916

someone needs to post a video reply in the comments section of them cracking open a beer at 3k under a canopy with line twists, chugging it, then kicking out... because that's about how much time you have...

I know your joking, but some of us don't even have time to take a shot from 3k when we open in (spinning) line twists.

"The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall"
=P

[DHemer 0]

This made me laugh in a meeting when I read it earlier

If line twists or end cell closure are worthy of news we all got to start cashing in.

What do you think i can get for countering a spin caused by loosing a bootie before my eyes turned red and I passed out and died

[Di0 1]

I got an adrenaline rush just by watching at that crazy video. Wow, close call, indeed! Can't wait to see this on Freakout Friday. Actually, this deserves its whole section. Freakout Dubai.

I'm standing on the edge
With a vision in my head
My body screams release me
My dreams they must be fed... You're in flight.

[dwhenline 0]

that was funny!!!!

[shropshire 0]

I'm hanging up my rig... boy this games is way too dangerous

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[3mpire 0]

Good question - I'd hate to know what would happen if the prince had to chop!

[Boogers 0]

The hero prince needs to start stowing all that loose steering line above his toggles too. That crap is just asking for trouble.

And what the heck is a "semi-professional skydiver"? Did someone pay him $5 once to pack their chute?

[DJL 232]

I'll bet there's now a packer position open at Skydive Dubai.

"I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

[BigMikeH77 0]

DJL

I'll bet there's now a packer position open at Skydive Dubai.

...And a lion with a full tummy

[oldwomanc6 38]

DeeBeeGee

ANTI-clockwise!! the worst kind of clockwise

But who's count(er)ing?

lisa
WSCR 594
FB 1023
CBDB 9

[labrys 0]

DeeBeeGee

ANTI-clockwise!! the worst kind of clockwise

It's not ANTI-clockwise, that implies that there's something wrong with clockwise. It's Pro-Counter-Clockwise.

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[muff528 3]

This summer I went swimming; this summer I might have drowned. But I held my breath and I kicked my feet and I moved my arms around.

[Turboprop 0]

I know your joking, but some of us don't even have time to take a shot from 3k when we open in (spinning) line twists.

+1
Shaik Hamdan was quoted as saying: "In such situations taking a decision can save the jumper, whereas delaying for seconds can lead to ominous results. I could have simply taken the easy solution by using the alternative parachute. I looked at the problem from the perspective of a challenge that earns skills and additional experience, so I decided to confront the problem and deal with the challenge. I began immediately handling the problem manually and was able to solve the interwoven ropes and landed safely."

Since when has using a reserve been the easy way out?

[nigel99 143]

degeneration

Didn't want to show disrespect by posting this in the Incidents forum, but the news article reads like it should have been...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2510029/Crown-Prince-Dubai-cheats-death-skydiving-festival-manages-untangle-parachute-cords-3-000ft.html

Never seen line twists so over dramatically exaggerated!!

It is a very funny perspective. I guess being a public figure turns a mundane story into something newsworthy, whether the person at the center of the story makes a big deal of it or not.

Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

[virgin-burner 1]

Turboprop

I know your joking, but some of us don't even have time to take a shot from 3k when we open in (spinning) line twists.

+1
Shaik Hamdan was quoted as saying: "In such situations taking a decision can save the jumper, whereas delaying for seconds can lead to ominous results. I could have simply taken the easy solution by using the alternative parachute. I looked at the problem from the perspective of a challenge that earns skills and additional experience, so I decided to confront the problem and deal with the challenge. I began immediately handling the problem manually and was able to solve the interwoven ropes and landed safely."

Since when has using a reserve been the easy way out?

it is when you are in TROUBLE!

“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.”
-Hunter S. Thompson
"No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try."
-Yoda

[GAjumper84 0]

Didn't realize that was newsworthy! That happened on my first skydive... I missed my 15 minutes of fame!

I also didn't realize I apparently cheated death , well anymore than any skydive that is.