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Leading cause of death in skydiving

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There's two. The main one is if the parachute doesn't come out. And the other cause is if you have a heart attack on your way down.



Utter bullshit.
The real reason is violent video games and moose hunting.
There are no dangerous dives
Only dangerous divers

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There's two. The main one is if the parachute doesn't come out. And the other cause is if you have a heart attack on your way down.



Utter bullshit.
The real reason is violent video games and moose hunting.



And here I thought it was sleeping with your riggers wife.
"I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly
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...and tryin' to survive on Ramon, ya eat better stuck in the Andes with a plane-load of stiffs to defrost!

:)



Who's this Ramon guy? I don't know a lot of skydiver cannibals. :P
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

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This is priceless!


"... your next option is to look for something big with the hope that it will break your fall. For example, landing on the roof of an RV, a mobile home or a truck's trailer is a possibility."

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more stupid here

"What if you fell out of an airplane without a parachute?"

http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/question729.htm

"The first thing to do is to look for a body of water...."

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To cut away the main, you reach down and pull the release handle attached to one of your shoulder straps. This handle releases the lines on both risers simultaneously. You are now in free fall again. Then, one of two things happens:

On some rigs, there is a cord called the reserve static line that automatically pulls out the reserve when you cut away the main.
On other rigs, you pull a second handle to deploy the reserve manually.

In either case, you are praying that the reserve deploys cleanly and you have a good canopy when you get done. Most experienced skydivers pack their own parachutes, but it is common for the reserve chute to be packed by a certified rigger. Every few months, the reserve is unpacked and repacked to keep it from getting stiff.




:S:S
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There's two. The main one is if the parachute doesn't come out. And the other cause is if you have a heart attack on your way down.



Utter bullshit.
The real reason is violent video games and moose hunting.


Nope I disagree.

I think the leading cause of death in skydiving is trying to get cool video[:/]

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Answer:
There's two. The main one is if the parachute doesn't come out. And the other cause is if you have a heart attack on your way down.



Utter bullshit.
The real reason is violent video games and moose hunting.


Nope I disagree.

I think the leading cause of death in skydiving is trying to get cool video[:/]

The leading cause of video in skydiving is trying to get cool death!
It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

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http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_leading_cause_of_death_when_skydiving


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Answer:
There's two. The main one is if the parachute doesn't come out. And the other cause is if you have a heart attack on your way down.



Damn you >:(

I've researched stuff on wiki (non jump releated) and now I find out some of the info isn't precise.[:/]

We're doomed we're doomed i tell you;)



Utter bullshit.
The real reason is violent video games and moose hunting.

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more stupid here

"What if you fell out of an airplane without a parachute?"

http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/question729.htm

"The first thing to do is to look for a body of water...."



I took the quiz and got 7 right. Who knew I knew so little? :P

I bow down to their vast pool of knowledge!

I bow down
lisa
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Apparently the average skydive lasts only 45 seconds....they must either be jumping from a small cessna dropzone or they're freeflyer's :D

For info regarding lift ticket prices all around the world check out
http://www.jumpticketprices.com/dropzones.asp

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To cut away the main, you reach down and pull the release handle attached to one of your >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Most experienced skydivers pack their own parachutes, but it is common for the reserve chute to be packed by a certified rigger. Every few months, the reserve is unpacked and repacked to keep it from getting stiff.




:S:S


I'm going to start calling my reserve "Old Stiffy":)

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