Packing

[finch 0]

I want to start practicing how to pack at home but problem is I have no closing tool (pull up cord ?). Any suggestions on what I could use in its place till I get out to the dropzone?

"Never go full retard"

[faulknerwn 36]

A shoelace :-)

[TaylorC 0]

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A shoelace :-)

used a shoelace like 10 times when packing at home and it works great!

[skyjumpsteve 0]

Finch, although it is OK to use a shoe lace for practicing do not use a shoe-lace for a rig you are going to jump. There was a fatality in the past few years when someone who had used a shoe lace for a pack job had the plastic tip (the "aglet") come off the shoe lace and get jammed in the closing loop. Horseshoe malfuntion was the end result.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aglet

[tinlizzy73 0]

[url]http://www.paragear.com/templates/base_template.asp?group=265#PULLUP

Sorry I couldn't make it clicky. I tried.

Paragear sells pull up cords for 25 cents each. I think their minimum internet order is $25. I don't know much about dropzone etiquette but I'd recommend buying a bunch and always having them on hand for yourself and anybody who needs one. If you're broke like me and everybody else I know, PM me your address and I'll send you a couple to get you by.

Jeanne
Blue Skies, better days, more beer - Oh the humanity - Peace be with you my friend

DON'T TASE ME BRO

[finch 0]

I just needed something to use for a couple of days till I go back out to the dropzone but thanks anyways.

"Never go full retard"

[finch 0]

Im going to cut the aglets off and use a flame to tidy up the ends. THANK YOU for the warning, would of never thought that could happen !

"Never go full retard"

[porpoishead 5]

weed-eater string.(the round kind)

its round solid plastic and it has a smooth slippery surface once your pin is in it pulls out super smooth and easy.

it does not wear your closing loop from friction like a pull up cord, shoe lace,power tool.....etc

if you want a friend feed any animal
Perry Farrell

[JohnRich 4]

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Im going to cut the aglets off and use a flame to tidy up the ends.

Beware: melted ends can have sharp edges on them.

[I3uller 0]

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Finch, although it is OK to use a shoe lace for practicing do not use a shoe-lace for a rig you are going to jump. There was a fatality in the past few years when someone who had used a shoe lace for a pack job had the plastic tip (the "aglet") come off the shoe lace and get jammed in the closing loop. Horseshoe malfuntion was the end result.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aglet

Its amazing how if there is any possible way you could die by doing something in skydiving its already happened. Death by aglet...haha who would have thunk.

[DrewEckhardt 0]

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Im going to cut the aglets off and use a flame to tidy up the ends.

Beware: melted ends can have sharp edges on them.

And pulling the cord out too fast and/or without the closing pin between cord and loop will quickly (it can happen in one pack job) wear through the closing loop.

[skyjumpsteve 0]

P-head, weed-eater string......brilliant.

[brucet7 0]

I went to the fabric store and got some seam binding.

POPS #10623; SOS #1672

[wrightskyguy 1]

Beware: melted ends can have sharp edges on them


*** Also, if you pull the lace through the closing loop too fast, and you're near any dry leaves, you could start a fire.

John Wright

World's most beloved skydiver

[shropshire 0]

"Take a ribbon from your hair ....."



I have a ribbon pull-up cord (from Aerodyne, I think). It works great and does not cut into your hand like strings/laces tend to.

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

[theonlyski 3]

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Finch, although it is OK to use a shoe lace for practicing do not use a shoe-lace for a rig you are going to jump. There was a fatality in the past few years when someone who had used a shoe lace for a pack job had the plastic tip (the "aglet") come off the shoe lace and get jammed in the closing loop. Horseshoe malfuntion was the end result.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aglet

im curious how an object in the closing loop would have cause (or even been part of) a horse shoe malfunction? unless the closing pin slipped out of the loop because the plastic allowed it to, but wouldnt that just be possible because the closing loop was too large in the first place??

"I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly
DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890
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[virgin-burner 1]

something other than the pin holds your flaps closed. as simple as that..

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

[theonlyski 3]

well, i just dont understand how you could get a horse shoe out of that

either the pin wasnt put in the closing loop and the canopy fell out of the container

or it wasnt a horse shoe, if something was holding the bag in the container even after the pc was thrown, then it wouldnt be a horse shoe

"I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly
DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890
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[shropshire 0]

My take too.... If the bag is still in the container - that's not a Horse Shoe..

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

[theonlyski 3]

yeah, that seems to be a total to me

i also wonder why that became a fatality, but thats not my place to judge a jumper like that

"I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly
DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890
I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

[virgin-burner 1]

u guys are right, i misread..

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

[Chubba 0]

A good quality pullup is a nice luxury.

Paragear always send me a pullup with every order.

On the other hand my rigger always hands me one whenever I ask, the Vigil ones (I use a Cypres2 ) are extremely thick, long and durable.

[fallfast69 2]

Go to your closet and get out the old T-10 you're never going jump again. Cut about 20 inches of suspension line. Remove the guts from the line and viola...

Jon

[mnealtx 0]

Why cut up an old chute?

Clicky

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

[MarkM 0]

Cut up your girlfriend's favorite thong and use that.

Not only will you get in valuable packing practice, but you'll have more time and money for skydiving.