Jill_UK 0 #1 June 13, 2006 I finally got round to uploading the video of me breaking my pelvis in 7 places in February, for people who asked to see it before. It's only from my view and my camera died as i hit the ground. Long story short, pilot 188, target fixation/stupidity, 289 jumps, you'll see the rest.... Its not all that exciting but it's quite comical and a good example of how not to land and what happens when you turn low http://www.skydivingmovies.com/ver2/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=4030 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
micro 0 #2 June 13, 2006 how are you healing? I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zipp0 1 #3 June 13, 2006 Ouch. So I guess you REALLY wanted to land on target, eh? It seemed like had you just left out that final turn you would have been fine. I hope you are healing well. It's sobering to see someone so much more expecienced than me get badly injured from a short lapse in judgement. Thank you for posting the video. Are you going to be back in the air? Zipp0 -------------------------- Chuck Norris doesn't do push-ups, he pushes the Earth down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #4 June 13, 2006 Hey, although that video doesn't show much, it really made my stomach turn seeing it from point of view. Hope your healing well. I see from your profile you must have jumped since then. Just reconfirms that the most scary part of the whole thing for me is the landing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fast 0 #5 June 13, 2006 Well it certainly looked like it hurt a whole hell of a lot.~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #6 June 13, 2006 It was this incident, right? Glad to hear that you're healing and I see from recent posts that you're back in the air. Scary video ... I know if it was me there would have been a string of obscenities coming out of my mouth!"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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rj2163 0 #7 June 13, 2006 QuoteIts not all that exciting but it's quite comical I didn't find it ha ha funny, more of an "oh oh....ooooooooooohhh...F%$K! response. Yup, you REALLY wanted that one. Besides a low turn it looked like from that flag (or whatever it was) that you also turned crosswind or slighly downwind which probably didn't help. Thanks for posting it as a reminder for the rest of us. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #8 June 13, 2006 Ouch!!!!! Did you win? Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
packing_jarrett 0 #9 June 13, 2006 That doesn't seem like object fixation... more like a hook turn that could of been a lot worse. Instead of making that final turn I would have just kept going straight over the wind blade and took a zero on the accuracy. But I'm happy for you that you didn't die. I've seen people end up a LOT worse than that.Na' Cho' Cheese Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MB38 0 #10 June 13, 2006 I think what she's saying is that object fixation led to the low turn. If there was no accuracy comp, she never would've made the turn. Thus, she was fixated... on the object. Glad you came out of that alive. [edit: I'm a chauvinist, aieee! ]I really don't know what I'm talking about. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #11 June 14, 2006 Or she, even I posted a link above to the actual incident description in which there's more detail about what happened and didn't happen."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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,254 #12 June 14, 2006 QuoteLong story short, pilot 188, target fixation/stupidity, 289 jumps, you'll see the rest.... Yeouch!! It is amazing how quickly even a 'docile' canopy will pick up speed huh? It seemed from your shadow that your hands were still at shoulder level when you hit (hope you're recovering OK) - was there any attempt to dig out of the turn?Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jill_UK 0 #13 June 17, 2006 QuoteQuoteLong story short, pilot 188, target fixation/stupidity, 289 jumps, you'll see the rest.... Yeouch!! It is amazing how quickly even a 'docile' canopy will pick up speed huh? It seemed from your shadow that your hands were still at shoulder level when you hit (hope you're recovering OK) - was there any attempt to dig out of the turn? there wasn't really much chance of digging myself out of that hehe... it's all good now it was about 4.5 months ago, still a bit sore, but i'm jumping again... it was complete stupidity i know, some people had asked to see the video so i thought i might as well post about it on here... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mccurley 0 #14 June 17, 2006 Great to see your well recovered. Hope your at the next nationalsWatch my video Fat Women http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRWkEky8GoI Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nael 0 #15 June 17, 2006 It's pretty scary seeing the ground coming from that angle! Glad you're ok (now!).www.TerminalSports.com.auAustralia's largest skydive gear store Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joellercoaster 6 #16 June 17, 2006 Sobering... but then I the second-to-last turn was going to be the one that broke you. Thanks for posting this video - we learn mostly by making mistakes, but this kind of thing is a rare opportunity to see exactly how it shouldn't look without having to do it ourselves. Small consolation to you I guess, but thanks. Glad to hear you finally escaped the clutches of the Kiwis too 8)-- "I'll tell you how all skydivers are judged, . They are judged by the laws of physics." - kkeenan "You jump out, pull the string and either live or die. What's there to be good at? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
