Learning to pack

[matt1215 0]

Just curious about how ppl learned to pack.

[AggieDave 6]

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Just curious about how ppl learned to pack.

The same way you get to Carnige Hall.

Practice, practice, practice.


Hook up with your local rigger and/or packer and get some teaching on how its done. Then practice, practice, practice. It will upset you at first, especially bagging the canopy, but it will eventually be easy. Learn how to properly pro-pack before you skip along to psycho packing. That will teach you more about how to bag the canopy. Then if you end up wanting to psycho pack, then do so. Or learn how to flat pack first if it helps. Eitherway, its gonna take practice.

Did I mention it takes practice?

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[skyshimas 0]

Yeah man i just learned how to pack myself not too long ago. I think it was a good advice from my rigger to learn one step at the time and repeat repeat and repeat. My first step was to stow the brakes do a line check if they were not wraped around smth flake the canopie and put it on the mat.The next step was to put it in the bag-the most furious one:) good luck repetition makes it perfect

[adventurechick 0]

Tons of practice... especially when it is windy, I will pack my packer's rig over and over until I get it right. God, I was so happy when my pack job opened up ok!!

I'm in the same boat as you, but your packer/rigger should give you a good course! :o)

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[TrickyDicky 0]

The DZ owner charged extra per jump (when you got on freefall) until you could pack.

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[pincheck 0]

started off learning how to flat pack club kit, moved onto pro-pack when i got my own gear and was shown by our local rigger who was also a jumper and looked out for new jumpers

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[shermanator 3]

I had to take a packing class at my dz. think it was around 7 hours of pure.. fun... Best advise given was to give the canopy "TOUGH LOVE" .... I had my mentor laughing his ass off when he walked in and i had the canopy undernieth me, ... well, um... use your emagination.. ohhh, and the wonderful curse words that went into that!. strange enough, cussing at the thing, really did make it go into the bag easier.

so, umm, when does it get easy? .. ok, its semi easy. but i'm still working on techniques.like, sometimes, .. i just can't find that one last D line!! where the f*^& does it go!!! and those.. S folds... oh fun. . oh, and not to mention the fact that i tend to get too much canopy in the middle of the bag, and not enough on the edges. grrrr. *breath in, breath out*

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[Peej 0]

I was taught by a girlfriend of mine. She was an ex packer so she taught me some tricks. It also helped having a Hornet with colour coded line tabs.

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[popsjumper 2]

Read the manual, up-jumper showed me, then busted my ass practicing..and then jumped my first pack job on Jump#11.

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[SWATcop 0]

When I was a student, we had to complete 10 graded packs before we could do our first staticline jumps. We always packed our own mains from jump one.

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[SkymonkeyONE 3]

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When I was a student, we had to complete 10 graded packs before we could do our first staticline jumps. We always packed our own mains from jump one.

That's exactly how it's still done at that military club on Fort Bragg. Every student makes his/her first jump under their own pack job.

I would still be all for that if every FJC lasted five evenings.

Chuck

[alw 0]

1. Bring your rig to the DZ (even if you don't plan on jumping it).

2. Jump the rental - because you gotta jump if you come to the DZ.
3. Then spend the rest of the day practicing with your rig.

We'll all give you lots of helpful advice.

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[peckerhead 0]

I didn't have to pack for my first two jumps. After that if you wanted to jump you had to pack.

If you didn't know how, you had to learn or you wouldn't jump.

Pretty simple really.

[phoenixlpr 0]

Same here. Static line course includes 2 jumps. We pack those. Student should pack afterwards, we help them of course.

[Eule 0]

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strange enough, cussing at the thing, really did make it go into the bag easier.

See this post and following for some important advice on cussing at your canopy.

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