steviejb 0 #1 April 30, 2006 A friend of mine had her first reserve ride in 700 jumps on a fresh repack ie. first jump after the repack, whats the chances of that?. Just for fun I wondered if anyone else has done the same thing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites nbblood 0 #2 April 30, 2006 Yep, I have.Blues, Nathan If you wait 'til the last minute, it'll only take a minute. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airtwardo 6 #3 April 30, 2006 I haven't personally... But a good friend did last year, and making it even more interesting, was it being back to back reserve rides. It was a 'fresh' repack because of a chop the jump before! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Feeblemind 1 #4 April 30, 2006 Just a question...... When she sent her rig in had she packed the main prior? also, when she received her rig from the loft was the main packed? 1) If so, did she unpack and repack the main? 2) If the main was packed and she did not repack it, what was her malfunction? My rigger is the bomb and I just got my rig back from a re-pack. The main was packed when I sent it in and I was told the main was removed & replaced so the reserve could be inspected and repacked. I was urged to pull and repack the main as a precaution. I know this individual is absolutely meticulous with their rigging as I have watched this person repack numerous reserves. I grapped my PC and pulled the main out to line stretch, low and behold the main had a step through. Everything looked perfect, but Mr. Murphy snuck into the equation somehow. I know my rigger is the absolute BOMB and I am glad I was told to unpack and re-pack the main. If I haden't I would be getting another repack on my reserve Fire Safety Tip: Don't fry bacon while naked Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NWFlyer 2 #5 April 30, 2006 Not me, but I do know someone who had her first ever (at 1400ish jumps) the day her reserve was repacked (can't remember if it was the very first jump or not). Of course we had to tease her... "I know you haven't had to use it before, but you do know they're good for 120 days, right? You don't *have* to use them right away." "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 airtwardo 6 #6 April 30, 2006 ...good for 120 days... *** REALLY????? Opps! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites steviejb 0 #7 April 30, 2006 I think the main was packed at the loft. Speaking to the jumper the mal was end cells on one side caught in the lines that would not inflate causing a spiral,just one of those things. I get my reserve packed at the same place and I saw the reserve deploy from the ground and it was fast and clean so if I need mine that will do nicley. All things said my rigger is awsome! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skip 0 #8 May 1, 2006 I seam to remember a few years ago out at skydive Spaceland watching some guy have a malfunction on his first jump on a complete 100% brand new rig. neilp Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites peckerhead 0 #9 May 1, 2006 I have 8 reserve rides. Every one was out of date. I had one on a borrowed rig and when I checked the card after landing I found out it had not been repacked in 4 years. But, it opened anyway and I bought a case of beer so it all worked out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Martini 0 #10 May 1, 2006 Second jump on a brand new rig a few years ago. Last year on a mal repack a few hours old my rigger said, as I was heading to the plane, " I'll give you 10 bucks off a repack if you chop it again". "Yeah sure" I replied. I held him to it too.Sometimes you eat the bear.............. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites MNM604 0 #11 May 1, 2006 My girlfriend jinxed me by talking about having a cutaway after I just paid for a repack. That plus tension knots from poor packing and blam..The funny part was this was our first jump since her cutaway the week prior (what are those odds??). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites MNM604 0 #12 May 1, 2006 FYI, the poor packing was mine and not the riggers... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites GravityGirl 0 #13 May 1, 2006 Yup. First jump on a fresh repack. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites plummeteer 0 #14 May 2, 2006 My first reserve ride, last year. My bonehead fault. I had left my main packed in the d-bag, only did a very quick check before closing it into the container. Risers on one side had gotten twisted when main was reattached, I missed it. Bought bottle and beer. Won't bag it before hand anymore. Edo Concumbui Aethrae Cernuare Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites pchapman 262 #15 May 2, 2006 Two weeks ago Friday I packed some tandem reserves for the DZ. Saturday morning an instructor does his tandem recurrency jump, first of the season, with an licensed jumper on front who had never done a tandem. The instructor has a problem with stuck toggles and goes to the reserve. Good practice indeed for the instructor & excitement for the passenger! Sunday evening after Easter dinner with relatives I swing by the DZ & pack the reserve up again... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skybeergodd 0 #16 May 2, 2006 I did a repack in the morning on a rig....next jump---cut away and reserve ride....I pack the reserve again...she packed the main up..loaned the rig out and BAM---reserve ride again!!!....packed the same reserve 4 times in 1 day!!!! and to top it all off she was my GF so I didn't even get paid(until later that night) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mdrejhon 8 #17 May 2, 2006 QuoteI did a repack in the morning on a rig....next jump---cut away and reserve ride....I pack the reserve again...she packed the main up..loaned the rig out and BAM---reserve ride again!!!....packed the same reserve 4 times in 1 day!!!! and to top it all off she was my GF so I didn't even get paid(until later that night)FOUR? If that was my rig, it's grounded until I find out why it's having an abnormally high mal rate!!!! Out of curiousity, what happened to the rig? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NelKel 0 #18 May 2, 2006 Hay Kelly. sweet story, 4 huh? Tell us more! come on?_________________________________________ Someone dies, someone says how stupid, someone says it was avoidable, someone says how to avoid it, someone calls them an idiot, someone proposes rule chan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skybeergodd 0 #19 May 2, 2006 After the regular re-pack she hook the main back up without pulling it out of the bag....and it was hooked up with the main on backwards....I packed it up again and she loaned it out to someone how was used to ROL and couldn't find the BOC and just pulled the reserve...So I packed it again and called it a day....I was just amazed after all the handle pulling that she didn't lose a single piece of equipment Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites usedtajump 1 #20 May 2, 2006 Went to a boogie at old Spaceland and had just bought a used rig without a reserve to use as a second rig with the intention of having my spare reserve installed when I got to the DZ. None of the staff riggers wanted to take the time away from the boogie to install it for me so I got Mike Perna, a newly rated rigger, to do the installation (first live installation/pack job, outside, on a packing mat). To add more drama to an already uncomfortable situation, Mike had to use speed links to connect the reserve in the rig. As soon as he was finished, I took the rig up and of course, had a malfunction. You wouldn't believe what went through my mind between recognizing the problem and actually pulling the cut away handle. Anyway, the proceedure was flawless and I bought Mike TWO bottles of Chivas.The older I get the less I care who I piss off. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. 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nbblood 0 #2 April 30, 2006 Yep, I have.Blues, Nathan If you wait 'til the last minute, it'll only take a minute. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #3 April 30, 2006 I haven't personally... But a good friend did last year, and making it even more interesting, was it being back to back reserve rides. It was a 'fresh' repack because of a chop the jump before! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Feeblemind 1 #4 April 30, 2006 Just a question...... When she sent her rig in had she packed the main prior? also, when she received her rig from the loft was the main packed? 1) If so, did she unpack and repack the main? 2) If the main was packed and she did not repack it, what was her malfunction? My rigger is the bomb and I just got my rig back from a re-pack. The main was packed when I sent it in and I was told the main was removed & replaced so the reserve could be inspected and repacked. I was urged to pull and repack the main as a precaution. I know this individual is absolutely meticulous with their rigging as I have watched this person repack numerous reserves. I grapped my PC and pulled the main out to line stretch, low and behold the main had a step through. Everything looked perfect, but Mr. Murphy snuck into the equation somehow. I know my rigger is the absolute BOMB and I am glad I was told to unpack and re-pack the main. If I haden't I would be getting another repack on my reserve Fire Safety Tip: Don't fry bacon while naked Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #5 April 30, 2006 Not me, but I do know someone who had her first ever (at 1400ish jumps) the day her reserve was repacked (can't remember if it was the very first jump or not). Of course we had to tease her... "I know you haven't had to use it before, but you do know they're good for 120 days, right? You don't *have* to use them right away." "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
airtwardo 6 #6 April 30, 2006 ...good for 120 days... *** REALLY????? Opps! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steviejb 0 #7 April 30, 2006 I think the main was packed at the loft. Speaking to the jumper the mal was end cells on one side caught in the lines that would not inflate causing a spiral,just one of those things. I get my reserve packed at the same place and I saw the reserve deploy from the ground and it was fast and clean so if I need mine that will do nicley. All things said my rigger is awsome! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skip 0 #8 May 1, 2006 I seam to remember a few years ago out at skydive Spaceland watching some guy have a malfunction on his first jump on a complete 100% brand new rig. neilp Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites peckerhead 0 #9 May 1, 2006 I have 8 reserve rides. Every one was out of date. I had one on a borrowed rig and when I checked the card after landing I found out it had not been repacked in 4 years. But, it opened anyway and I bought a case of beer so it all worked out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Martini 0 #10 May 1, 2006 Second jump on a brand new rig a few years ago. Last year on a mal repack a few hours old my rigger said, as I was heading to the plane, " I'll give you 10 bucks off a repack if you chop it again". "Yeah sure" I replied. I held him to it too.Sometimes you eat the bear.............. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites MNM604 0 #11 May 1, 2006 My girlfriend jinxed me by talking about having a cutaway after I just paid for a repack. That plus tension knots from poor packing and blam..The funny part was this was our first jump since her cutaway the week prior (what are those odds??). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites MNM604 0 #12 May 1, 2006 FYI, the poor packing was mine and not the riggers... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites GravityGirl 0 #13 May 1, 2006 Yup. First jump on a fresh repack. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites plummeteer 0 #14 May 2, 2006 My first reserve ride, last year. My bonehead fault. I had left my main packed in the d-bag, only did a very quick check before closing it into the container. Risers on one side had gotten twisted when main was reattached, I missed it. Bought bottle and beer. Won't bag it before hand anymore. Edo Concumbui Aethrae Cernuare Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites pchapman 262 #15 May 2, 2006 Two weeks ago Friday I packed some tandem reserves for the DZ. Saturday morning an instructor does his tandem recurrency jump, first of the season, with an licensed jumper on front who had never done a tandem. The instructor has a problem with stuck toggles and goes to the reserve. Good practice indeed for the instructor & excitement for the passenger! Sunday evening after Easter dinner with relatives I swing by the DZ & pack the reserve up again... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skybeergodd 0 #16 May 2, 2006 I did a repack in the morning on a rig....next jump---cut away and reserve ride....I pack the reserve again...she packed the main up..loaned the rig out and BAM---reserve ride again!!!....packed the same reserve 4 times in 1 day!!!! and to top it all off she was my GF so I didn't even get paid(until later that night) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mdrejhon 8 #17 May 2, 2006 QuoteI did a repack in the morning on a rig....next jump---cut away and reserve ride....I pack the reserve again...she packed the main up..loaned the rig out and BAM---reserve ride again!!!....packed the same reserve 4 times in 1 day!!!! and to top it all off she was my GF so I didn't even get paid(until later that night)FOUR? If that was my rig, it's grounded until I find out why it's having an abnormally high mal rate!!!! Out of curiousity, what happened to the rig? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NelKel 0 #18 May 2, 2006 Hay Kelly. sweet story, 4 huh? Tell us more! come on?_________________________________________ Someone dies, someone says how stupid, someone says it was avoidable, someone says how to avoid it, someone calls them an idiot, someone proposes rule chan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skybeergodd 0 #19 May 2, 2006 After the regular re-pack she hook the main back up without pulling it out of the bag....and it was hooked up with the main on backwards....I packed it up again and she loaned it out to someone how was used to ROL and couldn't find the BOC and just pulled the reserve...So I packed it again and called it a day....I was just amazed after all the handle pulling that she didn't lose a single piece of equipment Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites usedtajump 1 #20 May 2, 2006 Went to a boogie at old Spaceland and had just bought a used rig without a reserve to use as a second rig with the intention of having my spare reserve installed when I got to the DZ. None of the staff riggers wanted to take the time away from the boogie to install it for me so I got Mike Perna, a newly rated rigger, to do the installation (first live installation/pack job, outside, on a packing mat). To add more drama to an already uncomfortable situation, Mike had to use speed links to connect the reserve in the rig. As soon as he was finished, I took the rig up and of course, had a malfunction. You wouldn't believe what went through my mind between recognizing the problem and actually pulling the cut away handle. Anyway, the proceedure was flawless and I bought Mike TWO bottles of Chivas.The older I get the less I care who I piss off. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. 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skip 0 #8 May 1, 2006 I seam to remember a few years ago out at skydive Spaceland watching some guy have a malfunction on his first jump on a complete 100% brand new rig. neilp Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peckerhead 0 #9 May 1, 2006 I have 8 reserve rides. Every one was out of date. I had one on a borrowed rig and when I checked the card after landing I found out it had not been repacked in 4 years. But, it opened anyway and I bought a case of beer so it all worked out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Martini 0 #10 May 1, 2006 Second jump on a brand new rig a few years ago. Last year on a mal repack a few hours old my rigger said, as I was heading to the plane, " I'll give you 10 bucks off a repack if you chop it again". "Yeah sure" I replied. I held him to it too.Sometimes you eat the bear.............. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MNM604 0 #11 May 1, 2006 My girlfriend jinxed me by talking about having a cutaway after I just paid for a repack. That plus tension knots from poor packing and blam..The funny part was this was our first jump since her cutaway the week prior (what are those odds??). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MNM604 0 #12 May 1, 2006 FYI, the poor packing was mine and not the riggers... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GravityGirl 0 #13 May 1, 2006 Yup. First jump on a fresh repack. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
plummeteer 0 #14 May 2, 2006 My first reserve ride, last year. My bonehead fault. I had left my main packed in the d-bag, only did a very quick check before closing it into the container. Risers on one side had gotten twisted when main was reattached, I missed it. Bought bottle and beer. Won't bag it before hand anymore. Edo Concumbui Aethrae Cernuare Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 262 #15 May 2, 2006 Two weeks ago Friday I packed some tandem reserves for the DZ. Saturday morning an instructor does his tandem recurrency jump, first of the season, with an licensed jumper on front who had never done a tandem. The instructor has a problem with stuck toggles and goes to the reserve. Good practice indeed for the instructor & excitement for the passenger! Sunday evening after Easter dinner with relatives I swing by the DZ & pack the reserve up again... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybeergodd 0 #16 May 2, 2006 I did a repack in the morning on a rig....next jump---cut away and reserve ride....I pack the reserve again...she packed the main up..loaned the rig out and BAM---reserve ride again!!!....packed the same reserve 4 times in 1 day!!!! and to top it all off she was my GF so I didn't even get paid(until later that night) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mdrejhon 8 #17 May 2, 2006 QuoteI did a repack in the morning on a rig....next jump---cut away and reserve ride....I pack the reserve again...she packed the main up..loaned the rig out and BAM---reserve ride again!!!....packed the same reserve 4 times in 1 day!!!! and to top it all off she was my GF so I didn't even get paid(until later that night)FOUR? If that was my rig, it's grounded until I find out why it's having an abnormally high mal rate!!!! Out of curiousity, what happened to the rig? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NelKel 0 #18 May 2, 2006 Hay Kelly. sweet story, 4 huh? Tell us more! come on?_________________________________________ Someone dies, someone says how stupid, someone says it was avoidable, someone says how to avoid it, someone calls them an idiot, someone proposes rule chan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybeergodd 0 #19 May 2, 2006 After the regular re-pack she hook the main back up without pulling it out of the bag....and it was hooked up with the main on backwards....I packed it up again and she loaned it out to someone how was used to ROL and couldn't find the BOC and just pulled the reserve...So I packed it again and called it a day....I was just amazed after all the handle pulling that she didn't lose a single piece of equipment Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
usedtajump 1 #20 May 2, 2006 Went to a boogie at old Spaceland and had just bought a used rig without a reserve to use as a second rig with the intention of having my spare reserve installed when I got to the DZ. None of the staff riggers wanted to take the time away from the boogie to install it for me so I got Mike Perna, a newly rated rigger, to do the installation (first live installation/pack job, outside, on a packing mat). To add more drama to an already uncomfortable situation, Mike had to use speed links to connect the reserve in the rig. As soon as he was finished, I took the rig up and of course, had a malfunction. You wouldn't believe what went through my mind between recognizing the problem and actually pulling the cut away handle. Anyway, the proceedure was flawless and I bought Mike TWO bottles of Chivas.The older I get the less I care who I piss off. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
