Stupidest thing you've ever done? (Skydiving Related)

[packerboy 3]

A former jumper of ours got together with another guy and hooked up their canopies backwards. Somehow they managed to get into a downplane. While they where in a downplane, they simultaneously chopped and then docked and did a downplane with their reserves breaking off very low.

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[SELLICK 0]

1995 fresno state half time show......37,000 people........bout 1000 ft winds picked up......landed outside of stadium....hit pretty hard.....people ran up asking if i needed ambulance........nope......went to beer booth got 2 buds........was jumping a budwizer emblosed parachute and had to buy beers...go figure.........

[HardCorr 0]

Ha Ha Ha You're hilarious der Jerky!

The key to being a good teacher, is to be a good listener...

[linc_harris 0]

Messed around with a malfunction (spinning/line twists) too long, and in my opinion, chopped too low.

[CPTSkydive 0]

Exited at 1800ft (because clouds made us come back down from altitude and I REALLY wanted to get a jump in) from a 182. Tossed my pilot too soon, only to have it hang up on my heel. Got it kicked off, main deployed in a severe snivel with me pumping up and down on my rear risers as I passed through 800 feet. It finally caught full air shortly there after, I executed one turn and landed right in front of manifest. A few spectators thought it was amazing. Those who knew better thought is was STUPID.

[Andy_Copland 0]

Stupidest thing i've ever done skydiving related...... jumped out of a plane a few times

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People aint made of nothin' but water and shit.

Until morale improves, the beatings will continue.

[Sneakerz 0]

Thought about quitting jumping while I was in the middle of about a month lay off. After the lay off and I jumped again, relized that was the stupidest thing that I have ever thought about doing because the best part of my week is the sunday I spend at the DZ

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[shropshire 0]

I took a 10 year break! - How daft is that?

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

[Airman1270 0]

First, I paid too much money for a used rig sold to me by the DZO the weekend I graduated from the student course at an upstate, NY DZ in 1985. (NOT the Ranch.) The rig was in pretty good shape, but I learned the next day from other jumpers that it was not worth the money he charged me.

A few months later, I broke a steering line and sent the main to Para-Flite for repairs. It arrived back home on a weekday and I hooked it up on the front lawn, checking to make sure the lines were on correctly. All looked good. I packed it. I had about 60 jumps at the time.

I went out of town to the Boston area; on the way home I visited a DZ in Woodstock, CT, shook some hands, filled out some paperwork, and did a hop 'n' pop from the 182. Moments later I was looking up at a pilot chute. The main was open and flying backwards. Stupid main!

I saw no reason to chop a good main and risk a possible reserve malfunction, so I rode it in, landing in a grassy field adjacent to the runway. Half brakes, no attempt to flare because I was disoriented and didn't want to stall the canopy at an inopportune moment. Tumbled more than 20 feet, leaving a path of trampled grass. Quickly removed my helmet and put it on backwards, then stood up and started gathering my gear as people ran up to me to see if I was okay.

Cheers,
Jon S.

[lisamariewillbe 1]

Flared at approx 25 feet and held it due to flying somewhat blind and being disoriented... Still dealing with the pain from that but I survived, and that jump alone taught me more about skydiving then any other jump Ive made.

Sudsy Fist: i don't think i'd ever say this
Sudsy Fist: but you're looking damn sudsydoable in this

[packing_jarrett 0]

Stupidest thing I ever did? I didn't research the canopy I was jumping. Yesterday I made 2 jumps. One under a Diablo 135 and one under a Sabre 135. On the diable I could bury the toggle and it would turn really fast, it was fun. Next jump, Sabre, I'm at 1500ft and bury the toggle to get in a different direction, I gave myself some line twists. That was pretty scary. Luckily it cleared pretty fast. Learned from it.

Na' Cho' Cheese

[Rick 67]

turned low trying to avoid my shadow on a night jump

You can't be drunk all day if you don't start early!

[Joellercoaster 6]

Haven't been jumping long enough to do anything No-Shit-stupid, but I've already managed stupid-stupid.

Jumped with a cold.

Could have been inner-ear problems or ruptured eardrums I guess (really stupid), and ended up deaf, but what happened was opening shock forced all the air out of my lungs and I went blind.

Blind?

Yeah, that's what happens when your goggles are totally covered in snot.

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[EvilLurker 2]

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bury the toggle to get in a different direction, I gave myself some line twists.

I did that on a PD-210 loaded at around .8:1, and a lot lower than you were. Be careful, bro, it can happen at any wing loading with the "right" canopy.

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That was pretty scary.

Yeah, I had the same reaction.

[Derekbox 0]

Got a girlfriend...

[jimshred 0]

I just saw this video on a show called "Sports Disasters" on TLC.

Some guy named Tom Bernard in Rantoul tried to do a stunt of swooping into a giant hangar through door #1 and swoop out of door #2. Kinda like a u-turn swoop. Very low margin of error.

Well the left side of his canopy got caught on the left side of door #1 as he entered the hangar. He was going fast and got thrown down on the concrete real hard. Fractured his pelvis several times.

In the interview he says he survived and is still skydiving and doing crazy stunts.

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[crotalus01 0]

you should see his video "Frankenass"...

As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD...

[lpurdy 0]

Completing AFF and then promptly breaking my right elbow horse riding. I remember thinking, "That sucks, I broke my arm." And then it hit me, I can't skydive... For that I was in tears. I've never felt dull, gnawing despair like that before. Earned two titanium screws for the event. Best thing about getting hardware to fix you up is a fast recovery! Have rig on the way and can’t wait to re-qualify.

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[topper 0]

Jill,

Doing my AFF @ Ocana in spain. Then will be going to Hib when I get back (well when the weather's good !!). That's my closest DZ.

Went there yesterday for a look round, they have a really good setup there.

Topper

[albatross27 0]

On my AFF stage 3, slammed into a tree at 50km an hour and survived. My advice: try to avoid obstacles. Took a long time but I managed to triumph over tragedy and came back to it...

"Let the jumping begin!"