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Ron
no i did not take you the wrong way. i meant what i
said " i like the way you think".
I know i look stupid w/protech...i saw the pictures
p.s.
and now you can see the pictures too!
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later mike.
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QuoteWell I never said YOU said people who jump without a CYPRES are stupid....Sorry if you took it that way.
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Mike Wheadon B-3715,HEMP#1
Higher Expectations for Modern Parachutists.
I have to get in on this. I havent been in skydiving very long, but it seems to me an AAD is really more of an insurance policy, you know, peace of mind? To me, this early in the game, thats what it is. So I would not rely on insurance in a bad situation, but it never hurts to stack up safety devices to minimize the odds.
Now maybe some of you can clue me in, isnt is possible that, after doing a cutaway, the reserve handle can move from its former position? This is the thing Id be concerned with, if that was the reason why he couldnt find the handle. That combined with the state of panic he might have been in.
Also, what about the possibility of a main malfunction causing a hard spin? I guess the best thing to do would be to just immediately cutaway, if you can find the cutaway while youre spinning. So on this note, is there a better way to immediately deal with a spin, like pulling down on the opposite back riser until you gain a little more control? Dont know myself if that would work or not.
Now maybe some of you can clue me in, isnt is possible that, after doing a cutaway, the reserve handle can move from its former position? This is the thing Id be concerned with, if that was the reason why he couldnt find the handle. That combined with the state of panic he might have been in.
Also, what about the possibility of a main malfunction causing a hard spin? I guess the best thing to do would be to just immediately cutaway, if you can find the cutaway while youre spinning. So on this note, is there a better way to immediately deal with a spin, like pulling down on the opposite back riser until you gain a little more control? Dont know myself if that would work or not.
Tonto 1
Ron and Listo. Not packing correctly and being unable to locate a reserve handle are big errors, but not worth dying for. This dude did 1 thing right, and put a cypress in his rig, and is alive as a result of it.
We all make mistakes. ALL OF US. Ask Tommy Piras, Rob Harris, Patrick De Gayardon. Think you're better than they were? Big ego if you do. If you have the skin, buy one, and turn it on. I also have one, for that day I'm dumb and am too fixcated on getting my AFF student to pull. Hasn't happened in the last 3800 dives, but I still turn it on.
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We all make mistakes. ALL OF US. Ask Tommy Piras, Rob Harris, Patrick De Gayardon. Think you're better than they were? Big ego if you do. If you have the skin, buy one, and turn it on. I also have one, for that day I'm dumb and am too fixcated on getting my AFF student to pull. Hasn't happened in the last 3800 dives, but I still turn it on.
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It's the year of the Pig.
But there are people who DO say things like that.
I agree, if you can afford one I think you should get one.
But I don't tell people to get one, and if someone does not have one, I don't tell them they should get one.
Some people don't trust them, others just don't like them.
I like them, I have one rig with one and one without.
But if a person chooses not to have one it is that persons right. I will not force it on them.
And this is off topic a little...But as for a DZO that requires them...I think it is perfectly fine for them to do that. You have the choice not to jump there. Just like if you don't like Coke, they make Pepsi. I don't think that the USPA should ever say squat about jumpers having an AAD once they have a license.
Well I'm done...eveyone have a good time.
Ron
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