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Done Thank you all for the advice. I´m not an active jumper right now but will review the topic when I get back to jumping BTW, this drew my attention because it was actually in an instructional video that my coaches used, just remembered it a few days ago. The segment in particular was about the Pilot Chute in Tow malfunction and there were a few examples of the diver pulling the reserve, in one of them he actually reached back to pull the bridle (and it apparently worked). Now it seems weird that this appeared in an instructional video, maybe he was using another system?

Thanks a lot for the replies guys, after reading all these posts I am guessing most of you are right. Things make sense. I never considered the fact that the PC might be deflated (is that term right?), making this option a complete waste of time. The "correct" prodedures though, sounds a bit scarry in case the main decides to come out. Still, If you are the last jumper out and are going to pull at 8k... Wouldn´t trying this once be the the "safe" way? But yeah, let´s keep up with gear checks and more gear checks The only malfunctions I've had were a tight pull and a hard opening.

[Side bar. When we were still training SL students with ripcords and then transitioning newbies to throw outs we had an instructor (now deceased) who use to train the newbies that if they had a PC in tow they should roll onto their back, PULL IN THE PC, and hang on to it while they rolled back over and pulled their reserve.Crazy Now if you want something that a 20 jump wonder, let alone ANYBODY, SHOULD NOT BE DOING, it's this. And of course he was the kind of asshole who would start a physical fight if you told him he was wrong. We corrected his training later.Angelic ] Wow, that sounds scarry. Good to hear you got to correct the instructr

Hello guys First of all I want to clarify that I know there are plenty of posts about PCITs. Don't know if there are posts about this specific situation but it'd be a long time to find'em (or it). If you are like "Oh god, same post again", pardon me, you don´t have to answer, I did search. So... I've discussed this with some guys at my "local" DZ and the thing is, if you pull and nothing comes out, do you think is it a good option to try and pull the bridle back in order to release the pin? My instructors told me I could do it but the common procedure (if not going straight to silver) is to elbow the container. I understand that this malfunction can mean the container is too small and the pin is allready out, so the technique would be useless. I'm just asking if you think this is a good idea. I think it can be, depending on the opening altitude.

Well... Broken arm: I was 13 and a group of dogs chased me while hiking, had to jump a fence and the other side was much higher than I thought Shoulder thing was a road cycling fall, still don´t know why the front tyre slipped Knee thing was due to improper and intense training (cycling) plus a crash with a car (fault of both) Foot: playing soccer and i'd say is a pretty common injury The nose thing was kind of stupid and I recognize it because I hit the edge of a swimming pool And broke my leg in a rough landing while skydiving, the jump was worth it tough

So I've always had quite an active lifestyle and things don´t always go as planned, some friends are starting to get a little worried because i've had 3 orthopedic surgeries and am only 22. I'd say these have been my main accidents: -Stage 4 separated right shoulder with displacement of the sternoclavicular joint, surgery, took 6 months -Broken right radius and ulna, had surgery and will need another in the future -Broken right Tibia and fibula, surgery -Left knee: osteoarthritis, ligament damage and torn capsule -Torn ligament in left foot and -Broken nose What do you think, and how do you compare yourselves? As soon as my leg heals I'm gonna be new and back into sports. Seriously, I have and will always strive to avoid these kind of things, but... shit happens.