Good article Brian, thank you. I had one other type of incident with breaklines. When on brake release the excess snaked its way around one of my fingers and locked itself tightly in a half-hitch such that I could not get my finger/hand free of the breakline! Some quick action was required! It required that I used my free arm - left - to pull down the knotted breakline from above the knot point, (inducing a steep/radical canopy spinning dive that had to be ridden out) that then reduced the tension of the knot from above the knot point, thereby releasing the tension in the knot around my finger and thus allow me to shake that finger free. I've alway release my breaks with a sharp, quick tug - as Brian explained above (toppie school!) however, these days I take a micro-second to studying the line configurations at the toggles - before I jurk them free from the stows. Blue skies, Hot skydives, Safe landiings
