jtlmd

God almighty, what a tale.

Shifting the discussion from the original question of Does A Baglock Stand You Up is an unwitting example of the old aphorism, "If you cannot prove X, then prove Y and pretend it is the same thing".

Hmmm....not too hard to guess who this mystery person is. JTL

This video service is excellent. I wonder what it costs for the little DZ here to be able to do this. JT Lee Minnesota

Good point. I was not envisioning a six-foot rope connecting the cell phone to one's ankle. Nonetheless, you have made the ultimate wise suggestion: no telephonic shenanigans while airborne--period.

Yes, or an anti-miracle depending on semantics.

Looks like I will have to buy a sports bra or else figure out how to put a cell phone inside my boxer shorts. That means installing another zipper separate from the main zipper on jump suit also. After reviewing FAR 91.15, I still think a lanyard is a darn good idea for keeping the damn phone "on board" at all times after you unstow it from its secret place in the bra. Especially so given that, in the rare event of "bombs away", the source of the missile would be exactly traced to you. This assumes that some farmer gets hit in the head by the cell phone, etc. admittedly low likelihood but not zero. JTL

As for the "phone call while under canopy" I presume that: 1. You have some kind of lanyard attached to the cell phone or its case so that it cannot be dropped from the sky in violation of FAR whatever-it-is ? 2. You have put in the DZ phone number as a "speed dial" choice so that there is no need to fumble with gloved(?) fingers, etc. ? Good story with happy ending....

Age 63 Male Avg = 0.21

I like that adverb "uterinely". JTL

Down in Texas we always said "you'all" for the plural. It is pronounced "yawl". JTL

There is an old saying from the bomber pilots in WW Two: "....when we saw the flack coming up through the clouds, we always knew we were right over the target...".

Thanks. Very interesting looking through the many comments. Seems that many folks are confusing aortic dissection with aortic rupture. They are not the same thing by any means. I saw one comment by a poster who opined that a dissection would "kill you instantly". Not necessarily. Pretty interesting how often the word "aorta" shows up in the forum search engine output. JT Lee MD Saint Paul MN

I would be very curious to know the details of the case where someone had "the aorta torn from the heart" secondary to a hard opening. Do you have any details on this ? James T. Lee, MD Saint Paul MN

Thanks for the inside poop on "microfractures". I have never heard of that before. Just be careful in that ring--some of your guys have been killed doing stunts. I shall continue to study the Pile Driver. Looks like to me if it is not done exactly by BOTH parties, the coroner might be easing into the story. I do notice that the "victim" in the Pile Driver has his hands on the lower legs of the "attacker" so maybe this is what keeps the head from hitting the mat. Of course, the tremendous "bang" from feet landing on the surface is part of the effect I think. All due respect of course !!! What is your ring name and where can we see you on TV ? I think it is cool as hell that we have our own wrestler in the sky diving world. It will drive the non-wrestling types completely nuts.