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yea unfortunately we had to stow the cargo rig up the horses ass. theonlyski was right though. Getting that equine out the door was real trick. As for the falcon......hell I dont know where he came from. He wasnt part of our jump. I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your fucking packing tent down.

are you saying this isnt a real zoo dive either I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your fucking packing tent down.

wow! nothing gets past you inspector Holmes are you sure its a fake? I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your fucking packing tent down.

siamese twins tandem I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your fucking packing tent down.

Hot damn! thank you! you get it!

I hope that if I ever misroute my chest strap I fall out and die. I appreciate your commitment to self discipline I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your fucking packing tent down.

i'm sorry, do you have any input relative to the topic? what exactly do think was stupid about my post? Did I say something that you dont believe to be true? Please elaborate. Do you have an opinion or did you just get on here to blast filthy language and PA's? I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your fucking packing tent down.

remember the guy that forgot his leg straps was suffering from task overload. You are familiar with this as a diver. this guy had a bunch of new equipment and new techniques he was burdened with. He was so consumed with the new that he took the old and seemingly obvious for granted. That is normal for any new experience. You will never do away with mistakes caused by the pressure and stress of task overloading. And I wouldnt worry about this becoming a common thing. I believe it will remain very isolated and a minute contributer to the fataity reports. A thread about whether people step into leg straps or stretch to put them on is just about the most non informative thread i have ever seen. Why not ask if people zip their jumpsuit before they board the plane or just before they jump? I'm sure the responses would be riveting wow i'm editing this now to just say ditto to DSE's post. It wasnt there when I was typing this. I cant believe I agree with DSE I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your fucking packing tent down.

I understand with your background in donning compicated gear, dealing with stress, task overloading, and the other finer details that come with commercial diving, that you would feel very confident with the simplicity of putting on a rig. well you should be....... a moron with no training could put one on. regardless, the chest strap thing happens quite often. Lots of people get so comfortable with thier gear that they thread the chest strap without looking at it. You could mess up doing that. Now I dont doubt with your experience and discipline in gear checks that you will never misroute it. that is as long you dont get complacent because it seems so simple. I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your fucking packing tent down.

I know you are joking about that last line but i'm afraid its where this sport is going. It seems people dont like the responsibility of making thier own decisions. Freedom means they would have to think for themselves......god knows we wouldnt want that. I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your fucking packing tent down.

Not everyone who died in 2008 died because they made a mistake. Sometimes accidents just happen, even to highly intelligent, well-trained, safety-conscious people. you are right. not all made mistakes, I didnt mean that line as literal as you took it. it was more to support a point. But fasted is right as well most of them did make mistakes, just as any of us could. I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your fucking packing tent down.

god you are so right! what was i thinking! I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your fucking packing tent down.

its because we are aliens. Diplomatic immunity. now GFY I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your fucking packing tent down.

I certainly hope you arent crying for us to be regulated more. Thats exactly whats wrong with people now days. People want to skydive but dont want to accept the reality that it is dangerous. Maybe if dumb skydivers would stop telling newbies and whuffos how safe it is then the overal attitude would change for the better. People dont respect this activity enough. I hear ignorant skydivers all the time telling people how safe it is. Maybe you want to believe that but its not true. Then when someone starts skydiving they dont have a respect for it like they should. The more they jump the more comfortable they become with that idea. Then when someone dies they freak out and ask "what happened?" Well skydiving happened! SURPRISE! its dangerous! No matter what you have fooled yourself into believing. How many people have you seen quit the sport when they see someone die? Why do you think that is? Because they had a false sense of security. Because everyone telling them that they will be fine and skydiving isnt that dangerous. The simple fact that someone started this thread and asked the question is proof enough. Why would someone ask "how safe was the 2008 season?" Mine wasnt safe at all. I was skydiving. I didnt die. I tried to use common sense. But I also made some mistakes. What do you really want to know? Should the title of this have been "how dangerous was the 2008 season?". I would say about 30 mistakes dangerous. Just think about it. I ask again what is an acceptable number of fatalities? Skydiving is not safe! bottom line! It just seems ridiculous to me for someone to have the attitude that skydiving should be safe. You are jumping out of a airplane! Educating is fine but regulating is what communist do. If you cant accept the risk then dont whine to someone else to make it safe for you. You should quit. Also just to add. Considering the sports size, 30 fatalities is pretty remarkable and is as someone pointed out right on average. I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your fucking packing tent down.