travis87

Exit weight ~205 Sabre 170

Hi, Today was my 20th jump... I waved off at about 4,000 and pulled a little above 3,500. Normally, the harness sits me up straight almost immediately and than opens up however this time, it didn't. After 3 seconds of not being lifted up vertically in my harness (still in stomach to earth position) I figured something was wrong so I figured I'd cutaway. Just as I reached down found my cutaway handle the harness sat me up. I checked my altimeter and I was at 2,000 ft. What could have taken it so long? Thanks

I had a similar problem on Jump # 4. I'm 6'4" and 175 lbs.. I noticed what really helped me was just visualizing it on the plane ride up. ( I also had a hand problem where they'd be too tense ) so I would close my eyes and picture me falling and I'd go through in my head what my hands would feel like being relaxed, than I'd go down and imagine what it feels like being arched and than I'd go to my legs where I imagined applying positive pressure to both legs and to keep my toes out. I thought this really helped, just going through it over and over in my head what each part of my body would feel like.