boardswinds

i had broken my ankle (45 degree fracture all the way through), broke my fibula and talus in my foot. I healed up and am jumping again.

its a tempo 150

so i'm the one who misrouted the chest strap...very embarrassing reason to be in parachutist for the first time, but on the bright side i'm alive and hope this helps everyone become aware of how serious gear checks are. I honestly checked my chest strap in the plane too. (remember tugging on the strap to make sure its tight is not a proper check bc that's what i did and obviously it was not right). I tried both back and belly fly to route the chest strap only after going into a sit fly which is where I initially realized something was not right when my rig was slipping down to my elbows! scary shit definitely. I could not see where I needed to route my chest strap due to my helmet constricting my sight and relying on touch in freefall does not work (at least this time it didn't). So I took a deep breath once I was at 2,000 ft. realized I had no other choice, reached across my body and held on with dear life to my right shoulder strap with my left hand. I was in a Pendulum pretty well for the initial deployment but then just stayed calm to land...it was only once I started to pack my chute I started realizing the gravity of what had just happened. so gear check please...also I recommend not talking to others while putting on gear..bc I think that's what I was doing causing me not to have full attention on something that requires it. complacency kills people...GEAR CHECK!!