I have heard a story that russians made some similar tests. They found out that if you drop a soldier from an aircraft (without anykind of chute) to deep snow, 80 percent of the soldiers will survive in a condition that they can still continue..
Nice shit... Reminds me of a student who just a few days ago rotated a backflip when opening her chute. (5 second freefall spring PC ) She actually went between her risers so she had one twist in both sides.. (i wonder if she even noticed them in the air )
Well.. I have done it and I must say I dont regret at all. It was fun. Ofcourse it was not a hurricane or anything but , there was real lightnings close to us. And the air in the Freefall was so warm !!
How about this one ? I think not more than 30 meters... there is a person holding the PC though... http://www.headdown.net/default.cgi?mode=movies&area=ff01 (download "tack för kaffet") (its Swedish and means "Thanks for the coffey")
What do you think ? Wich one of these packing methods is more reliable ? PRO pack or Psycho pack ? Is there any statistics on this matter ? Wich do you use your self ? Why ?
I was also pretty calm before the 1st jump... (not long time ago) .. But if u r still calm at 4000m (13000ft.) I would say not too good... Its always healthy to be a little bit afraid. ( even if its yer 10.000th jump..) Respect for the sport at least if not afraid.. 8)
So how old do u have to be in US to jump ? Does it go by the DZ rules or by the state ? I just saw some film including a 11 year old boy who had 78 jumps.. (shit) Is that legal ?