Pilotchute seperation at Bridge Day

***mknutson*** · October 21st, 2009, 07:31 AM

Here is the video of a jumpers pilotchute detaching during deployment

YouTube- Pilot Chute pops off at Bridge Day 2009.

**Para_Frog** · October 21st, 2009, 08:43 AM

That's 2 years in a row...the reaper's creepin.

**nicknitro71** · October 21st, 2009, 10:49 AM

Take care of your feet, take care of your boots, and take care of your fucking gear!

***mknutson*** · October 21st, 2009, 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by nicknitro71

Take care of your feet, take care of your boots, and take care of your fucking gear!

Speaking of that, there was a jumper that lost BOTH his shoes after a head down exit, then HARD opening...

**davo** · October 21st, 2009, 06:24 PM

hopefully it floated so far away they are forced to buy an new one... that was sketchy as hell...

180 opening canopy too... bad ju-ju

**monkey1031** · October 21st, 2009, 09:12 PM

Would you imagine that the stitching on the bridle created enough pull force to initiate extraction -or- was this some how planned?

-smd7

**gofastmax** · October 22nd, 2009, 10:41 AM

I know the pc pop off guy. He said he did not rig the pc correctly. The scary part is it was not even larks headed to the load tapes alone, or the center line alone. ie no damage to either area of the pc. I did not get to inspect the gear, so this is second hand from him. He has several base jumps, but was not current. I wish I would have asked him to look at the gear myself. Oh yeah, it was his birthday. So his present was life!

**base428** · October 26th, 2009, 12:19 PM

Can someone email me the name of the jumper? I want to see if he re-rigged his PC after we checked his gear. Bad PCs never get by our gear checkers (Moe Viletto and Bubba).

**gofastmax** · October 28th, 2009, 09:40 AM

PM sent

**base428** · October 29th, 2009, 09:52 AM

I have private messaging turned off here (too many places to check for emails). Never got your PM. Email me at: jbell (AT) vertical-visions (DOT) com.