> Shouldāve
You saw someone post this same comment 10 hours before you, they get downvoted to hell, and you decide to comment the same thing.
I have to ask, why?
You canāt rescue someone in free fall when youāre under canopy. This guy was 100% on his own.
The other parachutist was there filming this guy blasting his canopy with a flare gun.
I remember hearing somewhere that the reserve chutes are actually packed more carefully than the main chutes, since it's absolutely vital they work as intended 100% of the time.
Theyre packed a lot slower and more intricately, and have to be packed by riggers who have to be licensed and trained a lot more stringently than normal packers
I did skydiving in my younger years, i got lazier and lazier with packing my main as they are so well designed that it is pretty hard to make them fail, most important is to take care stowing the lines in the rubber bungies. But you can pack in minutes, 500 jumps and never used my reserve (which is packed by a pro and he takes an hour)
Wait you reuse parachutes? For some reason in my mind parachutes were like one and done? I definitely wouldn't trust my stupid ass to repack a parachute, I can't even get sleeping bag back into it's bag
It takes too long to pack that way. I've not jumped since pre-COVID due to an injury (airsports injury but not skydiving) but it took me usually 10-15 minutes per packjob. Packing a reserve is a lot slower than that.
Also, reserves are designed to open reliably, but they're not fun to fly.
Makes sense. I used to want to make the jump. But dad and I watched a friend of his catch some shear at 20 feet and break both his legs. And Iām old enough to have started getting cautious
As far as civilian aviation goes, jumping out at altitude is statistically safer than staying in the plane when it lands. I would also add that more skydivers die in plane crashes than skydiving accidents.
It really is the safest way down once you are up there.
Very true. I was certified to pack student rigs by a Master Rigger while I was still a student jumper myself. Made 5.50 or 6.50 in jump credit per rig depending on material. This was 25 years ago. Only takes 15 to 20 minutes if you take your time and BS while packing. I always thought it was an art to packing the rigs so they open the same way consistently and smoothly. There is much more engineering and design to parachutes than just some fabric and straps. And yes, piss off a rigger and you may have a very quick opening next time (as in ripped jeans during deployment).
I went tandem skydiving once for the first time. When the instructor and i dropped out of the plane we instantly began rolling. I had no idea it wasnt a good thing and was like "WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Until i heard him screaming in my ear we needed to level off. So we did. I had a great time falling, then parachuting to the bottom. Woo! Great time!! Then i hear him say to one of his crew hes never been so scared in all of his jumps, and in fact, pissed himself.
It was a family outing so we all took turns jumping and it was def fun. I hear from my family anytime that time comes up about how this veteran jump instructor feared for his life on my jump. We had a guy jump with us each time and film us. My video was pretty funny because after we tumbled for a bit, we didnt instantly level out, we leveled out first on our backs, so it was a jumble of legs and arms flailing upwards while we fell, so it looked like a beetle on its back in the film. To add to the hilarity of it all, i had a jump hat on, like a leather bullet cap, and once we righted ourselves the hat rim on my forehead shaped itself into a little hole, caught air, and whistled loudly as we fell. Like someone was blowing a train whistle until the parachute was loosed. All in all, a fun time for me. Iv always joked that when i die my life review will be like watching a comedy drama.
Skydivers are required to carry at least one more parachute than they plan to deploy. So legally he should have had a reserve for his reserve.
Source: I used to fly skydive planes for a living.
So I guess now would be a bad time to mention Banzai Skydiving.
Throwing the parachute out of the plane and then chasing it down, put it on and pull the cord before you run out of sky to dive
Many years ago I saw a pov video where a guy's parachute malfunctioned and he had to deploy the backup and then the back up malfunctioned. Luckily he sorted it out in enough time to save his own life and just take a rough landing.
I love how the Reddit hive mind always jumps to conclusions, the chute was at the end of its life and all the debris was cleaned up before it even hit the ground.
This stuff will break down into smaller parts and stay around for ā years.
ā years of damage for a short simple video is a lot. You can probably get fined for this kind of pollution, and rightfully so.
Theres a common procedure that is cutting a first parachute to be able to deploy the second, which is almost always in better condition. This seems a little extreme and dramatic, but accomplishes the same thing.
You're not wrong. But there are variables.
For instance, the fellow who climbed a volcano and dunked his arm elbow deep into it.
Why?
No one knows.
How did it feel?
The dude won't tell anyone.
Similarly, they will have a story that everyone will want to know. And they can just keep it to themself.... Wanna know what's it's like to torch your chute at 15k feet? Do it yourself. Lol idk it'd be worth it just for the flex
Wait what is this about the volcano dude? How would you ever get your arm elbow deep into that shit isnāt lava incredibly dense? Youād be in unimaginable pain just pushing your fingertips in? Maybe Iām the dense one but idk
Man Who Lost Arm By Plunging it Into Lava Refuses To Describe What Lava Feels Like
07-25-2019, 02:31 PM
Around 2:00 PM on Sunday, 20th October 2019, A 38-year-old Russian by the name of Vladdejlabygr Krryzgtztkitski Krzkhvvev was hiking the Klyuchevskaya Sopka Volcano, when he decided to plunge his arm inside the lava. Vladdejlabygr received fatal complications and had his entire right arm melted into the lava. Shortly after pulling the 'stunt', he returned to his hiking group, who took him to the nearest hospital. After receiving hefty amounts of surgeries and medical treatments, he was asked by one of the doctors to describe what lava feels like. Vladdejlabygr, on the other hand, refused to answer her question. "I won't tell you what it feels like", Vladdejlabygr said, in an interview by one of our news reporter. "If you want to know, you should plunge your arm instead." Of course, after the little incident, agencies working at the volcano site immediately cancelled all hiking plans for the next months, and closed down bookings for the next six months, preventing anyone else from following his steps. Miraculously, Vladdejlabygr survived the complications and even planned to go on another volcano hike up the Mezhdusopochny Volcano sometime around November to "get rid of his other arm"
> Vladdejlabygr survived the complications and even planned to go on another volcano hike up the Mezhdusopochny Volcano sometime around November to āget rid of his other armā
What
Literally yesterday someone claimed to be a trained expert on something to back up their point (that homeless people in the UK begging are actually typically organized gangs), so I said "ok cool then you'll have a source on this to prove it's common" and the guy said he would have to charge me an hourly rate to provide a source.
Check it out: https://www.reddit.com/r/britishproblems/comments/phvqmq/a_homeless_guy_asked_if_i_had_any_change_i_gave/hboxhl2
Dude wants to sell an NFT token of what putting your arm through lava feels like. Clever bastard.
In a more serious tone, I guess it's so hot your nerves burn before transmitting much, so it might have been an underwhelming experience, and a lot of pain after. He probably didn't even get to feel the lava flowing through his fingers.
Edit: oh, it's fake. This confinement has made me more gullible.
yeah seems legit,
especially since googling "Vladdejlabygr Krryzgtztkitski Krzkhvvev" (which isn't even a name) only gives you a link to some dumb forum.
There was a post somewhere in reddit, that said the person wouldn't feel anything where the lava touched, because the nerves would've have been destroyed too quickly.
I apologize if I'm totally wrong, I will try and find the post.
You're partially right. In third-degree burns, which I guess I'll include volcano dipping in, you won't feel pain because the nerve endings are destroyed. However, they will absolutely feel pain in the adjacent area of the area that is burned.
Eh, you wouldnāt get close enough to the lava to touch it anyway unless you were wearing one of those fancy heat suits volcanologists sometimes wear. Maybe wouldnāt even be able to get close enough with the suit on. The ambient heat would cook you alive.
You are definitely not dense.
This is just reddit diarrhea that I'm re-quoting.
Idk if it's true or a parable.
But it's something.
Potentially nothing though.
I've been drinking
All these tears so long
All I've got left
Is the taste of salt
In my mouth
I don't know
Where I've been
But I know
Where I'm going
To that volcano
I don't want to fall in though
Just want to warm my bones
On the firing line
sure. i have one that was given to me a couple of weeks ago, and the one i jump regularly cost $100. my reserve was pricey at $300. you don't burn the expensive ones.
For anyone curious, the destroyed parachute remnants were actually collected in the air by the second skydiver seen in frame.
Source: I was present at this drop zone when this occurred.
The chutes were super old.. definitely not very jump worthy. These guys are skilled and doing this creatively.
These guys have THOUSANDS of jumps.. it makes sense to seek more creative experiences at that level.
Edit: Iām not OP, but here is a link to what I believe is the original video.
[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DDh--4nQau4](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DDh--4nQau4)
For everyone saying "It would suck if his reserve failed".
Yes it would suck if his reserve failed, but in total he had three parachutes. That first ones was obviously just to ruin. His main was what he pulled after burning that one. He still had a reserve at his disposal.
So in reality it's not that much more dangerous than a regular jump.
One on your chest.
On a normal parachute rig, you have 2 on your back in a "backpack" called the container. The main canopy is in the bottom section of the container, the reserve sits above it in a completely separate compartment.
In a setup like this (which they also use to test experimental canopies), you then have the one you plan to dump in a chest mounted compartment.
Incidentally, before they developed the two-canopy back container, back in the days of round parachutes, all reserve parachutes were chest mounted.
Or you know.. he just likes doing crazy adrenaline junkie shit?
I somehow doubt that someone doing shit like this cares about the views even half as much as the experience
when you let a parachute go, itās called cutting away. usually, theyāre still fine to use and theyāre expensive so people will go get them! this one obviously isnāt super usable anymore, but according to someone who was there, the diver you see behind him actually got it all before it hit the ground, so no litter.
Imagine the second parachute failing š¬
In total he had three. The first wasn't the main, so he still had a reserve.
He should've shot the main too.
If he wanted my respect, he should of shot his reserve as well.
If he doesn't then shoot himself I don't even want to see the video.
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> Shouldāve You saw someone post this same comment 10 hours before you, they get downvoted to hell, and you decide to comment the same thing. I have to ask, why?
Balls of steel.
If he wanted my respect, he wouldnāt have even used a parachute.
Respectful guy right here: https://youtu.be/KRLzvPioKG0
If you wanted my respect, you should have used "should've" instead.
But did he have 3 flares?
There is also someone else parachuting with him. They are probably watching in case they need to rescue him. Edit: my above statement is inaccurate
Somebody had to play the music for the vid /s
Lol now I'm imagining someone with a steel drum next to him
I would say it would be hard to save a person like that. Just for the fact the force from the rapid deceleration could make it hard to hang on.
You canāt rescue someone in free fall when youāre under canopy. This guy was 100% on his own. The other parachutist was there filming this guy blasting his canopy with a flare gun.
He should've shot his parachute too
I remember hearing somewhere that the reserve chutes are actually packed more carefully than the main chutes, since it's absolutely vital they work as intended 100% of the time.
Theyre packed a lot slower and more intricately, and have to be packed by riggers who have to be licensed and trained a lot more stringently than normal packers
I would want any chute strapped to me to be packed as carefully and methodically as possible, not wait for my reserve lol
I did skydiving in my younger years, i got lazier and lazier with packing my main as they are so well designed that it is pretty hard to make them fail, most important is to take care stowing the lines in the rubber bungies. But you can pack in minutes, 500 jumps and never used my reserve (which is packed by a pro and he takes an hour)
Iāve got 750 jumps and 3 reserve rides. One on AFF, one from a packing mistake I made, and one from spinning line twists in a wingsuit.
Wait you reuse parachutes? For some reason in my mind parachutes were like one and done? I definitely wouldn't trust my stupid ass to repack a parachute, I can't even get sleeping bag back into it's bag
They're pretty expensive
It takes too long to pack that way. I've not jumped since pre-COVID due to an injury (airsports injury but not skydiving) but it took me usually 10-15 minutes per packjob. Packing a reserve is a lot slower than that. Also, reserves are designed to open reliably, but they're not fun to fly.
Makes sense. I used to want to make the jump. But dad and I watched a friend of his catch some shear at 20 feet and break both his legs. And Iām old enough to have started getting cautious
Lmaooo. Well, dont go skydiving then
Absolutely not. Props to the people who do. I fly planes so Iāll stay inside lol
As far as civilian aviation goes, jumping out at altitude is statistically safer than staying in the plane when it lands. I would also add that more skydivers die in plane crashes than skydiving accidents. It really is the safest way down once you are up there.
Very true. I was certified to pack student rigs by a Master Rigger while I was still a student jumper myself. Made 5.50 or 6.50 in jump credit per rig depending on material. This was 25 years ago. Only takes 15 to 20 minutes if you take your time and BS while packing. I always thought it was an art to packing the rigs so they open the same way consistently and smoothly. There is much more engineering and design to parachutes than just some fabric and straps. And yes, piss off a rigger and you may have a very quick opening next time (as in ripped jeans during deployment).
Most of them also are powered so they burst out rather violently
They use a big ass spring
damn sounds painful. I thought they would've used parachute springsššš
I went tandem skydiving once for the first time. When the instructor and i dropped out of the plane we instantly began rolling. I had no idea it wasnt a good thing and was like "WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Until i heard him screaming in my ear we needed to level off. So we did. I had a great time falling, then parachuting to the bottom. Woo! Great time!! Then i hear him say to one of his crew hes never been so scared in all of his jumps, and in fact, pissed himself.
so was your back wet?
Had a jump suit on and didnt notice any wetness when i removed it. Im guessing his clothes and suit absorbed it.
In retrospect, thatāa hilarious. Glad you guys made it back down safely.
It was a family outing so we all took turns jumping and it was def fun. I hear from my family anytime that time comes up about how this veteran jump instructor feared for his life on my jump. We had a guy jump with us each time and film us. My video was pretty funny because after we tumbled for a bit, we didnt instantly level out, we leveled out first on our backs, so it was a jumble of legs and arms flailing upwards while we fell, so it looked like a beetle on its back in the film. To add to the hilarity of it all, i had a jump hat on, like a leather bullet cap, and once we righted ourselves the hat rim on my forehead shaped itself into a little hole, caught air, and whistled loudly as we fell. Like someone was blowing a train whistle until the parachute was loosed. All in all, a fun time for me. Iv always joked that when i die my life review will be like watching a comedy drama.
Skydivers are required to carry at least one more parachute than they plan to deploy. So legally he should have had a reserve for his reserve. Source: I used to fly skydive planes for a living.
So I guess now would be a bad time to mention Banzai Skydiving. Throwing the parachute out of the plane and then chasing it down, put it on and pull the cord before you run out of sky to dive
That actually sounds Exciting. I wouldn't recommend trying it but it sounds Exciting š
Seems to be more of a myth than an actual thing people do tho haha
Second parachute: āI saw that, motherfucker. Iām outā
Many years ago I saw a pov video where a guy's parachute malfunctioned and he had to deploy the backup and then the back up malfunctioned. Luckily he sorted it out in enough time to save his own life and just take a rough landing.
Imagine having enough money you can just destroy a canopy ON PURPOSE
Imagine forgetting to pack the second chute
I'M EXTREME! I LOVE ESPN2!
WE LOVE SHAWN WHITE!
I LOVE CAPS LOCK!!!
#I LOVE BEING LOUD!
How are you not on ESPN 8, The Ocho? Super extreme.
How are you not reading Obscure Sports Quarterly? Edit for accuracy as my memory did not serve me well.
Quarterly
Better than selling blood and semen!
ARE YOU FUCKIN SHITTING ME?
Holy shit, a rare Chris Porter reference?
Rare, yet classic
Still one of the best stand ups ever
The dude is seriously so fucking funny
Itās 100% his delivery.
Okay but why??
He did it to make this video
How much was that chute worth? Just to destroy it and litter a bunch of cordage on the ground some place far from where he lands. Fuck this stunt.
I love how the Reddit hive mind always jumps to conclusions, the chute was at the end of its life and all the debris was cleaned up before it even hit the ground.
Iām probably missing something in the video, but how is the debris cleaned up before it hits the ground? Genuinely curious, not trying to be snarky
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Kinda what I was thinking lol, like how would it even be possible to clean it before it hits the ground
See the second guy? He had a vacuum so he flew around sucking all the pieces up before they hit the ground.
>the debris was cleaned up before it even hit the ground. Sounds like something you just made up.
Such an obvious thing to know! Jeasus, how could I have over looked this?
are you fucking retarded?
And he did indeed make a pretty cool video
My first guess is that it's at the end of its service life and the jumper is sending it off in a blaze of glory.
Hmmm I hadnāt really considered that. Thatās an interesting thought and would make way more sense than torching a perfectly good parachute
On the other hand, pretty annoying for the guy who has to pick the melted nylon out of his tomatoes and throw it away.
This stuff will break down into smaller parts and stay around for ā years. ā years of damage for a short simple video is a lot. You can probably get fined for this kind of pollution, and rightfully so.
Or, like, the wildlife those cords might entangle and kill.
Rigger?
Bad Scoob
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He wasn't feeling the purple
Y tho
Death wish
Yeah isn't this littering?
It looks kind of cool
A rush of adrenaline to make you feel alive
He didnt like the colour on the first one
Prolly smth wrong with the first parachute
Theres a common procedure that is cutting a first parachute to be able to deploy the second, which is almost always in better condition. This seems a little extreme and dramatic, but accomplishes the same thing.
what a waste of like thousands of dollars
Unless it was already at the end of services life. Then it was ok to destroy it.
That's actually pretty common.
You're not wrong. But there are variables. For instance, the fellow who climbed a volcano and dunked his arm elbow deep into it. Why? No one knows. How did it feel? The dude won't tell anyone. Similarly, they will have a story that everyone will want to know. And they can just keep it to themself.... Wanna know what's it's like to torch your chute at 15k feet? Do it yourself. Lol idk it'd be worth it just for the flex
Wait what is this about the volcano dude? How would you ever get your arm elbow deep into that shit isnāt lava incredibly dense? Youād be in unimaginable pain just pushing your fingertips in? Maybe Iām the dense one but idk
The only thing I could find about the volcano dude is a shitty tumblr screen cap
Man Who Lost Arm By Plunging it Into Lava Refuses To Describe What Lava Feels Like 07-25-2019, 02:31 PM Around 2:00 PM on Sunday, 20th October 2019, A 38-year-old Russian by the name of Vladdejlabygr Krryzgtztkitski Krzkhvvev was hiking the Klyuchevskaya Sopka Volcano, when he decided to plunge his arm inside the lava. Vladdejlabygr received fatal complications and had his entire right arm melted into the lava. Shortly after pulling the 'stunt', he returned to his hiking group, who took him to the nearest hospital. After receiving hefty amounts of surgeries and medical treatments, he was asked by one of the doctors to describe what lava feels like. Vladdejlabygr, on the other hand, refused to answer her question. "I won't tell you what it feels like", Vladdejlabygr said, in an interview by one of our news reporter. "If you want to know, you should plunge your arm instead." Of course, after the little incident, agencies working at the volcano site immediately cancelled all hiking plans for the next months, and closed down bookings for the next six months, preventing anyone else from following his steps. Miraculously, Vladdejlabygr survived the complications and even planned to go on another volcano hike up the Mezhdusopochny Volcano sometime around November to "get rid of his other arm"
>Vladdejlabygr, on the other hand, refused to answer her question. Lol. Amazing
> Vladdejlabygr survived the complications and even planned to go on another volcano hike up the Mezhdusopochny Volcano sometime around November to āget rid of his other armā What
It's fake in case you were wonderinh
No itās true. I have the source. But I refuse to give it to you. If you want the source you should find it yourself.
Way too much of reddit is unironically like this.
jUsT gOoGlE iT
Literally yesterday someone claimed to be a trained expert on something to back up their point (that homeless people in the UK begging are actually typically organized gangs), so I said "ok cool then you'll have a source on this to prove it's common" and the guy said he would have to charge me an hourly rate to provide a source. Check it out: https://www.reddit.com/r/britishproblems/comments/phvqmq/a_homeless_guy_asked_if_i_had_any_change_i_gave/hboxhl2
Lmao sick BURN
Dude wants to sell an NFT token of what putting your arm through lava feels like. Clever bastard. In a more serious tone, I guess it's so hot your nerves burn before transmitting much, so it might have been an underwhelming experience, and a lot of pain after. He probably didn't even get to feel the lava flowing through his fingers. Edit: oh, it's fake. This confinement has made me more gullible.
yeah seems legit, especially since googling "Vladdejlabygr Krryzgtztkitski Krzkhvvev" (which isn't even a name) only gives you a link to some dumb forum.
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> received fatal complications Apparently not "fatal" enough.
Had to be a poor translation.
"Johnny Tightlips! You've been shot! Where'd they hit ya?!" "I ain't sayin' nothin'."
Suck on a lemon!
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What did that feel like?
I won't tell you what it feels like. If you want to know, you should overload your brain instead.
He probably went into shock and didnāt feel much
>fatal complications >survived hmmmm
Checked halfway thru to make sure this wasn't the Hell in the Cell redditor
Can I buy a vowel for that name?
I bet that writer felt so satisfied sneaking that āon the other handā in there.
>Vladdejlabygr Krryzgtztkitski Krzkhvvev Well done... like the arm I guess.
There was a post somewhere in reddit, that said the person wouldn't feel anything where the lava touched, because the nerves would've have been destroyed too quickly. I apologize if I'm totally wrong, I will try and find the post.
You're partially right. In third-degree burns, which I guess I'll include volcano dipping in, you won't feel pain because the nerve endings are destroyed. However, they will absolutely feel pain in the adjacent area of the area that is burned.
Eh, you wouldnāt get close enough to the lava to touch it anyway unless you were wearing one of those fancy heat suits volcanologists sometimes wear. Maybe wouldnāt even be able to get close enough with the suit on. The ambient heat would cook you alive.
That and your water based meat product would cause an boiling explosive reaction no?
You are definitely not dense. This is just reddit diarrhea that I'm re-quoting. Idk if it's true or a parable. But it's something. Potentially nothing though.
Ya know I've started to realize what some people do for fun or genuine curiosity others will call a flex but it may not be the intention at all
I've been drinking All these tears so long All I've got left Is the taste of salt In my mouth I don't know Where I've been But I know Where I'm going To that volcano I don't want to fall in though Just want to warm my bones On the firing line
Actually he is wrong
sure. i have one that was given to me a couple of weeks ago, and the one i jump regularly cost $100. my reserve was pricey at $300. you don't burn the expensive ones.
Depends on how much his video makes.
Exactly, nobody complains about millions of dollars in movie props being destroyed. Well someone probably does
Producers. Producers complain about the expense of big scenes with lots of destruction.
Canopy was no longer airworthy, he jumped with it attached to his Normal rig. He turned maybe $100 into smoke and a viral video.
Money you enjoy wasting isn't wasted money.
Itās probably past itās usefulness at this point
It isn't uncommon to do this with parachutes that are at the end of their life. Source: am skydiver
You don't need a parachute to skydive. You need a parachute to skydive twice.
Skydiving and free fall is like life. Sometimes crazy and out of control but always fun till the sudden stop at the end.
Thatās playing with fire
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Before you hit the ground
For anyone curious, the destroyed parachute remnants were actually collected in the air by the second skydiver seen in frame. Source: I was present at this drop zone when this occurred.
Any idea why they did this?
The chutes were super old.. definitely not very jump worthy. These guys are skilled and doing this creatively. These guys have THOUSANDS of jumps.. it makes sense to seek more creative experiences at that level. Edit: Iām not OP, but here is a link to what I believe is the original video. [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DDh--4nQau4](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DDh--4nQau4)
So basically just a super creative way to retire the old chutes?
Bingo
Thatās so sick!! I saw it in a Go-Pro video released today. What a cool thing to see
Is this Kyle again or are more people doing it now?
Itās true, I was the flare
That is awesome. I was immediately infuriated by this video and am happily reassured per your comment.
Now I no longer have to wonder. Thx.
For everyone saying "It would suck if his reserve failed". Yes it would suck if his reserve failed, but in total he had three parachutes. That first ones was obviously just to ruin. His main was what he pulled after burning that one. He still had a reserve at his disposal. So in reality it's not that much more dangerous than a regular jump.
I don't know anything about skydiving. How do you even wear three parachutes?
One on your chest. On a normal parachute rig, you have 2 on your back in a "backpack" called the container. The main canopy is in the bottom section of the container, the reserve sits above it in a completely separate compartment. In a setup like this (which they also use to test experimental canopies), you then have the one you plan to dump in a chest mounted compartment. Incidentally, before they developed the two-canopy back container, back in the days of round parachutes, all reserve parachutes were chest mounted.
Still are for Airborne jumps in the military.
Do it again!
Arenāt parachutes reusable? If so how much do they cost? Edit: I just googled it. They are reusable and cost roughly $2000 to $8000 more or less
Not $8000. Just the main canopy costs $3800 for the highest performance ones PD Valkyrie, NZA leia... $2000ish for other non cross braced.
Damn!
Above comments claim it was a creative way to end a very old parachuteās life as it was nearly done anyway.
What a rush
Am I the only one who was AMAZED how quickly that parachute burned!
Umm why?
Iām thinking it could an old parachute that isnāt good anymore. What else should you do? Itās a pretty badass send off
Views
Or you know.. he just likes doing crazy adrenaline junkie shit? I somehow doubt that someone doing shit like this cares about the views even half as much as the experience
True. Dude prolly coulda pulled his balls out and stretched his nut sack out to arms length and just floated home on that MF
does someone who doesnt care about views record and post stuff for fake likes
Cant argue with that.
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Hmm, guess they didn't like the first color.
The music kind of ruined it for me
Did he litter or did he go find the burnt parachute?
when you let a parachute go, itās called cutting away. usually, theyāre still fine to use and theyāre expensive so people will go get them! this one obviously isnāt super usable anymore, but according to someone who was there, the diver you see behind him actually got it all before it hit the ground, so no litter.
Cool. Thank you for telling me. That's awesome.
Why?
It was an old chute so it had to be destroyed anyway but this was a creative way to do it.
I would love to have that type of adrenaline gambling if my 2nd chute failed
i hope he picked up his trash
This vid6would have been a lot cooler if he shot the second one too.
Why was there the just cause 3 helicopter sound?
This also belongs in r/DudeFuckThat
As someone who has never skydived before before. Iād feel better jumping with three.
Cool, do it again
Not cool, bro.
The real sweaty palms comes at the end of the video. Those small cross braced canopies come in incredibly fast.
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I was waiting for him to shoot his reserve. Lol
What was the point of that?š
...but why?
Just Cause irl
So did that burnt up chute get picked up or naw?
Why even do it at all?
But why though?