On 19/01/2012 nmonteith wrote:
>On 19/01/2012 Sabu wrote:
>>I read somewhere that he managed to pull his emergency chute or something?
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>I don't think base jumpers have emergency chutes.
The way it was put to me is that BASE jumper use only an emergency [reserve] chute. When people skydive they have a chute that is fast and fun to fly, but slightly marginal as far as deployment, then also carry a reserve, that almost can't fail, as a backup. When people BASE jump they use only the latter. Again, this is just how it was explained to me. |