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- pmhn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21I've had 170 skydives and the video clearly shows that there was no malfunction. The dumbass took the wrong handle! He pulled the trigger that is _designed_ to cut away the main parachute altogether in case it didn't work properly. It's the emergency handle he chose!
If you pull the red trigger before you have even _tried_ to open the parachute in the normal way, the reserve is very likely to tangle with the main chute since parts of the main canopy (the risers) will be hanging from your back.
Skydivers practice the opening procedure hundreds of times before doing it in in the air, but this guy couldn't control himself.
The jumpmaster saved him from even worse disaster by releasing the main chute after furiously trying to stop the guy from cutting off his main parachute. But our star was able to abandon his main canopy (the red trigger), after which the jumpmaster pulled the correct release to give the poor guy the chance to use the reserve cleanly.
It's amazing how quick the jumpmaster was at this. The whole show happens between -2:42 and -2:40, and you can see the jumpmaster releasing the chute at -2:25 in slow motion. The rest of the time he tries to catch the poor guy to help him pull the reserve.
http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/skydiving2.htm
http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/skydiving3.htm - DenTPuzz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16If at first you don't succeed - then sky diving probably isn't the sport for you...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13How could you think that was fake? Haven't you seen Max X?
- jeromeerome, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Wow! That announcer is a real dick in this video.
- itseffinkasey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Maybe you should watch the video?
- Elum, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7The only thing that I think was fake about the electricity at the end was the sound effect.....
- wastern, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5so it took him 8 years to train to do a free fall jump with 2 instructors with him and his first thought after the shoot fell off wasn't to pull the secondary shoot, it was that he was going to die?
And after 8 years of training and tethered jumps he still had no clue how to stay clear of power lines and pin point a landing
what a chode - rnelsonee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5It's entirely possible he didn't even pull the backup chute. FAA requires a pressure-sensitive switch for all unlicensed skydivers that deploys a backup chute at a certain altitude automatically (if the main chute isn't deployed). Not even experienced skydivers go up without one. But anywho, not fake. I did this when I went skydiving for the first time. Tandem didn't sound as fun as AFF (Accelerated Free Fall - a program designed to get you solo inside of 8 jumps), so that's what I did - your first jump, you have two highly-skilled jumpmasters with you ready to pull you cord in case you forget.
/also forgot to pull my cord on my jump -- I was too excited to think about pulling the cord. I memorized all the hand signals (check your alt., move your hands.. etc, except the "pull your cord" signal - I figured that'd come naturally.
And yeah, some backup chutes are the rectangualr (ram-air) chutes, where turning is very easy. Some aren't, although you can still turn a little bit - assuming it's not you first jump :) - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5 It's real!
- ScottDaMan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I don't think the backup chute has turning capabilities.
- garg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I guess they teach turning in lesson #2
- SuperOmegaSlack, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4This guy is retarded...You have to jump a few times before you go without a dude strapped to your back. It looked like it was his first jump ever, the guy next to him had to grab his hand to pull the cord. I am surprised he was able to pull the backup shoot, but what amuses me is he had plenty of time to avoid the power lines, and he knew he was heading right for them...so why didn't he just turn?
- KIERANMULLEN, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Lame blog link... Old video.. Max X isnt on cable in portland. It is on broadcast tv.
Direct link to video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cULKGIvE4oQ&eurl= - idsignus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Nah. The female skydiver who had her female friend sabatoge her TWO chutes to kill her because they were dating the same guy (skydiver). That is the most unlucky skydiver. Unlucky to have a friend kill you by sending you to your death at 120 mph OVER A GUY. Never trust a GIRL friend!
- ArchieAndrews, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Idiot pulled the wrong handle... The rig did exactly what it was designed to do and exactly what the operator asked it to do.
- tmcleroy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3that guys voice makes me want to die young
- pmhn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The parachute was correctly packed, see below.
- plague, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I wonder about that too, KMye. How could he go on TV telling his story like this? The instructors obviously told him what he did wrong as soon as he was on the ground. As a skydiver myself, I know for a fact that no instructor would just say, "boy, you're unlucky" after that happened. This guy is better off not ever jumping again if he cut away his main before even deploying it, then blamed his experience on equipment failure. It's people like this that get injured, sue, and hurt the sport for the rest of us.
- onebigword, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I think the guy next to him was grabbing his arm because the 'unlucky' guy was going to pull the release cord, not the rip cord.
- KMye, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Thanks for the extra info. Even before I knew he ***** the first part, it's obvious that while he's being called unlucky by the host (after the first chute) he's really just panicked to a state of idiocy (maybe a preexisting condition). Very cool how the other jumpers were staying with the guy so long. My question is, did they ever even tell him how he ***** up each stage, or did they just gladly accept his decision not to jump ever again? The way he recounts how the instructor had to remind him to trigger the reserve, in fact they way he talks about his whole episode, with no acknowledgment of his mistakes or mindblanking fear, makes me wonder if he's aware of it at all.
- kiantech, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2there was two other cool videos so, I guess it was okay this time.
- plague, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"There's only 1000 feet between Scott and the ground." ***** - if this was his first jump, he'd be pulling at 5000ft or above.
"I saw my instructors coming down trying to get to me, they were pointing, and I saw the metal handle." Oops, THATS where that reserve handle got to. Please.. I'm surprised his instructors even let him jump if he was as stupid as he sounds.
I wish I could meet this guy. - pmhn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@ScottDaMan
Most reserves have had turning capabilities for years and this guy could turn if he wanted, very fast if needed. He must have been too paralyzed to do anything. Or maybe the electricity was magnetic... - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I think dead skydivers are the most unlucky skydivers. ;)
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Thank you, I immediately thought "did this guy some how skip all the instruction and tandem jumps or is he just full on blowing it under the pressure of his first solo?" The answer is the guy is a spaz and also panicked.
- Elum, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1No, this is about a man who simply had some bad luck and an almost fatal experience.
- NikoKun, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2boy i hope whoever packed his shoot got fired...
- 0ffl1n3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@ hobbers
So, why didn't the jump master think to hang onto the guy so that after the main parachute flew away, he could pull the guy's backup parachute? Just in case the main parachute wasn't fully cut away or something?
It looked like he did, but the main chute was still partially attached and pulled the guy a little before it released completely. I think the instructor tried to keep hold but just couldnt - pyper, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2getting sick of people not linking to youtube or google video, theres only so much blog spam a person can take....... that being said dugg anyway, cool vid
- AntBing, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2chutes, not shoots
- RichGC, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Not dugg because its stupid having a title of "The most unlucky skydiver" when the first frame shows "Extremely Lucky Dudes" as the title of the video.
- joach, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Now, that's WOW!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I think he is the most luckiest skydiver in the world if you ask me. The fact that he went through all that and came out alive...
- Recluse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I was laughing really hard when he hit the power lines.
- hobbers, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Thanks for the info. I know nothing about sky diving, but watched the video again. And it happens exactly as you described. You can see the jump master try to pull the guy's hand back off of the the cut handle, but it's too late. Then he pulls the main parachute.
But it also looks like the guy let the jump master guide his hand to where it was supposed to go. So even though he was probably briefed beforehand on which handle did what, he just pulled whatever his hand came to since the jump master was guiding his hand. But, the jump master might have been thinking that since he had briefed the guy beforehand, he was just putting the guy's hand on his side to indicate when to pull ... he probably didn't think he was guiding the guy's hand to the exact handle to pull.
Even more, the jump master did have a second to think after the guy pulled the cut handle, and before he himself pulled the main parachute handle. So, why didn't the jump master think to hang onto the guy so that after the main parachute flew away, he could pull the guy's backup parachute? Just in case the main parachute wasn't fully cut away or something?
Also, even though his backup parachute may have not been steerable (read: easy to steer), I bet you could steer it enough to avoid the power lines. Probably not enough to hit a target or anything, but if you spot the power lines from a couple hundred feet above, you could pull on the lines and get yourself to move away a little bit.
I'm thinking the guy was kind of a moron. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1hahahaha
- zke24, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1the most UNlucky skydiver? come on, he survived and he was farking lucky to boot.
- psbpv3o, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Wait so did the othe 2 people die?
- TheBullMarket, on 10/12/2007, -17/+2is this the video of the woman whose both shoots were tampered with so she would fall to her death in Belgium last week? There were reports of a video or she had a head camera on
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -18/+2Ah good old cable "extreme video" filler shows. That visible electricity effect on the wires at the end was pretty blatantly fake.
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