No mention of how high he bounced. I saw a jumper land without any parachute opening from around 8000 feet; he bounced about 6 feet back into the air. He missed the concrete runway by about 10 feet and hit the grass, the best part he lived. The jumper's back was screwed but he did recover. I was already on the ground and watched what happens when a person does not follow simple detailed directions.

Is it just me or is that the most poorly composed article photo ever? Pretty sure the rule of thirds doesn't work that way.

PPL_Wannabe: Is it just me or is that the most poorly composed article photo ever? Pretty sure the rule of thirds doesn't work that way.

Looks like a headshot just photoshopped into a stock photo.

Reminds me of this guy..but the ending is not as nice.

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"By any reasonable standards, people who jump out of planes are reckless or suicidal"

Written like a true namby pamby brit. Ohhh dear me!

Darwin gets a do-over.

Cool.

I'd play the lottery.

Gotta get back on the horse!

well of course he is going to jump again!

Two jumps and only one parachute fee.!

What A Savings!!!!

I forget a lot of things. I don't know what I had for breakfast (or any other meal) yesterday, for example.

Somehow I can't imagine jumping out of an aircraft and forgetting to open my parachute.

Maybe if he had been paying attention and opened his parachute when he should have he wouldn't have made it to being a headline on fark. Is that good or bad. You decide.

Reverend Otis: "By any reasonable standards, people who jump out of planes are reckless or suicidal"

Written like a true namby pamby brit. Ohhh dear me!

And then I realized it was the guy who jumped out of the plane who wrote this line. Pardon me a moment... HOUMMMPHH

/inserts foot into mouth

7wolf: I forget a lot of things. I don't know what I had for breakfast (or any other meal) yesterday, for example.

Somehow I can't imagine jumping out of an aircraft and forgetting to open my parachute.

this

There's a slight difference between 'parachute doesn't open' and 'he forgot to open it until it was too late'.

Well why not jump again?

It's not like the next time, the parachute will EXPLODE or something... I mean, how much worse could it get?

asshole.

As they say, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again."

Maybe next time he'll succeed at killing himself.

Ho Yah!

Peggy Hill!

Video of a man being tattooed while skydiving. Really.

James Boole is a friend of mine (I'm a wingsuit skydiver as well). His accident was far more complicated (and slower speed) than the headline makes it sound. It was certainly a hard impact, but he lucked out in several ways.

Additionally, the jump was far riskier than a typical skydive. Any time you're flying over uneven terrain (as in, not simply over a flat surface), you obviously have to navigate well (and you can't merely use an altimeter). Tack on the fact that it was over snow (and therefore hard to gauge distance), and you can see how this would happen.

Reverend Otis: "By any reasonable standards, people who jump out of planes are reckless or suicidal"

Written like a true namby pamby brit. Ohhh dear me!

Only fools jump out of perfectly good airplanes.

Thisbymaster: Only fools jump out of perfectly good airplanes.

Do you drive a car? Did you know that driving 10,000 in sedan on US highways is statistically as risky as 17 skydives? You daredevil, you. I guess only fools drive cars.

peterskoot: Ho Yah!

Peggy Hill!

Escuchimay?

"in a sedan" that should have read.

Skwrl: "in a sedan" that should have read.

throw some miles in there too.

Skwrl: Thisbymaster: Only fools jump out of perfectly good airplanes.

Do you drive a car? Did you know that driving 10,000 in sedan on US highways is statistically as risky as 17 skydives? You daredevil, you. I guess only fools drive cars.

Note to self: buy a hatch next time.

offacue: Skwrl: "in a sedan" that should have read.

throw some miles in there too.

Hah! Yes indeed, good catch! Sorry, don't post when agitated by cliches and silly comments is the lesson, I guess.

Let's try again:

Thisbymaster: Only fools jump out of perfectly good airplanes.

Do you drive a car? Did you know that driving 10,000 miles in a sedan on US highways is statistically as risky as 17 skydives? You daredevil, you. I guess only fools drive cars.

I couldn't jump out of an airplane, so I commend him for being able to do it again after something like that.

//even if I think it's foolish

PPL_Wannabe: Is it just me or is that the most poorly composed article photo ever? Pretty sure the rule of thirds doesn't work that way.

It follows it, Horizontally.

Skwrl: Hah! Yes indeed, good catch! Sorry, don't post when agitated by cliches and silly comments is the lesson, I guess.

heh, I just figured you had a cocktail or two. Tis the season and all that.

That happened to a friend of mine.

It's not a joke. Went skydiving, parachute didn't open. He broke most of the bones in his body but he recovered and continues to skydive.

I personally wouldn't do it, but whatever.

/cool story, etc.

eurotrader 2009-12-19 01:06:43 PM No mention of how high he bounced. I saw a jumper land without any parachute opening from around 8000 feet; he bounced about 6 feet back into the air.
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Um, did you READ the article? He landed on snow. That's how he survived. Sure, it hurt. And it broke his back. But...

If he hit ground, he'd be a pancake.

Bobby Ive got propane in my urethra: peterskoot: Ho Yah!

Peggy Hill!

Escuchimay?

Ah! you found the picture I was looking for.

In my search for peggy hill pics:

Skwrl: Thisbymaster: Only fools jump out of perfectly good airplanes.

Do you drive a car? Did you know that driving 10,000 in sedan on US highways is statistically as risky as 17 skydives? You daredevil, you. I guess only fools drive cars.

I've never even heard of a sedan that could go that fast, let alone driven one.

Kyosuke: Looks like a headshot just photoshopped into a stock photo.

Do beginner skydivers have to do their first jump with another guy strapped onto their back? I was thinking I'd try it when I'm too old/depressed to care about splattering myself, but having a guy strapped to your back seems really, really gay (NTTAWWT). Plus at 6'4" and 210lbs (all of it heart) I'm not sure two people wouldn't exceed the parachute weight limit.

thatguy784: Kyosuke: Looks like a headshot just photoshopped into a stock photo.

Win.

Ah people WTF He didn't jump out of a plane.

Fail submitard and everone saying he's a fool for jumping out of a plane.

thatguy784:


you magnificent bastard.

Nice headline subby! Only way you could make it more craptastic is if you would have used Protip somewhere in your headline.

alumyna: Nice headline subby! Only way you could make it more craptastic is if you would have used Protip somewhere in your headline.

Someone is bitter.

AnyName: Do beginner skydivers have to do their first jump with another guy strapped onto their back? I was thinking I'd try it when I'm too old/depressed to care about splattering myself, but having a guy strapped to your back seems really, really gay (NTTAWWT). Plus at 6'4" and 210lbs (all of it heart) I'm not sure two people wouldn't exceed the parachute weight limit.



If your fat ass out masses a 15 ton sheridan then yeah it'll be hard to find a parachuet big enough.

Or jump out lower...

Maxor:
If your fat ass out masses a 15 ton sheridan then yeah it'll be hard to find a parachute big enough.

serious lulz

On one hand the odds are probably with him the next time...OTOH I'd say that he got his mulligan...thank your lucky stars and don't tempt fate.

AnyName: Do beginner skydivers have to do their first jump with another guy strapped onto their back? I was thinking I'd try it when I'm too old/depressed to care about splattering myself, but having a guy strapped to your back seems really, really gay (NTTAWWT). Plus at 6'4" and 210lbs (all of it heart) I'm not sure two people wouldn't exceed the parachute weight limit.

You dont have to do a "tandem" for your first jump. You can opt to go the way of A.F.F. (accelerated free fall" classroom. 2 USPA certified instructors will hang on to you until its time to open your canopy. Then you fly yourself down. There are 7 levels to pass in A.F.F. to get your basic class A jumping license.

It can be a spendy proposition to get through training+equipment. Once the license and gear are out of the way, a jump typically only costs around $20 depending on the dropzone. So, its actually fairly cheap as far as hobby's go.

/USPA D-25550
//Blue Skies
///uspa dot org

PPL_Wannabe: thatguy784: Kyosuke: Looks like a headshot just photoshopped into a stock photo.

Win.

Fail.

It's a full body shot. You have too look very closely to see that the rest of his body is squished really really small.

skygod: You can opt to go the way of A.F.F.

they still do static line jumps with beginners or that gone the way of the dodo?

T.M.S.: It's a full body shot. You have too look very closely to see that the rest of his body is squished really really small.

+1 internet

As an avid technical Scuba diver I have to say skydivers are pussy's*.

Unlike Scuba, with skydiving there is no question you will eventually reach the surface.

One way or another.

*Jiving