You apparently missed the part about the "drop bags", which would "catch" on the confined air in the tube as you fell, acting like a parachute, limiting the speed of descent even in the vertical sections, and simultaneously protecting your skin from scraping on the walls of the tube.
"...the chute bag".... This is a canvas bag which you jump into and ride down the chute.
...It is sewn, as in the diagram, so that the air pressure from falling inflates the sack causing it to seal the sides of the chute
You are not serious that you think a canvas bag is going to create a seal in the chute that will slow a body's decent as it approaches terminal velocity.
I'll say it again: hamburger.