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To: Madcelt
I am not joking- I have had the sad experience of watching another jumper fall to his death when his main parachute failed to open- he got that chute from the same pile I took mine from (although I hope I would have been quicker to recognize the problem and deploy my reserve...)
19 posted on 09/30/2002 8:17:21 PM PDT by RANGERAIRBORNE
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To: RANGERAIRBORNE
How long had that guy been in you know?
24 posted on 09/30/2002 8:37:11 PM PDT by Madcelt
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To: RANGERAIRBORNE
(although I hope I would have been quicker to recognize the problem and deploy my reserve...)

All you can do is hope in this case. Did you ever have a malfunction?

36 posted on 09/30/2002 9:03:02 PM PDT by rdb3
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