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Base jumper lucky to be alive after malfunction
Posted on 8/27/19 at 11:50 pm
Posted on 8/27/19 at 11:50 pm
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Experienced BASE jumper, Karl experienced a malfunction when his canopy had tension knots on the right rear lines halfway up the lines. He was fighting to keep the canopy flying straight and trying to clear the knots. In the end, he was airlifted off the mountain with a broken tibia plateau on his right leg and minor cuts and scrapes on his hands.
You couldn’t pay me money to jump off a cliff.
Experienced BASE jumper, Karl experienced a malfunction when his canopy had tension knots on the right rear lines halfway up the lines. He was fighting to keep the canopy flying straight and trying to clear the knots. In the end, he was airlifted off the mountain with a broken tibia plateau on his right leg and minor cuts and scrapes on his hands.
You couldn’t pay me money to jump off a cliff.
This post was edited on 8/27/19 at 11:51 pm
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Posted on 8/27/19 at 11:57 pm to Byrdybyrd05
guy had a parachute and it opened. why he screaming like a bitch.
mfer needs to stay his arse home on the xbox. chipotle eatin mfer
mfer needs to stay his arse home on the xbox. chipotle eatin mfer
Posted on 8/27/19 at 11:59 pm to Byrdybyrd05
I’d be scared of falling off that cliff while waiting for the chopper to arrive. That’s a nope for me dawg
Posted on 8/28/19 at 12:05 am to Byrdybyrd05
Now post a video of someone in a fly suit smashing a mountain face like a bug.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 12:06 am to Byrdybyrd05
Dumb white people shite. I enjoyed his pain.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 12:29 am to Byrdybyrd05
Back in my adrenaline junkie days, I did a handful of BASE jumps mainly because doing Bridge Day in the New River Gorge found its way onto my bucket list. The obvious issue is the limited time to clear any malfunctions. Tension knots are usually a result of not meticulously untwisting your steering/brake lines every day but can happen anyway and are a bitch to clear. As I got older I began to prefer the relative safety of opening well over 1,000 feet from the ground.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 12:35 am to Byrdybyrd05
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You couldn’t pay me money to jump off a cliff.
What if there was some pussy down at the bottom?
Posted on 8/28/19 at 12:46 am to SEClint
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What if there was some pussy down at the bottom?
Then there'd still be a pussy at the top too.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 1:24 am to Saint Alfonzo
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Dumb white people shite.
..care to explain land diving?
Posted on 8/28/19 at 2:39 am to SEClint
White people put 'em up to that shite.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 3:25 am to SEClint
Just came in for the chuckles.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 4:59 am to Byrdybyrd05
That was hard to watch.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 6:00 am to SEClint
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..care to explain land diving?
Dumb black people shite. What's the issue?
Posted on 8/28/19 at 7:50 am to Saint Alfonzo
If you are going out, go out like a man. Not screaming like a little bitch.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 7:52 am to Byrdybyrd05
It just says Karl. Are we on a first name basis with this dweeb.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 7:55 am to Byrdybyrd05
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Welp... I guess I live here now. I'm a billy goat.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 8:00 am to Byrdybyrd05
Experienced my arse. Dumbass could easily guide his chute using the riser straps and didn't need to frantically try to untangle those lines. He thought you could only steer the chute using the toggles. Not experienced.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 8:16 am to Byrdybyrd05
He should have cut that chute away and used his backup
Posted on 8/28/19 at 8:21 am to kywildcatfanone
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He should have cut that chute away and used his backup
That chute was serviceable. See my post above.
He had forward movement and a decent fall rate. He could have guided away from the cliff before he attempted to untangle. Him panicking caused his injury.
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