Aerial Base Jump

[Expendable]

[video=youtube;KnBwmd0sG_4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnBwmd0sG_4[/video]

talk about an adrenaline rush!

 

[Kyle]

i could climb to the top, but not jump off and parachute down like he did!

 

[Schwarttzy]

Well I'm scared of that but who knows, I may be on the track for doing something like that. I all ready skydive and I'm big into rock climbing.

 

[ArtHummer]

I'm not afraid of heights and been rock climbing allot but I can never put all my 100% trust in one equipment. The jump itself would not scare me us much as that this could happen.

[video=youtube_share;ZZKA0iNvePc]http://youtu.be/ZZKA0iNvePc[/video]

 

[Expendable]

i could climb to the top, but not jump off and parachute down like he did!

Personally I would be more worried about the climb than the jump and parachuting down.

I'm not afraid of heights and been rock climbing allot but I can never put all my 100% trust in one equipment. The jump itself would not scare me us much as that this could happen.

[video=youtube_share;ZZKA0iNvePc]http://youtu.be/ZZKA0iNvePc[/video]

biggest difference between Erik Roner's aerial base jump and that Russian's is the height of the towers. the Russian had to pull his cord almost right after he jumped and if his main chute failed (which it looked like it did) he had almost no time to use his spare chute. Erik Roner was so high that he waited seconds to pull his main chute and then he coasted down with a buffer to be able to use his spare.

 

[RamRod]

Wonder what happened to the Russian...

 

[Kyle]

See I couldn't do the jump I've heard about all the failed parachutes and stuff.

 

[Expendable]

See I couldn't do the jump I've heard about all the failed parachutes and stuff.

that's why Navy SEALs pack their own chutes. they used to use the same chutes packed by regular Navy personnel but there were a lot of training accidents.
When the SEALs started packing their own chutes the number of accidents dropped tremendously.

and if you're doing something as extreme as this I'm sure you would want to pack your own chute and or have someone incredibly trustworthy to do so.

 

[Kyle]

that's why Navy SEALs pack their own chutes. they used to use the same chutes packed by regular Navy personnel but there were a lot of training accidents.
When the SEALs started packing their own chutes the number of accidents dropped tremendously.

and if you're doing something as extreme as this I'm sure you would want to pack your own chute and or have someone incredibly trustworthy to do so.

yea, but then you would second guess yourself, "did i pack it right" "did i do this" "did i do that."

 

[Expendable]

yea, but then you would second guess yourself, "did i pack it right" "did i do this" "did i do that."

Not enough confidence in yourself?

 

[Kyle]

Not enough confidence in yourself?

no i have confidence in myself. but a lot of people seconded guess themselves!

 

[Medic_Morgan]

AFF courses teach you how to pack your own chute and you HAVE to learn prior to passing the course. I believe by the 2nd or 3rd level you pack your own before every jump..


Sent from my secret lair bwaaahhahahahah

 

[LagunaH1]

Dang.....

Yeah.... It did seem like that poor russian dude was just far too close to the ground in the first place.