[reivaj]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16313217/?GT1=8816
Well well.... I will leave this to the discussion of the headphone forum

 

[JahJahBinks]

"Hamish Funnell, as saying that Holmes was in good spirits at the hospital, “cracking jokes and hassling the nurses.”"

looks like the nurses want his gene too.

 

[Marados]

Keep in mind there's not much difference between falling 20 metres and falling 5000 metres.

 

[Samgotit]

Quote:

Originally Posted by reivaj /img/forum/go_quote.gif http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16313217/?GT1=8816 Well well.... I will leave this to the discussion of the headphone forum

He did not survive a terminal velocity skydive. He had a main/reserve entanglement. He still had canopy over his head. The bush would not have saved his life without it.

Snip-it internet media loves this type of stuff.

 

[Edwood]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samgotit /img/forum/go_quote.gif He did not survive a terminal velocity skydive. He had a main/reserve entanglement. He still had canopy over his head. The bush would not have saved his life without it. Snip-it internet media loves this type of stuff.

Yup, he was lucky, and avoided a lot more injuries. I remember seeing footage of a woman landing face down with a tangled chute. Was not a pretty sight, but she survived and recovered. But it was a long recovery.

-Ed

 

[mikeg]

I used to skydive, and saw a couple of close calls from tangled chutes. One of my photos shows a skydiver's chute trailing upopened, but it then opened partially a short way up. The guy landed safely, but it was a very close call. In another incident a girl's chute didn't open until the last moment, but she made it. When we rushed over to her, I saw that she was completely hysterical, and shaking like a leaf. She said that she tried to open her emergency chute, but that she could not budge the rip chord. The instructor then place one leg on the emergency chute, and pulled the cord with lots of effort. At this point it opened, and he yelled "see, it opened." After observing these two incidents on a single day, I decided to quit this sport, and take up skiing instead.

 

[gevorg]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marados /img/forum/go_quote.gif Keep in mind there's not much difference between falling 20 metres and falling 5000 metres.

What about acceleration of 9.8m/s^2?

 

[trains are bad]

A falling body eventually reaches a terminal velocity due to air drag. I'm not sure how long it takes for people but I do know it's only like 7 feet for a ping-pong ball (physics student).

 

[JahJahBinks]

agreed, terminal velocity is 120miles per hour.

 

[ZenFountain]

wasn't there a skydiver that landed on the hood of a car a few years back with only his pilot chute deployed?

pretty amazing though, gota admit it's once video i'd like to see since he made it.

 

[Hermitt]

I remember a couple years ago, a professional female skydiver did an illegal jump in Yosemite to prove how 'safe' a sport it is. Sad to say that when her chute didn't open at all, she did not make her point

 

[Samgotit]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hermitt /img/forum/go_quote.gif I remember a couple years ago, a professional female skydiver did an illegal jump in Yosemite to prove how 'safe' a sport it is. Sad to say that when her chute didn't open at all, she did not make her point

That was a base jump:
http://www.yosemite.org/newsroom/cli...er/102399a.htm

Very different from a skydive.

 

[JahJahBinks]

a lot of things can do wrong when you start free fall, like your arm muscle may get cramp to prevent you from pulling the cord,

 

[Hermitt]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samgotit /img/forum/go_quote.gif That was a base jump: http://www.yosemite.org/newsroom/cli...er/102399a.htm Very different from a skydive.

3500 feet is still a long ways to fall. I've been to the top of 1/2 dome, needless to say that I was on my hands and knees to get close enough to the edge to look over

 

[skeeder]

the chances of that....happening...are amazing...besides both chutes not opening

living is too