fivat wrote:For being allowed to participate in the world record, how many jumps must a skydiver have accomplished?
Performer must have a high level, take part on international competitions, IMHO have more then one thousand big way jumps.
fivat wrote:
NAM wrote:The smallest in the world - (
37 sq.ft. it's insane!
That's why most accidents experienced by the skydiving experts do not happen during the free fall (collision or canopy not opening properly), but close to the ground when flying at high speed with the canopy opened.
Yes, you right.
Fatalities by Category:
Collisions 16%
Landings 32%
No Pulls 9%
Malfunctions 17%
Reserve Problems 5%
Other 14%
It's been brilliant looking at the videos here
I'm pretty boring in comparison- off road biking. Although my plan last year to take up kite surfing didn't quite happen but it's still on the agenda for this summer-yaaay.
Oh i forgot to mention weight training as i am such a wimp. Got a home gym now been training for two weeks. I am ashamed to say what i bench press but at least it's double figures
One pic from today's bike run. The start of the route is only 10 minutes from my front door although it took me ages to get to the loch (I am a very slow cyclist ) Scotland has some beautiful scenery
The further into this route you go the less people you see - Happy Days
I would love to watch video but my software won't let me but I do run an old operating system on my laptop where some current programs aren't compatible...