#BASE JUMPING LINE TWIST HOW TO#

#BASE JUMPING LINE TWIST HOW TO#

How to deal with it: If you have a toggle fire you can either: Grab your toggles tightly and at the right moment.

Brake off (Toggle fire, slider down)ĭefinition: When your toggle either dislodges from its keeper or comes out of your hands on opening. Note: It may be possible to continue turning your 180 off heading and making it a 360 degree turn thus putting your canopy back on heading. This is a critical malfunction though and MUST be dealt with.

How to deal with it: The most important thing to know is that you only need to correct your 180 off heading enough to avoid the second point of death with is the object. Prevention: Pack symmetrical, jump in good weather conditions, good body position, only jump objects where this is not a danger (bridges) 180° off headingĭefinition: When your parachute opens completely the opposite way that it should be facing Pull down on both rear risers to stall canopy and then pull one down further and let one up to steer away from the objectġ80° off heading - Image by Dominik Loyen 2.Pull down both rear risers to stall canopy and then pull one rear riser down even more to steer away form the object.Pull down on one rear riser and steer away from the object.Pop your toggle and steer away from the object.The most important thing to know is that you only need to correct your off heading enough to avoid the second point of death, which is the object. But if your off heading if more than 90 degrees off heading then you must deal with it. How to deal with it: If an off heading is less than 90 degrees then, depending on the jump you can most likely just pop your toggles and fly away as normal. If not pulled correctly you can chew up precious time. Pros: They have a lot larger surface area in which to grab. Cons: You do have a chance of fumbling and losing a toggle, which will chew up precious time. Pros: Toggles are good if the object is very low, as you will not lose as much height when steering away form the object. Both of these have advantages and disadvantages. How to deal with it: There are two different ways to deal with an off heading if it does occur. Prevention: Pack symmetrical, jump in good weather conditions, good body position, only jump objects where this is not a danger (bridges). Malfunctions include but are not limited to:īelow is how to deal with each malfunction Prevention – jumping from a bridge means an off-heading is not a dangerĭefinition: An off heading is when your parachute does not open on the desired heading. Prevention: Turn away from object using risers or toggles.This example can be used for all malfunctions: Below is an example of points of death and how to prevent death. There are three stages of points of deaths. Image by Douggs Points of deathĪnother good way to explain how to deal with malfunction is to explain the order in which you will get hurt or killed if you do not deal with a malfunction correctly. It is critical to saving your life if a malfunction does occur. So visualize as much as possible from your POV and also from an outside perspective.

It is proven that the brain knows no difference to visualizing something and actually doing it. If a malfunction does occur, it is critically important to be ready to deal with whatever the malfunction is and the best way to do this is through visualization.

Jumping only in good weather conditions.

Packing correctly, paying attention to detail.

The word ‘prevention’ must be stated after the end of explaining how to deal with each malfunction.Įxamples of prevention include, but are not limited to: Prevention means to do everything possible before and during the jump to make sure no malfunctions occur. The most important way to deal with a malfunction is “PREVENTION” Prevention A malfunction can happen on each and every single jump whether it be minor or major, even when everything has been done correctly. This is the most critical lesson of the whole course. The most important way to deal with a malfunction is “PREVENTION“ Image by Charlie Andrew MALFUNCTIONS LESSON I am far from saying that this lesson is perfect but it has been working for our base jumping school and I am happy to open source this to all base jumpers to help keep them and their students alive and to help keep our beautiful but fragile base jumping sites alive. It is a critical part of the sport and needs to be addressed in a serious way. We add to each malfunction by telling several horror and success stories of how, why and why not as well as video evidence which we are constantly gathering. We teach this lesson military style and make sure after each malfunction the student states that he/she understands. There are 3 Points of Death in a BASE jump - by Douggs

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