Friday Freakout: Skydiver's Parachute Brake Line Wraps Around Slider

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WHAT HAPPENED
After a solo jump just trying some different body positions this jumper went to his belly, pitched, and for a second it looked like his canopy was opening with no issues. However, while for a brief moment, his slider is visibly uncollapsed and square, immediately afterwards the right side has collapsed and a brake line appears to have become snagged on one of the slider drawstrings. The jumper attempted to clear the malfunction unsuccessfully and ultimately cut away, deployed his reserve, and landed safely.
WHY DID IT HAPPEN
Improper Slider Procedures
The jumper noted in his submission that the "reason for the cutaway [was] mainly bad packing of the slider, to be precise, not tucking in the extra line for the slider collapse." An experienced rigger who viewed the video concurred with that assessment, noting that the way that the slider drawstring on the left side appears to have quite a bit hanging out made them think that this jumper may have not completely and properly uncollapsed the slider after their last jump.
HOW COULD IT BE PREVENTED
Avoid Complacency
To many jumpers, uncollapsing a slider is about as natural as unzipping a jacket or putting on a seat belt while starting their car; it's a simple reflexive act which is done without thought. This tendency can be particularly dangerous in a sport like skydiving, where every step of every jump is designed to minimize risks in an inherently dangerous activity. By letting actions become second nature, we stop thinking through them, stop making sure they're done correctly, and end up taking small things for granted which can lead to bigger issues when one of those small things goes wrong.
Don't Develop Bad Habits
It is also worth noting that, while this could have been a single freak incident where the right side drawstring had too much excess hanging out, the fact that the left side drawstring also appears to have excess hanging out is suggestive of a habit rather than a single random incident. That, in turn, suggests that this jumper may have over time developed a bad habit early on while learning to pack.
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*WHAT HAPPENED* After a solo jump just trying some different body positions this jumper went to his belly, pitched, and for a second it looked like his canopy was opening with no issues. However, while for a brief moment, his slider is visibly uncollapsed and square, immediately afterwards the right side has collapsed and a brake line appears to have become snagged on one of the slider drawstrings. The jumper attempted to clear the malfunction unsuccessfully and ultimately cut away, deployed his reserve, and landed safely. *WHY DID IT HAPPEN* Improper Slider Procedures The jumper noted in his submission that the "reason for the cutaway [was] mainly bad packing of the slider, to be precise, not tucking in the extra line for the slider collapse." An experienced rigger who viewed the video concurred with that assessment, noting that the way that the slider drawstring on the left side appears to have quite a bit hanging out made them think that this jumper may have not completely and properly uncollapsed the slider after their last jump. *HOW COULD IT BE PREVENTED* Avoid Complacency To many jumpers, uncollapsing a slider is about as natural as unzipping a jacket or putting on a seat belt while starting their car; it's a simple reflexive act which is done without thought. This tendency can be particularly dangerous in a sport like skydiving, where every step of every jump is designed to minimize risks in an inherently dangerous activity. By letting actions become second nature, we stop thinking through them, stop making sure they're done correctly, and end up taking small things for granted which can lead to bigger issues when one of those small things goes wrong. Don't Develop Bad Habits It is also worth noting that, while this could have been a single freak incident where the right side drawstring had too much excess hanging out, the fact that the left side drawstring also appears to have excess hanging out is suggestive of a habit rather than a single random incident. That, in turn, suggests that this jumper may have over time developed a bad habit early on while learning to pack.

[@ZeroSpawn]

Did pretty good! Good alt checks on the way down. Stopped the fun stuff at a good altitude. Had plenty of time/alt to sort out the problem. Text book malfunction 🤘🏾

[@king4bear]

Me talking to my computer screen 0:50 "Chop it. Chop it. Chop it. Chop it. Chop it. Why isn't he chopping it?" 1:20 "Look at that! A beautiful canopy you could have had 30 seconds ago."

[@patrickswayze2596]

Such a well played mal! Super chill the entire time, sounds like he says ‘fvck it’ or something in his language before he cuts away, great alt awareness also, unfortunate text book mal with a great recovery. Blue skies fam ✌🏽

[@navyplumberboy8274]

Well, at least your weather is holding up on a friday. We wont be experiencing scares this weekend due to bad weather, and maybe thats a good thing.

[@MikeS-kw2hr]

Nice job!

[@lolfu6492]

I'm not a skydiver, how long are you supposed to work the problem before cut away? cause that looked fucked from the get go.

[@alexandrewalle4841]

im a new one, but based on what i know: he wasnt taking too much speed or rotation from this issue, he had some altitude so he could try to resolve things like he did. The reserve chute is there of course, but if you can try and resolve the main canopy issue then why whouldnt you. reserve is like last chance.

[@user-ui8sp5th4g]

Good alt awareness. Should have cut away sooner probably but overall well done and hope to never be in that situation myself.

[@anonanon-t2s]

what if he pulls the risers together, doesn't the slider then come done ?

[@alerag2298]

no, the right slider drawstring excess got knotted with control lines during deployment. he couldn't do much

[@The_guy_on_the_internet]

Ouch. How much is a reserve re-pack these days?

[@jonathanmarquez4056]

Depends who does it , but my rigger charges me 70$

[@UltimateLogbookApp]

less than your life's worth

[@Fermen80]

Was this in Germany? Alti was in meters..

[@feelincrispy7053]

You do realise that the whole world uses metric and not just Germany right?

[@Fermen80]

@@feelincrispy7053 You do realise that in aviation, and skydiving, when talking about flight altitude / flight level, we express it internationally mostly in ft.. A few countries use meters to express flight altitude. So i was curious about the country in the video! So this has nothing to do with some sort of metric vs imperial debate…… 👋🏽

[@QuasiRandomViewer]

@@Fermen80 This was something I was wondering as well. International aviation measures altitude in feet (except for China & North Korea), but skydivers don't necessarily consider themselves aviators, so in many countries they wear metric altimeters while jumping out of planes using imperial measure altimeters. I'd love to see a graphic showing what is used where in the skydiving community. A quick look at one discussion board thread showed people from France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Serbia, & Iran jumping in meters, and those from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, & the Netherlands jumping in feet. Still a small sample size (and I can't vouch for the accuracy.)

[@АлександрИваноа-ъ2с]

на опыте. подушку с кольцом не потерял.

[@kevinnathanson6876]

Seemed to take a bit of time before he made the decision to axe it... That one was junk, and because of the pull by the right brake he was burning altitude pretty fast. Also note that this was NOT a brake line malfunction that could have been rectified with a hook knife. He definitely made the only correct choice.

[@heroescalgary]

I think I said get rid of that thing three times before he did!

[@SEILLC]

Agreed, and that it was junk from the get go. Give props for spending nearly 25 seconds trying to fix it. (He's prolly a rigger). I spent 8-9 seconds trying to fix my last mal.

[@heroescalgary]

​@@SEILLC I havent had one yet ( handful of line twists without dives and a toggle fire). I hope when I do I recognize that its garbage as fast as I do while watching videos. Dan bc posted that article a bit ago about how low speed mals are killing us because we underestimate the danger and get too low. Scares me that people hold on so long to crap, but hey ive done that in relationships!!

[@SEILLC]

@@heroescalgary You'll know when it's time to go. The first one is a blast, a lot like your first jump. Be careful out there🌞

[@MisterIvyMike]

Peta tries to ban animals on carousels! I guess this is the future: canopies instead of horses, unicorns or seahorses... 🤡 Otherwise good solution to the problem! 👍

[@BurninatorTheTrogdor]

We've got a live one here.