Pack Your Own Parachute - Packing Whole Extended- Step by step (oh baby...)

Paul Gamble gives a lengthy parachute packing video. Intended for beginning and novice skydivers.
Going through step by step using lots of jargon and terminology covered in the PARTS videos.

[@jeti117]

Why am I here, I don't have parachut at all??🙈

[@janpenner2002]

I don't skydive or have a parachute or something either. I just love parachutes, so why not watch it 🤷‍♂️😅

[@Baseball.cam.23]

I wish I did

[@dreambig5722]

jeti117 Maybe the youtube gods are telling you that you need a parachute!!

[@thangquocnguyenmdp]

Don’t have one? Go buy one, it guaranteed 100% Made By Chinese, selling it by real Americans

[@ossebosse3988]

Same, but I wish I did

[@randyporter3491]

Im a pilot and not a jumper, but, there HAS to be a special satisfaction in jumping a chute that YOU packed. When it works well, YOU made it work and in this case, perfection is more than a goal, it's everything. Great video, thanks for sharing !

[@koolkleekai9387]

Well said 😊

[@danalty31]

He didn't say "Erm" once. I like this guy. more videos please.

[@user-jd9sj1mq2b]

That's how you know you deal with competence.

[@squashua8250]

"While i'm down here reflecting on my life, Smelling the carpet" lmao

[@kevbail5919]

Now how do we know if we did it correctly? Just jump out of the plane and hope for the best?

[@rowlesreels9309]

Kev Bail nah you just practice to the point where you can’t fail

[@davidp4270]

And your back up should always be packed by a certified rigger so even if your main messes up your most likey good very rarely do people have both fail

[@larrystuder6378]

Just remember- you are the final Quality Control test subject. How well did you the job? If you go SPLAT!, you goofed.

[@jaxxrocket1530]

@@larrystuder6378 Thank you Larry, I feel so much better now ☺ Blue Skies!

[@none6316]

Have a rigger watch you pack. That’ll go a long way.

[@russell2952]

You should see his twenty step sequence to fold underwear

[@thanoskoklliotis6360]

I am dying😂😂😂

[@TheTManShow]

I dont have a chute... but watching him fold there's some kind of self happiness and feeling good the way it looks and folds all neat lol

[@IIlIIlIIlII]

It's satisfying...the word you're looking for is satisfying.

[@colt4t513]

And now if only I could apply these methods towards my life.. "Structured" "Balanced" "maintained" "fluffy" "prepared" ECT...... ECT...... ECT.... .. .. . .

[@johnwhite6000]

Nice job instructing - not everyone can do that with such success and keep our attention. Kudos brother thx

[@sneezy5031]

I agree

[@paratechies338]

Much appreciated! I've taught the same parachute packing course using the same shtick for a few years now ... it's based on feedback from students to tightened up the essentials and clean up the jargon.

[@WW-wf8tu]

@@paratechies338 It is nearly 3AM 3 years after you posted your reply here and I am done watching your video. I have NEVER watched someone pack a parachute(correctly) and was always curious if it was as easy or more involved than the clips in movies of people just rolling them up like sleeping bags. Now I know. I won't ever be a parachuter. Unless it is a last step to saving my life from a failing plane.(obviously at that point it is not my chute and it has been pre-packed for just such an emergency). Flying planes seemed easier for me to get a grasp on than this. lol. If I were ever in need of folding a parachute in some bizarre scenario tho, now I have at least seen it done properly once.

[@davidhitt1982]

I just started my AFF course. I'm former military so I can totally appreciate your instruction. Well done Sir, you're a pro.

[@williamsherman8726]

Thank you Paul for this video, i took my packing class today and aced it, class was over in less than 1 and a 1/2 hrs. from start to finish. packed my first chute perfectly, cant wait to jump it tomorrow morning. My rigger told me he has never had a student pack a chute the first time, on the very first try as well as i did. Thanks again

[@blbreptiles4126]

This is the best video i've found on the internet!! thanks for explaining!

[@tuttt99]

Nice video. I got back into the sport after a 2 decade hiatus and was flat packing back then. Once my new Spectre gets broken in, I plan to start pro-packing to save time and $$ with the packers. (and just to be self-sufficient again!!)

[@mannyt4582]

Wow very interesting, I never knew how a parachute was packed but now I do! Thanks!

[@jessejohnson3138]

All of this preparation for a split second of action, this video truly amazes me. There is so much margin for error that it's astonishing you almost never ever hear of a parachute packing failure these guys are good at what they do. Hats off to them indeed.

[@matthewtE]

I was fortunate enough to watch the Blue Angels crew pack chutes at an airshow! They spent like hours carefully rolling and packing them. The whole crew is insanely on point.

[@PJWebb-rp7un]

I can't even roll a damn tent and sleeping bag up properly after I've used them let alone a fucking parachute. Lol this how I would die LOL

[@MassisPipes]

you should never roll up a tent or sleeping bag, you'll get creases in the fabric will cause premature failure, especially to the waterproof tent fabric ;-) Tents, tarps & sleeping bags should be STUFFED into a bag :)

[@lovetheNorml]

you just ruined years of perfect tent packs.. thanks..

[@MassisPipes]

lovetheNorml apparently they weren't perfect ;-)

[@lovetheNorml]

im just stuffing it in the bag for now on... :)

[@pschroeter1]

I was amazed at how little of what I see a skydiver wearing on their back is actually the primary chute. I am also amuse by how strong and rugged they seem to be to manhandled like that.

[@tombeals8980]

Good Demo. Love the Technical Description "Fluffy Stuff"

[@T3CHNOM4NCER]

Idk why I got the sudden urge to search for this 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@northbaseuk882]

Very helpful, no nonesense packing.

[@updatedotexe]

Big ol' props to you for using Brian Germains PC packing method! :)

[@geamase]

I've never jumped, never even been close but one day when I cam afford it I will. That's beside the point. If I'm going to use it, I want to know how it works. Makes sense how chutes open now. Gage me a little more confidence in wanting to. My main reason for commenting. I teach audio and I know what it's like making things plain while making it understood completely. U did a fantastic job teaching. Enough repetition to make it stick and plain English. Karate chop. Lol! I could go on but I wont. Hell of an instructor.

[@zzaacchh]

Skydiving isn’t that expensive it’s less than $300

[@jonnysense2308]

zach what about all the gear that’s like $8000

[@colt4t513]

Worth Every Penny, dude!

[@colt4t513]

Tandem=$210.00

[@temurtopuria6808]

I've always wanted to go sky diving. I am seriously reconsidering it now that I've seen how so many things can go wrong just be someone not packing the parachute correctly.

[@rileyweaver5087]

There’s always a back up packed by a professional! No worries AT ALL

[@cheesepaper3031]

You will be attaced to a tandem instructor that has done this hundreds of times and knows every thread and sew. They dont just wad it up and give it to someone after a jump. The reserve is packed by a licensed professional. And must be repacked after a certain time.

[@brandonkitchen9229]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@SimonAmazingClarke]

excellent video. I always wondered how it was all packed. If it is designed to save your life it has to be thorough.

[@absurd207]

Cool, now I can go base jumping this weekend.

[@blakedickson__]

Helped me alot to learn how to pack so thanks for that, i constantly watched this video once i got my first rig and just jumped my first unassisted pack job because of this video so thank you

[@SkydiveVibes]

Hey Blake where do you jump?

[@aegisfate117]

@@SkydiveVibes from high up

[@mikedoubleuagain2594]

I now know that I’ll never be able to pack my own parachute. Lol. Wow this is seriously an art. What a bad ass.

[@Mmarash]

Awesome video, bravo !!!

[@sallybugs1695]

I've always wondered how parachutes are packed & unpack. Thanks for clarifying

[@Skateperception]

awesome video man.

[@soniairving9165]

Excellent video... Now I'm going to make it turn into a jacket... Cheers 🥂👍

[@Tmotley01]

Omg, I don't think I could ever do this. I would be too scared to use it. You've got nerves of steel.

[@eamonshields2754]

Great Video !!

[@ThatWTFGuy]

Beautiful pack job! Bet that was a soft as hell opening!

[@hmmthinking4208]

I will never skydive but I watch hundreds of videos... event this one.

[@romano5497]

Bought my rig off ebay. Been watching heaps of vids... Doing first jump soon

[@miltonrigby6621]

Right on! Ebay and videos is the way to go!

[@bob6537]

hahaha

[@MonkeyBoy406]

Still alive?

[@alsam4678]

Blue skies buddy, at least for a short time lol

[@soda366]

Any word on if this guy is dead yet?

[@thefilthygringo9228]

Awesome video well done

[@korosu2203]

Shit looks so complicated. I wouldn't trust myself to do it right lol

[@joej2353]

Not sure I’d trust anyone else to do it right...

[@aceman4403]

and it's time consuming

[@hooh1644]

@@aceman4403 Yeah I hate having to wash my own dishes and do laundry!

[@drewcarter3100]

Dude i got my skydiving license 2 years ago an i still have a problem with it 😆 its nessisary though because you don't wanna be the only person at the drop zone that can't pack lmao

[@jakefastf]

only squares do it this thorough

[@eamonshields2754]

Awesome instructional

[@andykim426]

Flawless, wish I could do it like you

[@kunalhuskynarvekar8267]

5:20 "...and here I am regretting my life, smelling the carpet"😂😂😂

[@ShaunPatterson]

reflecting on my life. not regretting

[@mcbrite]

Hahaaaa, coming from Paragliding, those lines look like what you would use to tie an aircraft carrier to the dock... ^^

[@lovetheNorml]

size matters...lol

[@JerryStevens]

Good presentation.

[@karakum3119]

Nice video, thank you.

[@amyhatfield7181]

Very interesting!!

[@martina-cz]

Cheers! You pack a very similar way I do :)

[@dreambig5722]

Thanks for the video. I enjoyed watching it. You made it seem so much easier than when I learned to pack one for my B license. Now I want to get myself my own chute! Any suggestions on what type?

[@greg5478]

I think that if I tied the rings like you did, I'd get roasted by the whole crew of the DZ 😂

[@colonelgigi]

👍Good job👍

[@bartholomewlyons]

Yup, i will definitely make a knot out of the chute.

[@annascraftytrends]

Thank you!! Wonderful and concise video. Great job. I'm going to be watching this video on repeat in an attempt to impress my skydiving boyfriend by being able to pack his chute... wish me luck!!

[@jamesc6620]

How did packing his main work out?

[@kylelambert1672]

No response for 4 years, I think she's single. Not sure if that's good or bad

[@dudanado_]

Man I don’t think we should trust anyone else folding your own parachute. Let your bf do his thing.

[@sajithapb2941]

You are packing parachutes sincerely I hope it will be a good experience 🙂

[@1tactundra140]

I know how to pack this now, time to learn how to pack fudge i guess.

[@Kwisatz_HaderachXIII]

Wow maybe I should start doing this. I have always just stuffed it in the backpack

[@walexkinopapy9598]

How did u survive the jump

[@Kwisatz_HaderachXIII]

@@walexkinopapy9598 emergency shoot…5 times. After the 5th I quit…

[@solomonpilot2510]

GOOD JOB BUDDY ! I HAVE LEARNED A LOT FROM U AND THX 4 POSTING !

[@walkerpercy8702]

I just have a couple of sail bags. Hope it works.

[@alex8101000]

Whos here seeing if they are careful storing them as you booked a jump and are afraid it won't open when deployed?

[@xmachineoo7]

what a beautiful demonstration .. you got one more LIKE, SUBSCRIBER and COMMENT .. very Well Done man ..

[@EnlightenedDrummer]

Nice Video

[@mercyshaver5264]

He folded effortlessly.

[@stonedegg]

ok im trying this now wish me luck

[@anthonyreaux1455]

As a newby 20 jumps this looks like the hardest part of me getting my A lisence 😂

[@error.418]

laying down on the pack job slows things down, can negatively effect the the flaking you did previously, and can be easily remedied; PD has a good video showing this

[@paratechies338]

100% agree. Some have to learn to crawl before they can... stand pack(?)

[@error.418]

I don't mean stand packing. You can deflate your canopy on the ground without lying down on it. PD has a good video on this on their channel showing how to pack a Sabre 2 150.

[@juanamontoyapilotosdronesibagu]

excelente empaque

[@mukadder100]

I can smell my cutaway from now...

[@pluvia13]

why do you push in parts of the front canopy with your knee? doesn´t this pull all your carefully assorted lines apart? i can always feel when this happans while kneeing onto the canopy to push the air out

[@rahulprasad5904]

Hey did you jumped with this pack 😂 ...gotta scary

[@GeofBS]

this dudes life is on the line with fabric softener lol

[@georgeftoulis704]

Thank u!!

[@liennata994]

Thank you!

[@Ericxnugz]

just got first rig heading to golden gate tomrrow

[@iMPRE7ed]

If you were to buy your first parachute, would you trust how they packed it or repack it yourself before the jump, which one are you? Ps. Of course you can ask a pro to repack or check for you, but which of the former if you had to choose?

[@abukhalid7447]

I wouldn't trust myself to pack my own parachute and wouldn't trust anyone else to pack it for me either. I guess I'm never gonna go parachuting 😭

[@creatureconnor]

Wow, never knew how much work it is to pack a parachute! So much room for error! I wanted to become a base jumper but now I'm not so sure...😅

[@JayDee-xj9lu]

There isn't a lot you can do wrong. Even though he was tucking in things here and there, once you start squashing it down, things move. We had a perfectionist packing his chute. It took him forever, even got his iron out to get out the wrinkles. [Joking] and he still had a malfunction. I was pretty quick at it, but I still did a flat pack. Somehow got it in the bag with a lot of punching etc. And I never had a fail, just a small line twist. So don't be to worried of being perfect, but don't be blaze about it. Anyway, I haven't jumped for a while, but your video makes me want to jump again and pack your way. Seems more comfortable then crawling around the floor. Thanks

[@jjasper7512]

That was my question, how important is each step, seems very complicated, would love to know what causes them to fail/have issues and how much of that is due to making a mistake in the packing process. The analogy I got was this is akin to sewing and making your bed, two things I'm not that great at, best I stay grounded!!

[@kylelambert1672]

Im not sure how i ended up here, and will likely never get to skydive, but i always made ny own parachutes for my action figures as a kid. I always wondered how they were packed. I always figured the flaps on the bag opened and the parachute fell out. Looks like the weight of the skydiver opposite the drag on the pilot chute pulls the canopy out of the container bag?

[@mxcollin95]

Thanks for the video. I’ve always wanted to skydive and always wondered how the chutes are packed. 👍 Ps. Hope you did it right! Lol jk

[@williamaylmer2194]

Great tutorial, thank you! I'm taking my packing test today. What are the first line stows also known as?

[@davidsakal449]

Locking stows

[@williamaylmer2194]

@@davidsakal449 Thanks. I have since heard them called mouth locks at our DZ. Blue skies!

[@distantobservereadgbe9387]

A little different than packing a ParaCommander.... 😎

[@GB-cm6yy]

Yeah yeah, but can you fold an elastic base bed sheet into a neat square?

[@cannywf1]

What size is the canopy you’re packing?

[@isaack6994]

My only question is, how many steps can you mess up and not die? I feel like it's zero, but I've been wrong before.

[@Born2flyfree1]

Zero is about right ;)

[@timmyingelbrecht6977]

Tiny packing errors happen frequently, resulting in line twists, line-overs, steering handles that get stuck or just a rough opening. Twists are usually easy to remove during the jump, line-overs depend a lot, all you can do is pump the steering lines a couple times and hope it solves.

[@UWfalcin]

I tried this and died. 1 star.

[@ryantrippfitness]

I watched this video on the way to the dropzone while i was a student. First jump that morning i had a bowtie malfunctuion & cutaway. landed the reserve fine. Ironically i then was told to pack my chute for the first time, took me over 45 minutes 😂 and went and jumped it, opened well! lol Thanks for the great video!

[@user-yg2up4lg3r]

A whole lot of work for a few minutes of fun. Do you guys have multiple parachutes so you can go back up and jump again or are out done for the day then?

[@spxrgie5522]

We'll pack it or pay a packer if we're lazy. If it's good weather we usually jump as many times as it's possible to pay for a spot in the aircraft.

[@BillBlast7372]

I have two questions(well aactuallyI have a number of questions,but I will not waste anyone's time w/all my questions, seeing I'm not a skydiver/base jumper). What is a slider's purpose/what's it used for?? I'm guessing skydiver & base jumping chutes are the same, do all parachutes have reserve chutes in them?? THX for any info I can get, I've always been curious of skydiving & even more curious how to pack a chute. I know zero on this sport, other then what this vid spoke of.

[@shorehambeach]

Bill. The slider slows down the opening of the canopy so it doesn't inflate too quick and cause opening shock to the skydiver (we are falling at 80 - 120 mph when we open the canopy). Skydive and Base canopies are similar but there are fundamental differences between them. The base canopy are larger and have less "cells" - they are designed to open more reliably and be more docile than a skydive canopy. All skydive rigs have a reserve - base rigs do not have a reserve as you open lower than a reserve can make any difference. A skydive reserve is packed very differently than the "main canopy' that you see on the video - a skydive reserve is "flat packed" like a base canopy. Watch the packing video for a base canopy to see what i mean.

[@monkeyx17]

so the reserve is at the top and the main is at the bottom of the bag is it?

[@user-uv7tz8wo2z]

Perfect brother to All My Brothers and sisters have a Good point Break.

[@2coolrun308]

Bro what if you were about to go tandem skydiving and you caught your instructor watching this video before you head off?

[@daddyfatsack68]

How do u pack a base jumping rig for base jumping?

[@zigzag9995]

Ahh I can't be bothered, the hell with this... I'm just gonna jump without it...

[@eatpastaflyfasta]

I think you are pushing the nose too deep, it has to be straight down and just a little inside, the cells needs to catch air and if it's to inside it will be hard for the central cells to catch air, resulting a slow and uneven opening. Also it would be great if the material would be inside the D bag, not outside, and the stows are a little too big + it's a good idea to do double stows. cheers

[@pepelepew2142]

I REMEMBER THAT'S HOW WILE e COYOTE pack the acme parachute to get the road runner

[@tyanderson7037]

I just watched this entire video and not even sure how I arrived here. I did learn one thing -> If I every had a desire to base jump or free fall, that has done out the window. There are way too many steps to packing your own parachute which would result in almost certain death for me.

[@ThePurplePupUwU]

So does this also double as a yoga lesson?

[@cameronalexander359]

Wait, what was that bit you said about the thing?

[@brad30]

I wouldn't trust myself packing it after watching this would definitely miss a step. Probably best for me to buy brand new each jump

[@billionairerehab4953]

I just watched a war movie about so I figured I'd find out how to pack a parachute. I don't know why because I am afraid of heights and have no use for a parachute. I also have attention deficit disorder and just missed half of the instructions.

[@TheNewMinority2024]

What about the handle pulley thingys?

[@EliminaSire]

This is why idk why people wanna rush to pack the parachute, some took 2-3 mins. I mean safety is damn important. This guy took 14 mins, if there is a few rigger i bet they can do few parachutes within short amount of time. I mean how many people do parachute so often? Very rare. Parachute is not like some common travel tourism thing.

[@OriginalThisAndThat]

I would never do anything like this for learning methods in youtube..