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Hey all,
Just a simple question.

when I used to spend time at the dropzone someone was once showing me the gear (skydive) and I asked if the reserve had a cutaway handle the person said "NO!! there would be no use for it!!!"
anyway was rewatching some BASE vids, and was watching the jump dwain made where he passed through the guy wires of the A and landed in a cactus (cacti) what ever.

anyway with that landing, he seemed stuck in the cactus, and he told 1 of the other jumpers to pull something, and I'm pretty sure I seen the Yellow cut away cables.

So did his rig have a reserve or have a cutaway handle incase ya hung up and need to cut away or..... did I see it all totally wrong ?

thanx

All base rigs are single parachute systems to the exception of the "Sorcerer" I believe. But to answer your question quickly, yes some base rigs have a cutaway handle depending on wether you ordered your rig with a three ring system or L bars.
I believe it's a good idea to have a cutaway handle in your base rig. It could be your only way to get off that pine tree you just landed on... or your only way to escape drawning if you land in a stream with running water...

Dwain was referring to the cutaway handle for the wings. He was wearing a wingsuit with the cutaway handle mounted on the center of his chest, and needed it to be pulled so that he could extricate himself from that cactus.

having a cut handel could come handy in case you land in a tree and rather want to run than wait for cops

yes i have cuts in both my rigs..

hidden handels through as i dont want to cutaway my lineover the day i get it(just in case i should do somthing as stupied as that..

Is this video on the net? I have yet to see any videos of Dwain.

Dale

The same jump from a different angle is on my web page here. We had 3 cameras--one at the base of the tower, one directly under the wires, and the helmet cam. There's more footage of this jump, and other Dwain stuff, on several of the ABA compilations.

"Beyone Extreme" by Tom Begic has some of the best footage of Dwain I've seen. Tons of it, in fact! PM me if you can't find where to get one and I'll tell ya.

:)
Karen

Hi tom,
thanks for the info, I love that jump
had no idea he was wearing a wingsuit,
can you tell me how high that tower is and also how high the wires were where he crosse.
his helmet cam view was awesome.

and to others who have not seen it, you can see more of it on the 2001 ABA video and the 2003 ABA video.

out of the 4 aba videos I think the 2001 vid has best dwain and slim footage.

is it slim who does 5 backflips off the bridge ?
and if you know the jump I'm talking about is there any footage of that from the ground or from the bridge ?
he must have had 1 hell of a short canopy ride.

Both Moe Viletto and I, and I've heard of several others, have cutaway security guards in tow. Mine had me by the bridle and was reeling me in. I chopped him and he fell right on his ass . . .

Another time I functioned off a really low bridge and while I creamed into the rocks my canopy fell into a rushing river. Had I not been able to cutaway I probably would have been pulled into the river and drowned, as I doubt I would have stayed afloat for long with two broken legs . . .

NickD
BASE 194

Jeb Corliss has done 5 reverse sommersaults of the bridge with a round parachute. Footage can be seen in one of his videos.
Slim once did 4 reverse sommersaults with slider down square chute and later did the same jump at a 400 ft cliff in Moab.

Hi Thijs
I just got home from work and threw the tape on, its definatly 5 reverse sommersaults, has slim (dressed in white) doing 3 then next jump has a person who looks like slim, dressed in just shorts and rig, no shirt or shoes etc who does 5 sommersaults then deploys (very low) off screen, ya can only just see the chute, its a yellow chute and is only just a blur inflating in the bottom of the screen, I can't tell if its a round or square, looks more like a square inflateing then a round.
so is this Jeb and not slim ?
I have no idea what jeb looks like, to me his simply a black object, black clothes, black helmet lol.

It is possible that Slim did a 5 reverse, I don't know that. I only know of the 4 on a square.
Jeb did his 5 reverse with a white round chute, so I guess that with the yellow won't be him.

someone else will be able to fill us in, as this chute definatly wasnt white.

when jeb did his jump did he wear his helmet ?
does he always wear it ?
like even if he is imminently going to land on water ?

At that jump he didn't wear his helmet (probably because he was going to land in the water and landing with a helmet could have done more harm then good).

He doesn't always wear it. There are some pictures around on which he doesn't wear his helmet.

When I was in Twin on my FJC Jeb was there. I was being taken around the landing area and then stood below and witnessed the first 2 ever BASE jumps in my life. One was a guy who took a healthy delay and the other was Jeb doing his flippy doo shit on a round - not a long canopy ride at all.

I stood there open mouthed wondering what the fuck I had just got myself into.........

and you know what, 3.25 years later I still watch people go off from the top or bottom (before / after I jump) I still get the "wow" factor.

BASE would cost a shit load if it were sold by the gram....

>>BASE would cost a shit load if it were sold by the gram....<<

That's a Nugget . . .

NickD
BASE 194