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for those of who know stans the crazy russian who helped Rob get of thailand. he had an incident himselth this week and needs simehelp getting to better health care,

Thanx but no thanx....

It's called INSURANCE, buy it next time.

Someone recently (last year) did the same thing. Turns out they went to Malaysia recently jumping.

Sorry your broke up. Heal fast and best of luck.

You say "I'm Russian so the pain is not too strong"
Then the bill shouldn't be a problem.

ya we neeed to get him out of the woods and into the city.
ive already sent $500.

he spent a good month helping another jumper outof thailand so i thnk we owe it to him.

he has a breaki his femur, surgery went well, now he just needs some helpto get back home.

Im sure the guy is a good dude, problems with your statement. we dont owe him shit! did he help the other guy so that when he gets hurt he would get help himself? is this a BASE jumping insurance company that we have going now? if he knew how expensive and hard it is to get out of a shit area why didnt he properly prepare financially?

on the other side, sucks taht he got hurt, glad he is being positive, and good luck.

ok sorry to make this seem like a medical call for help. he is getting the health care htat he needs, what he eeds helps with is getting back home...

im sure once we get the video put together you would all be happy to pay a dollar to watch it.

its going to be a good show

2-way from 70 meters, with top going stowed? Am I the only one missing something here?

F Y I - 70 meters is approximately 230 feet

I agree, stowed from this altitude is dicey!

Yeah, and a 2-way is just plain stupid
This is what happened to me once, and I went handheld:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv-8ovfThGI
At 70 m. this is BD

not exactly a 2 way in the traditional way haha. They were doing freefall suspensions. So Stans was following the person suspended from ropes.

Video and good write up of what happened

Crazy Russians

http://www.suspension.org/...se-jumping-accident/

Ok, I have watched the video and read his account of what happened. I don't agree with his analysis. He first puts blame on the other person by saying that they didn't push hard enough then he says that, by bad luck alone, he had a 180. He stated that he almost had the canopy turned before the strike which it seems to me that there was no real progress in turning away from the object. Also, his statement about trying to turn and land after the strike doesn't seem to be accurate because he seems to be unconscious.
Usually when things go wrong you can follow a chain of events that lead up to the accident. From what I see, things that may have contributed to this incident include but are not limited to:
- Doing a 2 way with an inexperienced person in order to make them feel safe
- going stowed
- poor push
- attempting to get video (may alter good body position)
- jumping into a possible headwind (looks like from the PC trajectory)
- improper or no DBS
- blown toggle (may not be completely unstowed but it seems the velcro is not attached)- gear maintenance

If people do not want to repeat this accident then it is important to objectively evaluate it and be honest with yourself. It seems as though he has not done that and is chalking it up to 'bad luck'. Yes. it was bad luck but other factors also contributed in my eyes.

Also, please STOP smoking while your bones are trying to heal. It significantly slows bone growth and recovery.
http://www.hughston.com/hha/a.smoke.htm

He seems like a person who is kind and generous and has his heart in the right place but a big heart may sometimes get in the way of making smart decisions.

Good luck in your recovery!

is it a positive tower?! weak push?! wtf?!


PS. i like your tits

Considering how low he opened, it seems he would have still had a very hard landing had he successfully steered clear of the tower.

Is it just me or does any one else think the ringing "Dooong" sound he made when he hit the leg is awesome. I don't know how many bones he sacrificed for my entertainment but I am in his debt. I got a good laugh out of that. May he heal well.

Now, please continue with your thread.

Lee

I thought it was pretty awesome too
I would hate to know how hard you have to hit a tower to make it ring like that.

I've watched someone hit a tower from above, and it made a pretty loud thud and hung him up on the A. I raced down the ladder to find him uninjured. Maybe the difference in walking away verses going to the hospital is thud vs Dooong.

I have seen a tower strike (Dooong!) that supports that theory!

The "dooong" most likely has to do with the tower pillar being hollow, with the impact sound resounding a bit.

Is this all to serious? OK, not so serious. We might have heard 2 dooongs if he hit with his head.

Wow! Spot on! It takes a lot of sifting for peeps to put the puzzle together but you managed it in one post.
Thanks!
take care,
Space

holy fucking pendulator! gotta love this shit.

mr. stanislav aksenov, heal fast and carry on, glad you didn't die : ).

btw. 230 ft. stowed? bad idea, but i guess you know that...

mr. stanislav "doong" aksenov

Sorry, had to do it....

And yeah did a token help...

jumping antenna without any wind....hmmm....BAD IDEA if you ask me