Tree landing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC2fih25Fcw&feature=youtu.be Any thoughs on mal tention knot vs line over?
crappy track, never looked up at canopy not sure what happened.
Advice or just laugh and make fun of my tree landing.
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Any thoughs on mal tention knot vs line over?
crappy track, never looked up at canopy not sure what happened.
Advice or just laugh and make fun of my tree landing.
Re: [wasatchrider] Tree landing
When you had it flying straight at the end, how much opposite toggle did you have to hold to do that? My best guess would be tension knot. But that's a total guess. Did you inspect the canopy for any evidence (like friction burns no the lines)?
Nice job not dying.
Re: [wasatchrider] Tree landing
What kind of canopy? 5 control lines? Looks a lot like what happened to me on my tension knot.
Re: [TomAiello] Tree landing
TomAiello wrote:
When you had it flying straight at the end, how much opposite toggle did you have to hold to do that?
My best guess would be tension knot. But that's a total guess. Did you inspect the canopy for any evidence (like friction burns no the lines)?
Nice job not dying.
not much toggle input from what I remember after I turned it around. I did not see any evidence of line burn.
It is a blackjack 5 control lines
Re: [wasatchrider] Tree landing
Are you not taught to look at what sort of canopy you have this time?
Re: [Dunny] Tree landing
Dunny wrote:
Are you not taught to look at what sort of canopy you have this time?
In slider down, I would hope that nobody would look to see what kind of canopy they had if their heading wasn't optimal. Personally, I've never had the luxury of a second and a half to waste when having to turn around a 180.
Heath is an absolute ninja. I've watched him personally react so fast to slider up and down 180's that I question how many others would have been able to do the same. When I put myself into that situation from thinking about it on the luxury of a screen viewing from a couch, I can't see any different reaction. To look up, think about what kind of mal you have, then react accordingly would have already eaten up all of the time he had under canopy and he would have no idea where he was landing. Instead, he kept his eye on where he wanted to go and made micro adjustments while in a spin which ended up clearing it. I have a video of a similar event at bridge day in which I reacted a similar way.
https://vimeo.com/96435195
Looking up, thinking, processing, and then reacting is great in skydiving or BASE jumps in which you have the luxury of time. However, this situation did not have time and I think this reaction to survival is an absolutely crucial skill to have in BASE that a lot of people lack. He didn't freeze or pause, just totally rocked it through. I applaud it, and think it was handled the best way possible in the shortest amount of time.
Maybe, just maybe, it will serve as a reminder we don't really have to track to some arbitrary line over the trees and to give ourselves a slightly larger margin for error. Would be nice to hang out in the valley without seeing people sniveling through the trees
. Although I do agree with your point and think that at places like Kjerag it's important to have those skills of looking up and checking, this particular case just didn't have the luxury. With Heath's experience, the reaction seemed warranted.
Re: [Dunny] Tree landing
Dunny wrote:
Are you not taught to look at what sort of canopy you have this time?
Have heard that before I was never a canopy looker for base always go by feel. Has always worked in the past and by the time I knew something was wrong I was spinning on my back.
Maybe could have done something different/better hence the post.
Re: [Mitchpee] Tree landing
Mitchpee wrote:
Dunny wrote:
Are you not taught to look at what sort of canopy you have this time?
In slider down, I would hope that nobody would look to see what kind of canopy they had if their heading wasn't optimal. Personally, I've never had the luxury of a second and a half to waste when having to turn around a 180.
Heath is an absolute ninja. I've watched him personally react so fast to slider up and down 180's that I question how many others would have been able to do the same. When I put myself into that situation from thinking about it on the luxury of a screen viewing from a couch, I can't see any different reaction. To look up, think about what kind of mal you have, then react accordingly would have already eaten up all of the time he had under canopy and he would have no idea where he was landing. Instead, he kept his eye on where he wanted to go and made micro adjustments while in a spin which ended up clearing it. I have a video of a similar event at bridge day in which I reacted a similar way.
https://vimeo.com/96435195
Looking up, thinking, processing, and then reacting is great in skydiving or BASE jumps in which you have the luxury of time. However, this situation did not have time and I think this reaction to survival is an absolutely crucial skill to have in BASE that a lot of people lack. He didn't freeze or pause, just totally rocked it through. I applaud it, and think it was handled the best way possible in the shortest amount of time.
Maybe, just maybe, it will serve as a reminder we don't really have to track to some arbitrary line over the trees and to give ourselves a slightly larger margin for error. Would be nice to hang out in the valley without seeing people sniveling through the trees
.
Although I do agree with your point and think that at places like Kjerag it's important to have those skills of looking up and checking, this particular case just didn't have the luxury. With Heath's experience, the reaction seemed warranted.
thanks Mitch luv ya
Re: [Mitchpee] Tree landing
Mitchpee wrote:
I have a video of a similar event at bridge day in which I reacted a similar way.
https://vimeo.com/96435195
Looks to me like Zac caused that.
Re: [base570] Tree landing
base570 wrote:
Looks to me like Zac caused that.
Totally obvious and the truth, it's called a "Bunz Over". I hear they're terrifying.
Edit to add- Yes, Heath is the full ninja. Definitely not a problem with the track. Wish I could help with the cause more.
Re: [wasatchrider] Tree landing
What size was the canopy? https://docs.google.com/..._EzGcQSfM/edit#gid=0