[video] Parachute hell

[cromertech]

Apparently this was his first jump

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6HL0avLGPI

[robertsenior]

ouch that would have been scary

when your parachute is under you then you know theres something wrong there lol

[MK-2]

Apparently this was his first jump

 

and possibly last I'm guesing

[featured_spectre]

amazing recovery, especially as he opened his reserve chute (otherwise his landing would have been a hell of a lot more rougher).

[cromertech]

and possibly last I'm guesing

 

There is footage of the landing and the bird that was tangled up flying away but I guess that's why you have a spare

[MK-2]

There is footage of the landing and the bird that was tangled up flying away but I guess that's why you have a spare

 

I didn't mean I thought he'd died. I meant more the experience for a first time jump might have put him off

[cromertech]

I didn't mean I thought he'd died. I meant more the experience for a first time jump might have put him off

 

oops my bad lol!!

[laserblazer]

There's some more on the story here. It was an eagle got caught in the rigging.

 

Eagle takes down paraglider, paraglider saves eagle - Yahoo! Eurosport UK

[aerospacemango]

There's some more on the story here. It was an eagle got caught in the rigging.

 

Eagle takes down paraglider, paraglider saves eagle - Yahoo! Eurosport UK

 

That would really depend on how you're defining "more"!!!

 

It wasn't an eagle (Bad Yahoo!!!) but a Himalayan Griffon Vulture! And the standard of spelling in the comments section beggars belief!

[plexer]

I thought I'd seen that he was a paraglider not a jumper.

 

Ben

[laserblazer]

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It wasn't an eagle (Bad Yahoo!!!) but a Himalayan Griffon Vulture

 

I thought it was a Norwegian Blue.

 

Paraglider Pilot: Help, there's f-ing great eagle caught in my lines.

 

Ground Control: Wait one whilst I get my binoculars.

 

Pilot: FFS! What can I do?

 

Ground Control: It doesn't look like an eagle, I'll just get my bird spotting book.

 

Pilot: Jeez, I'm going to die.

 

Ground Control: Ah here it is, it's a Himalayan Griffon Vulture.

 

Pilot: I don't give a s***. What can I do.

 

Ground Control 2: Deploy your reserve 'chute. Oops too late!

 

Ground Control: Oh look, there's a load more Himalayan Griffon Vultures circling overhead.

Edited November 9, 2011 by laserblazer

[tech_guy]

I bet his boxers and trousers needed dry-cleaning after that....