Too Wrapped Up

Team "Too Wrapped Up" goes out the door at 8500 feet to practice a little CRW or Canopy Relative Work. Only they get a little too wrapped up in their work on this skydive.

Thanks to Mike Teague for the great video and for following our brother Frank down. Thanks to Tim Farnum for retrieving all the main canopies. Thanks to Frank for doing the right thing and pulling all his strings.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Skydive
• CRW
• Canopy
• Relative
• Work
• Wrap
• Parachute
• Reserve

[neomuttley]

I'll have to try & remember this exit for next time. I've only done three H&Ps. I've flipped on two, & almost did one the third too. So, you hop up a bit on exit ala rear float?

[mobiltec]

@neomuttley Well not so much hopping up but hopping out sideways, facing the wind blast. Stay facing the wind blast, the same direction the airplane is going. Have your left hand at your forehead and your right hand on your pud ready to throw....

You might want to try a couple practice exits where you don't really pull but just put your hand there a couple times and see if you stay stable... Once you have that down you can actually pull. Safer that way. We used to call them Practice Pulls.

[neomuttley]

@mobiltec,

Thanks. Unfortunately, the new DZ I just switched to doesn't like to have hop & pops. Some of the neighbors complain about the engine noise. Hey, the jump plane's engine makes 900HP. It's gonna make some noise. Wonder if those neighbors would like to pay the taxes of the DZ if it went away??? I've been told that the thicker air @lower altitudes is what was flipping me. Well, that, & I'm too new :-P...

[mobiltec]

@neomuttley Just be last out and do it from altitude. More time to practice...

[bu3butler1]

Thank goodness you landed safely. Another safe CReW Dog! Hoorah!

[mobiltec]

@mobiltec Ya you bet. Altitude was needed to deal with that mess. He's my rigger now and I think I'll start calling him FRAAAAAAAAAAAAAANK too. LOL... You should have seen him that night. He was all beat up black and blue with line burns everywhere. Nothing broken though. He lived and walked away.

[mobiltec]

@stevenliemberg Ya this video will cure you of that way of thinking real quick LOL...

[stevenliemberg]

Oke like 3 videos ago I was all like crw seems awsome - might try it some time - now - Im cured.... JC man JC....

[Tolchog]

Повезло парню!

[mobiltec]

@TheDouchesupreme Fraaaaaaaaaaank is my rigger :) I think I'm going to start calling him Fraaaaaaaaank! I like that... :) Yes it turned out well and I'm glad too. He was pretty beat up from it though. Lots of line burns all over his arms and legs. He did a great job of keeping his cool and saving his life. Lucky he had the altitude to do it with.