3 seconds from dead

This was my Safety Day recertification sky dive (gotta love the irony). I hadn't jumped in a few months, so I needed an instructor to jump with me (you need to jump every 30 days up until you get 50 or more jumps). Unknown to me, my altimeter failed (it got stuck showing 10,500 feet), and I was not altitude aware (BIG mistake) as I was focussed between my instructor and a broken altimeter. My instructor also had an all black suit on and was wearing black gloves. So every time he pointed at me, all I saw was his elbow emanating from his silhoutte. When it finally dawned on me that something was wrong, we were at approximately 1,200 feet when I waived off. We figured I pulled my main around 1,000 feet, which was just a second or so before my reserve chute deployed automatically, being fully deployed at approximately 850 feet! Nothing like landing under two chutes (which I did due to a downplane as I went to release the main). Do NOT try this on your own!!

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[nipzilla]

Rule Of Thumb: If your altimeter's needle ain't moving... PULL !!

[rlkinser]

This is an epic failure on the part of the instructor. Yes, you got confused and didn't pull, but the instructor knew what was going on, knew he was near AAD fire altitude, and still went main. On top of that, he blew through his hard deck like it didn't matter. He should have indicated to you that you needed to pull, but then pulled himself prior to reaching his hard deck. Nothing is a bigger indicator that you need to pull than seeing your instructor throw a pilot chute.

[lawlsatron]

@Lantoize not fake at all?

[Lantoize]

How fake do those mountains look?

[KoSoKOFF]

6-ой уровень AFF? ))

[katyu16]

We're lucky where I skydive. We have a mountain right next to the DZ that's 2,500 ft so if we're looking eye to eye with the summit we know we're too low.

[HOWZZ3]

hey people i dont normaly do this but you should check out my ( insane stick man fight ) and my ( British army Tribute ) :) if you have time that is.

[SuFantasma]

Have you considered bowling?

[deuceheavyweaponzloc]

@irlittleboii LOL im sure wed both get a chance to someday lol

[pttike1981]

Two idiots falling

[julilava]

1:51 (Left) parachute fails xD

[irlittleboii]

@deuceheavyweaponzloc its 1\10,000 so don't worry if your time is up then i guess you just gotta..... i want to sky diving so bad too :(