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Reserve Pilot Chutes 101
My mom is in town for Thanksgiving and I have already put her to work helping edit the December issue. Mike Gruwell wrote a review of Basik’s Seven container/harness; to help her understand some of the technicalities, we pulled out my rig and had a quick crash course on reserve parachute mechanics.
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Incidentally, learning how my reserve works gave her a little more confidence in the odds of me surviving my next jump. I can highly recommend a gear tutorial for the parents/concerned family members ;)
Can’t quite tell from the picture, but it appears as if mom was sporting a PD t-shirt for the rigging lesson, that’s awesome :)
Is your rig made out of chocolate? YUMMY!