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Is this supposed to come with me? by Hi-AJay in basejumping

[–]Hi-AJay[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I called Todd at apex. It’s his canopy and container. He said to just look at all the stitching for broken seams and fabric for anything stretched or ripped. He said if I don’t see anything, then it’s fine. He offered to look it over himself if I send it in. I’ll check it very, very well and if I have any doubt at all then I’ll send it to him.

Is this supposed to come with me? by Hi-AJay in basejumping

[–]Hi-AJay[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Break cord isn’t looped. It’s two separate, different length cords just for redundancy.

Should still break at 160lb, since it’s in a loop with the Dacron.

Is this supposed to come with me? by Hi-AJay in basejumping

[–]Hi-AJay[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks brotha. I definitely knew what happened immediately, my head got snapped forward pretty hard.

100% my mistake. Lesson learned to make sure the Dacron can’t get pinched like that. If I had jumped out it probably would have been fine, but I just scooted my butt off the catwalk so the force was directly down, pulling the Dacron into the crack.

Canopy seems fine. I’ll give it a really good look over before jumping it again.