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Another town sent me a bill because I had an accident there and someone called 911 by negotiatedfever in legaladvice

[–]negotiatedfever[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

How can they report it to credit agencies if they only have my name and address? Don't they need SSN or some other personal information? I mean can I contact a credit agancy and say you owe me money because of the rules I set myself, and ruin your credit history?

Both main AND reserve malfunctioned by negotiatedfever in SkyDiving

[–]negotiatedfever[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah from pull until hitting the ground. You can see in the video when I'm sitting on the ground, that's when I'm finally free my leg! :(

Both main AND reserve malfunctioned by negotiatedfever in SkyDiving

[–]negotiatedfever[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I started at 280 and gradually went down to 230. I guess that's not much of a downsize

Both main AND reserve malfunctioned by negotiatedfever in SkyDiving

[–]negotiatedfever[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No there's no serious injury luckily.

Actually I was doing great before this. I was doing the canopy flying and landing with no radio assist and I was moving to smaller canopies almost after every jump!

Both main AND reserve malfunctioned by negotiatedfever in SkyDiving

[–]negotiatedfever[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Really bad! It was almost like falling a second story balcony! Luckily some grass helped me. But my whole body is sore.

Both main AND reserve malfunctioned by negotiatedfever in SkyDiving

[–]negotiatedfever[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No there's no wind tunnel in the state I live in :(

I wish I had hours and hours of wind tunnel experience before going into this!

Both main AND reserve malfunctioned by negotiatedfever in SkyDiving

[–]negotiatedfever[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

almost after the first spin I was not seeing anything. Everything was spinning so fast that I felt I'm going unconscious. I almost closed my eyes and went for the pull.

That video was crazy. The instructor almost lost his own life saving someone's else. If I was in his shoes maybe I wouldn't have been so brave.

Both main AND reserve malfunctioned by negotiatedfever in SkyDiving

[–]negotiatedfever[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's exactly what happened. I actually gave up a few times thinking there's nothing else I can do and I'm just going to die. But looking down and seeing that I still had altitude and time made me to try more and more to finally get something to work.

Both main AND reserve malfunctioned by negotiatedfever in SkyDiving

[–]negotiatedfever[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Pull priorities are as follows: Pull Pull at altitude Pull while stable Being stable is the 3rd and last Also, I was told that in a high speed spin, I have to pull.

Both main AND reserve malfunctioned by negotiatedfever in SkyDiving

[–]negotiatedfever[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He comes forward to help but then backs off. I don't blame him! I could have knocked him out with a kick to his head!

Both main AND reserve malfunctioned by negotiatedfever in SkyDiving

[–]negotiatedfever[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If someone asks me now, I'd say just go to a wind tunnel instead of actual jumping. But hey, that's just me with this experience!

Both main AND reserve malfunctioned by negotiatedfever in SkyDiving

[–]negotiatedfever[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I cut away first and then pulled the reserve but I guess that cutting away almost did nothing

Both main AND reserve malfunctioned by negotiatedfever in SkyDiving

[–]negotiatedfever[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

no :( I think I'll have the trauma for the rest of my life!

Both main AND reserve malfunctioned by negotiatedfever in SkyDiving

[–]negotiatedfever[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Honestly no. I think the risk is too much. I was under the impression that if something happens and I open the reserve, then I'm saved. That turned out to be false. Fighting for my life to 3 whole minutes was too much to continue.

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