"Oh, sh*t"....when you don't have a reserve and a knife.....

[67Dart273]

 

[SpeedThrills]

Just as he jumped, I wondered what he'd do if the chute got caught on the cliff. Seems his lights are on, but no one's home. He's lucky nothing worse happened... or maybe it did?

 

[diymirage]

Play stupid games, wins stupid prizes

 

[JDMopar]

Ain't no sense in jumping off a perfectly good cliff!

 

[WV64Signet]

BASE jumpers don't use reserves anyhow. He screwed up the pack job as the parachute rotated ( at 0:07) when he released and faced him toward the cliff. The parachute wants to drive forward by design the result being the cliff cutting off the airflow into the ram-air and it collapsing (repeatedly)

He's lucky for the chute snagging on the outcrop because the situation was irreperable.

Occupational hazard.

 

[halfafish]

Holy crap. Am I the only one thinking Darwin Award?

 

[67Dart273]

^^NO^^

 

[harrisonm]

So now what? No reserve chute! Hopefully the chute won't rip the rest of the way. How does he get rescued? And who pays for that rescue?

 

[67Dart273]

"Who pays for that rescue"

THAT is the several million dollar question. And who pays for the risk THEY take if someone is injured or killed?

 

[Righty Tighty]

How does he get rescued? And who pays for that rescue?

If he's farther than 200-300 feet, he's too far down for a rope rescue, so the next option would be a short line from a helicopter.

And who pays? He does.

 

[4spdragtop]

"I'm ok, but I do need a helicopter!"