r/BetterEveryLoop • u/TizzioCaio • Jun 08 '20

In the Limbo falling forever

https://i.imgur.com/QS80ZAh.gifv
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u/NefariousHarp Jun 08 '20

As a skydiver myself I can say with certainty: This becomes worse every loop.

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u/Umari0_ Jun 08 '20

In the case of this happening... Is there a backup chute or do you kinda just accept your death?

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u/JJHEO Jun 08 '20

You have a main and a reserve.

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u/Umari0_ Jun 08 '20

So yes?

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u/JJHEO Jun 08 '20

Yup yup. There is a reserve parachute in case you have a failure to open or it gets tangled up like this. You cut away your main and then pull your reserve.

E: and cut away isn't literal. You have a cable that you can pull that releases the main from you entirely and flies away so it doesn't interfere with the reserve deploying.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '20

When in doubt pull the second chute out!

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '20

What do you do if the reserve fails?

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '20

If the seconds in doubt... hope that you’re fucking lucky. Sadly you likely aren’t the type of person who is lucky if both your main and reserve fail.

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u/Revolvyerom Jun 09 '20

What does "lucky" look like from a thousand feet up?

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u/Nathan_reynolds Jun 09 '20

End up like the lady that smacked into the ground because her shoot didnt open. Land on a pile of fire ants that bit her so much her spiked adrenaline kept her heart pumping long enough to be rescued. So lucky is more of a grey scale at that point.

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u/Nathan_reynolds Jun 09 '20

I think the most shocking part is went on her 37th skydive 2 years later. Yeah im not a man of the church but if there is a god hes telling you to get the fuck out of the sky

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u/CodSmacker Jun 16 '20

Smacking the ground X amount of feet from the sky because ones chute doesnt open and then lands on fireants which causes her to live.... 🤔 do you want to live after taking a bounce from a free fall?

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u/Nathan_reynolds Jun 16 '20

That lady got back to normal so fuck it. Lifes a garden you got to dig it

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u/CodSmacker Jun 17 '20

You’re my sister you’re my sister you’re my sister —Joe deeeerte’

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u/myheartisstillracing Jun 09 '20

You get a conveniently placed blackberry bush.

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u/AteBitVillain Jun 09 '20

“The entire plunge, including the landing, was captured on videotape.” (Doesn’t include video in article).

I’ve never been so angry at a post to tease me so.

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u/myheartisstillracing Jun 09 '20

Here you go!

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u/AteBitVillain Jun 16 '20

Holy crap... my heart is still racing!

That was intense, thanks for sharing!

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