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Uh? I think that you're overestimating the danger of parachutes: 1) they can open automatically 2) for total beginners without training, round (army styles) par
by renox 10y ago
Uh? I think that you're overestimating the danger of parachutes:
1) they can open automatically
2) for total beginners without training, round (army styles) parachutes would be a possibility.
Then there are only two rules to learn: 1) keep your feet together and 2) keep your legs 'semi flexed'.
And if you forget the rules then you usually break an ankle not 'die catastrophically'.
- King-Aaron 10y agoAh sorry, it's not the parachute that will kill you... It's slapping into the sides of buildings at a great rate of knots, and then getting tangled in the chute a hundred metres above the street. Guys that go base jumping off buildings have years of practice, and they're aware of how risky it is doing a low altitude jump around objects.
- mikeash 10y agoBASE jumping is complicated by the fact that it's something people do with some frequency. That changes the safety requirements a lot: a risk of death of one in a thousand is way too high for a hobby, but it's OK for an "escape from a burning skyscraper" rescue system. It's also complicated by the fact that it's usually illegal, meaning that you want to make a clean landing so you can run away. Getting your parachute tangled on a lamp post would be a failure for a BASE jumper, but a win for a rescue system.