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What is insane is that after falling in the water he was still conscious and had the presence of mind to cut the parachute chords. How do you retain all your be
by sharadov 4y ago
What is insane is that after falling in the water he was still conscious and had the presence of mind to cut the parachute chords.
How do you retain all your bearings after multiple things going wrong and just not give up? Testament to his fight to live ( am sure he's unique in that respect).
- cm42 4y agoConstant training, even/especially in bad weather, and constantly preparing for specific tasks like this. "Amateurs practice till they get it right; professionals practice till they can't get it wrong."
- codegeek 4y agoCan I steal this quote.
- cm42 4y agoIt's free!
- bmitc 4y agoIs that your quote or did you get it from somewhere? It’s really good.
- cm42 4y agoIt's not mine, and I'm not certain of the origin, but I think I saw the words "musicians" and "theater" in the Google preview when I checked the wording. I've only seen it a handful of times in the wild - notably, a flight school wall - and every so often to close out blog entries on High-Speed, Low-Drag™ topics in (i.e.) aviation, search and rescue, emergency medicine, etc. There's a few clever "practice" ones too that I can't seem to recall, other than: "Oops, guess that's why they call it practicing medicine!"