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From: SKYDIVE@f15.n233.z1.FIDONET.ORG (SKYDIVE)
Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
Subject: my first reserve ride
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Date: 28 May 91 19:01:14 GMT
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Reply-to: Dave.Appel@p30.f30.n231.z1.fidonet.org (Dave Appel)
Fido-To: curtis jackson

In a message to Skydive <25 May 91 18:20> uiucuxc!adobe.com!cjackso wrote:

 ui> From  uiucuxc!convex.mitek.com!matt
 ui> From: uiucuxc!adobe.com!cjackson (Curtis Jackson)
 ui> To:   ehsnet.fidonet.org!skydive
 ui> Date: 23 May 91 21:32:50 GMT

 ui> Indeed.  I haven't jumped in a while, but I always did some practice
 ui> pulls before each jump and always had a trick or two in case I couldn't
 ui> find the thing.  I used one such trick once.  I was jumping with
 ui> thick gloves, and come pull time I couldn't see my handle and couldn't
 ui> seem to find it.  I was pulling high anyway so I gave it three
 ui> somewhat leisurely tries while glancing at the altimeter.  I then
 ui> took some advice I'd once got from an instructor -- I slapped the
 ui> outside of my thigh with my hand, slid the hand up my thigh to my
 ui> waist, and the handle slipped right into the palm of my hand.

     I have heard the same thing from very experienced jumpers.

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 * Origin: The Drop Zone, Dave Appel, 1:231/30.30 (Quick 1:231/30.30)
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