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From: toad@athena.mit.edu (John P. Jackson)
Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
Subject: Re: Parachutes
Message-ID: <1991Jun22.065928.14927@athena.mit.edu>
Date: 22 Jun 91 06:59:28 GMT
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In article <91172.134300NGODFREY@ESOC.BITNET> NGODFREY@ESOC.BITNET writes:
>I can't find a parachute big enough to hold me, because I'm a really fat
>bastard.
>
>Any tips?
>
>Regards Nick.

	Yes, keep trying to become less fat.  Either that, or seriously,
I thought when you buy new gear that they build a rig to fit you?  You could
do that and maybe you could then buy a tandem rig canopy, whic is generally
meant to carry twice as much weight as a regular canopy.