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From: yzarn@lhdsy1.chevron.com (Philip Yzarn de Louraille)
Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
Subject: Re: rec.skydiving FAQ sheet
Message-ID: <1031@lhdsy1.chevron.com>
Date: 30 Jun 91 04:28:52 GMT
References: <1991Jun26.202917.24506@umbc3.umbc.edu> <1991Jun28.144040.1504@Stardent.COM> <36057@mimsy.umd.edu>
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In article <36057@mimsy.umd.edu> jerrys@umiacs.umd.edu (Jerry Sobieski) writes:
>
>I would like to caution all you jumpers very seriously:  If you do not
>know or are unsure of how to breathe in freefall, DO NOT RISK jumping until
>you discuss this with your jumpmaster.  As I am sure Diana can relate, while
>very difficult to learn, it can be mastered by almost anyone. 
>However, One False Move and its KAPOW! you'll be whistling
>out your ears in freefall with your eyeballs rolling around the 
>bottom of your goggles 
>
>It is rumoured that the idea for the Balloon Suit was conceived of after
>viewing video footage of a large formation attempt in 1979.  One jumper
>had inadvertantly burped in freefall (autospy reported he had eaten a 
>red-hot-bean-burrito and a beer for breakfast).  This small momentary
>lapse was enough to allow the relative wind into his mouth which over 
>inflated his body until it assumed the now familiar shape of the 
>Michelin Man.  (A style suit may have prevented this fatality.)
>
Jerry, April First has already passed.
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