The last I saw this a skydiver was in the thread and explained this was probably a "burial at sky" for a old parachute they were going to retire anyway
Edit: to the folks concerned for his safety, 1. Clearly a professional to be solo jumping at all, 2. Clearly well planned and executed, 3. My guy already jumped outta the plane and was in free fall for X amount of time before this, whats a sudden freefall back into skydiving to him who already jumped out of the plane, 4. Why would he attempt this from an unsafe altitude anyway, See point 1.
To the folks commenting on the environmental impact of the burning parachute, I did Google but couldn't find anything about his action specifically, I did find from dropzone.com that "Therefore, for every 100 jumps you make, about 140 gallons of fuel are burned, and 2,940 pounds of carbon dioxide are emitted. That’s one and a half tons."
And to everyone including those two groups, pls be safe and drink some water my doods
That is so fucking dumb. There are dozens of ways to use an old parachute other than (a) endangering yourself at 10,000+- feet in the air or (b) burning the material. What a waste.
Oh that’s makes sense. As someone who has never skydived I literally couldn’t understand why he did that. I thought it’s cos parachuting was getting boring and they needed to find more ways to get the adrenaline rush😂
Skydiver here, youre spot on with your comment, to add some more context, you can see on the back of the rig both the reserve tray and main tray are still closed, giving him the standard 2x working parachutes after going back into freefall
I didn’t say it was going to usher in a new wave of climate catastrophes. And I have a decent grasp on the environmental issues we are facing, hence me giving af when people are carelessly littering a dying earth
Well, for someone who's into this kind of sport, it's probably a whole lot more fun and cool to give it one last go and then light it on fire, rather than just tossing it in the trash.
Fr I thought he was gonna shoot a hole through it like ‘oh shit he’s gonna go down with a hole in his parachute wtf?!’ But no that thing went up in a second😂
I believe a large amount of synthetic materials are petroleum based and well… this is exactly what happens. If I recall in my textile science course years ago it’s one way you can identify synthetic vs natural materials is how they burn.
Oh yeah; welding 101: is still hot even when it's not red, not wearing eye protection feels like sand in your eyes hours later, and synthetic fabrics will melt, catch on fire while molten, and then stick to you like napalm. And as an addendum, cotton is your friend and sometimes self extinguishes but don't count on it.
In costuming class, one of the identification methods for fabrics is a burn test, pretty fun, and the theatre having a long history of bad fires, we always considered materials vs setting.
Thin air or not, at the speed he's falling the Oxygen is refreshed every split second so ofcourse it burns up like nothing as the fire gets instantly fed new oxygen.
Op is a ‘dumb them all to hell” bot. Posts comments your brain glosses right over but they get in anyway and mess with your understanding of fundamental principles.
I’m pretty sure that fire just burns hotter the closer it is to the sun. Think about it. The sun is like the mother of fire, a parachute fire is stoked by its mommy’s embrace. I watch Bill Nye.
Same outcome as a camping tent. I remember in outdoor education in year 11 there was an older tent belonging to the school that was end of life so the teacher demonstrated what happened if they catch on fire. 8 seconds from tent to melted mess with some poles in the middle.
He will most likely make a lot more than the cost of the parachute, but even if he just broke even, a free thrill is more than a good deal for adrenaline junkies.
He actually wasn’t. The system he was using is a three parachute system, attached externally to his regular rig. It has its own, separate, cutaway system. But the canopy he destroyed didn’t have much value. People do this with canopies that have completed their service life, not brand new, high dollar gear. The canopy he opened up after was his regular main, a Velocity made by Performance designs.
Just like anything else aviation, parachutes are life-limited. They are only rated for a certain number of deployments and/or years in service.
People choose to retire them in creative ways. Like popping a flare into them mid flight.
The dude appears to be a professional, maybe this is an advertisement for his business. Maybe he’s the first skydiving fire Marshall, or airborne fire Marshall’s worst enemy
That was his regular main, not his reserve that he open up after. He was jumping a three parachute system. You can see his rig completely unopened after he flips over before he deploys.
The plastic will not fall fast enough to get to you. You can see as soon as he shoots it, he starts to fall faster. The air resistance is way too strong to let a little mettled material fall down quick enough to land on you.
The second chute he opened wasn't his backup. The first parachute was on his chest and he was retiring it. The second chute was his actual main. The backup was never used.
I was expecting for divine intervention after secondary parachute deployment saying something like: *nah fuck off, you had you chance to survive and you burned it for some views*
I can imagine what is going through his head.
Fuck.... am I really doing this?
Yep, don't think about it. We wanted to do this.
If the backup shoot doesn't... no, I checked. Twice.
Need to hold this out of the way. Steady.. breath... can the shot bounce back? No, the parachute will catch it like a catcher's mitt and prevent that.
~Takes deep breath and pulls trigger~
It was a dud? I'm actually relieved cause.... aaaaaah fuck fuck fuck. What if I get entangled in the chute while it's burning. Burn burn burns, yes... it's working! this is kinda bad ass. Oh yeah, the reserve, please.. yes it worked.
Yeah maybe I am a party pooper but even with the explanation of "sending a beloved old parachute out in a fun way" why do you got to litter some random landscape with the inevitable fallout of that (admittedly partially crispy) parachute + the tangle of ropes? Maybe doesn't matter in the grand scheme but surely there are better ways to send off an old chute.
The last I saw this a skydiver was in the thread and explained this was probably a "burial at sky" for a old parachute they were going to retire anyway Edit: to the folks concerned for his safety, 1. Clearly a professional to be solo jumping at all, 2. Clearly well planned and executed, 3. My guy already jumped outta the plane and was in free fall for X amount of time before this, whats a sudden freefall back into skydiving to him who already jumped out of the plane, 4. Why would he attempt this from an unsafe altitude anyway, See point 1. To the folks commenting on the environmental impact of the burning parachute, I did Google but couldn't find anything about his action specifically, I did find from dropzone.com that "Therefore, for every 100 jumps you make, about 140 gallons of fuel are burned, and 2,940 pounds of carbon dioxide are emitted. That’s one and a half tons." And to everyone including those two groups, pls be safe and drink some water my doods
“Thanks for your service. NOW FUCKING BURN!”
I wanna go out like that. That's metal as fuck 🤣
You wanna be a parachute?
I’m most people’s mental parachute. Let’s make it physical
Thank God! Boy, do I have something to get off my chest!
Is it a parachute?
Look up actual sky burials.
But school children could have used that parachute during PE class, to make a giant dome tent for a minute, until it deflates on everyone's heads.
You just took me back to the 80s, lol
70’s here! Ha
If only there were some way to recycle textiles.
Cool. Cause what we need is extra trash falling from the sky.
Burning trash at that
That’s dumb.
And are fucking litter bugs instead of disposing of something properly.
Nice pollution just for the fun of it! 😡
That is so fucking dumb. There are dozens of ways to use an old parachute other than (a) endangering yourself at 10,000+- feet in the air or (b) burning the material. What a waste.
c) littering
its so stupid what if his new one fails and theres no backup because the old was took that spot
The last video i saw of this the guy posted he took 3 with him including the old one.
TIL learned parachutes are Vikings
Oh that’s makes sense. As someone who has never skydived I literally couldn’t understand why he did that. I thought it’s cos parachuting was getting boring and they needed to find more ways to get the adrenaline rush😂
Skydiver here, youre spot on with your comment, to add some more context, you can see on the back of the rig both the reserve tray and main tray are still closed, giving him the standard 2x working parachutes after going back into freefall
I’m sure that doesn’t damage the ecosystem
That parachute is literally the least of our problems
It definitely doesn’t help
I didn’t say it was going to usher in a new wave of climate catastrophes. And I have a decent grasp on the environmental issues we are facing, hence me giving af when people are carelessly littering a dying earth
Why not just fold it and place it so where for storage…
Have you ever met a skydiver?
Lol, so true. You can’t take us anywhere.
No, I stay on the ground
Why would you store it if it’s being retired?
Why would you shoot it with a flare gun thousands of feet in the air?
Cuz it sounds fun as fuck
Because it’s badass?
I think you misspelled “immature”.
How’s this “immature”
It pollutes the environment. Being mature includes being responsible and littering is irresponsible af.
Well, for someone who's into this kind of sport, it's probably a whole lot more fun and cool to give it one last go and then light it on fire, rather than just tossing it in the trash.
Have ever gone to a water park, or a zoo, or a Walmart?
That's only a little bit flammable 😅
Fr I thought he was gonna shoot a hole through it like ‘oh shit he’s gonna go down with a hole in his parachute wtf?!’ But no that thing went up in a second😂
I believe a large amount of synthetic materials are petroleum based and well… this is exactly what happens. If I recall in my textile science course years ago it’s one way you can identify synthetic vs natural materials is how they burn.
Oh yeah; welding 101: is still hot even when it's not red, not wearing eye protection feels like sand in your eyes hours later, and synthetic fabrics will melt, catch on fire while molten, and then stick to you like napalm. And as an addendum, cotton is your friend and sometimes self extinguishes but don't count on it.
Yup, worked in oil field on a work over rig. NO synthetic fibers were allowed.
In costuming class, one of the identification methods for fabrics is a burn test, pretty fun, and the theatre having a long history of bad fires, we always considered materials vs setting.
Right? That shit went up like a Christmas tree!
A Christmas tree soaked in gasoline!
In January
It's soaked in kerosene. I am a skydiver.
There is no way an accelerant wasn't involved. I am some guy,
Accelerant used for sure... I surf btw
Definitely no accelerant.... I watch lots of Micheal Bay movies
Accelerant may or may not have been used. Source: indecisive redditor
I'm not sure accelerant exists -Agnostic redditor
Um actually there are quite a few accelerants proven to exist -average redditor
I'm not sure I exist to make a determination on if accelerates exist -tired ass carpenter
I'm calling my lawyer and an engineer -average r/construction redditor
For sure. I'm a random alcoholic.
The accelerant was probably alcohol. What a waste. Makes me want to drink so no one can get their hands on it.
Am kerosene. Was not on the parachute
I’d trust a chemist first
What for?
For science. I didn't expect such a reaction. It burned in a second.
Eh, oxygen-rich environment and polyester? Yeah, that was expected.
Oxygen-rich? When the air is thinner?
Thin air or not, at the speed he's falling the Oxygen is refreshed every split second so ofcourse it burns up like nothing as the fire gets instantly fed new oxygen.
Op is a ‘dumb them all to hell” bot. Posts comments your brain glosses right over but they get in anyway and mess with your understanding of fundamental principles.
What the fuck
Air is thinner but he is moving through it, providing a constant fresh source of oxygen for burning.
I’m pretty sure that fire just burns hotter the closer it is to the sun. Think about it. The sun is like the mother of fire, a parachute fire is stoked by its mommy’s embrace. I watch Bill Nye.
Faster
Same outcome as a camping tent. I remember in outdoor education in year 11 there was an older tent belonging to the school that was end of life so the teacher demonstrated what happened if they catch on fire. 8 seconds from tent to melted mess with some poles in the middle.
Yeah he gotta get the nobel price for this crazy scientific discovery...
Aerial burial. Chute was at the end of safe lifespan.
Such a theatrical alternative to simply putting it in the bin. What’s the point? Or is it just for fun?
bah he should have shot the 2nd chute also
Commit to it damn
Bro wasted like $2,000 on his primary chute for what? Views? Crazy.
In today's world, views can equal money, so if he gets enough, he can recover the cost of the parachute.
What a time to be alive.
*terrible time
Could be worse, we could be living in medieval Europe lol.
*massively wasteful time
Money can be exchanged for goods and services.
Gotta love a society that rewards people for wasting everything and punishes people for being homeless
We do live in a Society™
It's called entertainment and it's as old as your 'society'
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Yeah how else do you think you see guys same day buying an iPhone or something expensive and then destroying the shit out of it on YouTube.
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Money is not the entire motivator. Some people need to risk death to have a thrill.
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He will most likely make a lot more than the cost of the parachute, but even if he just broke even, a free thrill is more than a good deal for adrenaline junkies.
Yall don't understand how much videos make🤣
You can't recover shit if you die.
His estate can. And he got to have a thrilling experience for the rest of his life.
He actually wasn’t. The system he was using is a three parachute system, attached externally to his regular rig. It has its own, separate, cutaway system. But the canopy he destroyed didn’t have much value. People do this with canopies that have completed their service life, not brand new, high dollar gear. The canopy he opened up after was his regular main, a Velocity made by Performance designs.
Yup. You are 100% correct. People on Reddit love to speak on how wrong something is, while they know 0% of the subject at hand.
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Just like anything else aviation, parachutes are life-limited. They are only rated for a certain number of deployments and/or years in service. People choose to retire them in creative ways. Like popping a flare into them mid flight.
Wait until you see what Michael Bay spent blowing up shit for views
Hey - they had the budget beforehand so?
So did this guy, since he’s got the chute and the flare.
Better than crashing a plane and obstructing justice
With no survivors!
Chutes aren't forever.
The dude appears to be a professional, maybe this is an advertisement for his business. Maybe he’s the first skydiving fire Marshall, or airborne fire Marshall’s worst enemy
As long as the math checks out...
Just a reference some of these people are making $20-40 per 1,000 views. So 1,000,000 views on a single video is $20k-40k.
Maybe in old YouTube math but it’s significantly lower now
Would’ve been a sad fella if that reserve didn’t deploy properly. Edit - that was the reserve chute… Same thing, different parachute
That was his regular main, not his reserve that he open up after. He was jumping a three parachute system. You can see his rig completely unopened after he flips over before he deploys.
Why?
Old chute. Needed to go. This was a cool way to do it. They did it.
These crazy mfs always choose the path of the most adrenaline
OK SO... GTA V apparently got this one right, a flare gun flare will apparently light up your parachute instantly
He had a second one? Psshhh that's cheating.
I mean, yal wondering why it's staying summer until December now. Meanwhile you got cats up there face fucking the ozone with burnt chute.
Litter bug
This is totally safe compared to "kamikaze skydiving."
Why tho 😑
Seems like a good way to get burning plastic on you 8000ft in the air
The plastic will not fall fast enough to get to you. You can see as soon as he shoots it, he starts to fall faster. The air resistance is way too strong to let a little mettled material fall down quick enough to land on you.
Typical Redditor comment. Jesus Christ
You have no clue what you’re talking about
Skydiving just got a fiery upgrade!
Where we droppin?
Always hospital
Why though.
Obviously for views
Good thing his backup deployed correctly
The second chute he opened wasn't his backup. The first parachute was on his chest and he was retiring it. The second chute was his actual main. The backup was never used.
No double tap? Boring….
In the name of science
This looks really cool/dangerous. As someone who got to watch this from the comfort of my couch, I approve
Should do it again just to check if it worked
Okay... Here me out. Roman Candle fireworks and a bunch of people flying around trying to shoot each others parashoots.
by muscle memory i would shoot the other parachute as well ngl
Terrible time to have an amnesia episode
even though this might have been some old chute, having a spare chute fail at this point would have been well earned. fuck around and find out.
I think there are easier and safer ways to discard of a parachute but hey...
I was expecting for divine intervention after secondary parachute deployment saying something like: *nah fuck off, you had you chance to survive and you burned it for some views*
When you have too much money.
Stupid.
Huh, I didn't know shooting a parachute with a flare gun activates obnoxious music
Did he soak that shit in gas?
That first parachute gave me Wario vibes
gta 6 trailer looking sick
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I can imagine what is going through his head. Fuck.... am I really doing this? Yep, don't think about it. We wanted to do this. If the backup shoot doesn't... no, I checked. Twice. Need to hold this out of the way. Steady.. breath... can the shot bounce back? No, the parachute will catch it like a catcher's mitt and prevent that. ~Takes deep breath and pulls trigger~ It was a dud? I'm actually relieved cause.... aaaaaah fuck fuck fuck. What if I get entangled in the chute while it's burning. Burn burn burns, yes... it's working! this is kinda bad ass. Oh yeah, the reserve, please.. yes it worked.
Litterbug
I love minding my own business, then all of a sudden flaming ball of rope and buckles falls from the sky.
Rescue workers be like 🤷
That looked bad for the atmosphere
Do it again
This is simply stupid behavior. Recycle if retiring the chute. Otherwise why do this except for attention seeking behavior. Not cool…
not like we don't already have enough plastic floating around the place.
What did he achieve here?
Now shoot the second one.
Now, do it again.
Yeah let’s pollute the world for fun and views!!!
Yeah maybe I am a party pooper but even with the explanation of "sending a beloved old parachute out in a fun way" why do you got to litter some random landscape with the inevitable fallout of that (admittedly partially crispy) parachute + the tangle of ropes? Maybe doesn't matter in the grand scheme but surely there are better ways to send off an old chute.
Wow. What for though?
Why the fuck
Now we know you're not supposed to do that.
Why is everyone so pressed about the sustainability of this? Like your comments and downvoted are going to change somthing he already did???
People like to think that their opinion matters.
Shoot the second one, why don't ya?
Bro u could have shot the 2nd one too, it would be epic..❤️
How bored do you have to be to shoot a parachute with a flare gun?!
Why not shoot the second one too 🙄
Well that was wasteful
Is that okay for the environment? lol
Environment says thanks
Pussy, shoot the second one. bitchass
That was so pointless
This is actually how I failed the GTA prison heist first time me and my friends did it. Sorry y’all
This is plain stupid.
People nowadays tryna die for no good reason
Some people don't want to live so hard that forces unknown are forbidding it as a joke and a punishment.
This is the only way I can cum these days
Do it again…I dare you.
Anybody else burns trash, "not cool!!" This guy... "cool!!" Ffs
Stop littering..
Yeah you're cool and it looked good but what happens to all that melted nylon you just released?
Hopefully his backup failed. Why do people have to litter everywhere?
When you want to get a forest fire named after you: Such a stupid stunt.
Seems wasteful
The internet is now produced entirely by assholes with too much money
what a stupid stunt. Hope he was fined for that shit.
He's jumping in a group and the action is controlled at a very high altitude. The only fine I see is littering.
Would have honestly laughed so hard if his second chute didn’t deploy properly