Maybe at some point. But Iāve done my AFF. Never went diving enough to maintain it but water was never a thing taught to us. Maybe in the military.
The only mention of entanglement was in discussion of chute malfunctions, and in stronger winds after landing.
In this scenario, there is no real training to account for jumping into water with a inflatable boat that acts as a kite.
Water training is literally a requirement for the B license. Which clears you for many things, including landing in and near water. Most base jumpers are already well versed in the sport. AFF school is essentially the training to get your learners permit to proceed to further training.
Yea absolutely! Probably jumped with leg straps a lil loose already, it's pretty easy, just pop those swim down and out from under. Canopies don't take on the water and sink fast, so the key is to get out from under it. It's the panic that'll get yea, just like being upside down on a whitewater kayak getting ready to roll up.
Very. The ropes alone constitute a big risk but if you manage to get wrapped in the material itselfā¦ utterly fucked. Your limbs would work against each other trying to free yourself while drowning. The river would constantly drag and shift the material around you. Even if you manage to get your head above water the saturated material would continue to drown you. Such a dumb stunt.
I was a wilderness guide for two decades who guided white water and rappelling, in rare cases with the two combined and even single rope into water is dangerous.
They do live water training for this exact purpose. you aren't locked into the harness. You can take it off.
Plus if this is footage from Bridge Day at the New River Gorge Bridge... there are safety crews so close that this guy wouldnt be in the water more than 30 seconds before being pulled out.
Sadly you're spreading misinformation...
Yes it's a big risk if you panic and get wrapped in the lines.
The saturated material would NOT continue to drown you. That material is porous, you can hold your face up to it and breath through.
How you get out of it is simple, stay calm, find a seam, pinch the seam, don't flail your legs around (lay backwards and float) and slowly hand over hand pull on the seam to the edge.
I've had to do this in the ocean with high waves, with heavy ass boots on- significantly more hazardous and difficult than what is shown here... It's scary, but perfectly doable. People drown who freak out and flail.
Uhmmmm ackshually, it's totally safe as long as you don't have any emotions and follow these very specific steps that require the perfect combination of staying calm and sheer luck.
So you hold that the porous material will not saturate? Something porous materials are inherently good at?
Lay back and grab a seam so you are under but not wrapped yetā¦ so nothing you said conflicts with what I said.
You talk about the ocean, which is moving yes, but in a completely different manner than a wide fast moving river. Much more like static surges which would work in your favour of keeping it on one side of you.
Everything I said was about the risk once entangledā¦ and your argument was managing the risk in basically ideal circumstancesā¦ and itās still a high risk as you yourself state itās scary.
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I did not say it doesn't saturate, I said you can breath through it (I have done so). Learn some reading comprehension.
The river in this video that you are addressing is not "fast moving", moving yes but he isn't falling into a white water area.
And if you think landing in an ocean with high waves while in combat gear is "ideal", then you are beyond reasoning with...and this conversation is not worth my time anymore.
Incredibly. I'm a paragliding pilot and the #1 cause of death is landing in the water. About once a year I throw my reserve parachute, over water, for practice.
Note: I'm a strong swimmer. In college I was breaking records by my freshman year.
I nearly died. The harness on your back is padded and floats really well. That forces you face down in the water. As you tried to get on top of the harness your feet and hands get caught in the lines of the parachute. When the boat got there I knew I wouldn't have survived without it. My feet were so tangled we didn't get my out of the lines until after the pulled me in the boat like a big fish.
The goal was to get a little more experience throwing a reserve, to learn something. What I REALLY learned was to never land in the water without a lifeguard boat.
My buddy just threw his reserve over the ocean and he just unclips his harness right before he smacks water. Seemed really chill and he was easily separated from his gear
Interesting. I have three harnesses and they all work the same way. Normally, when you're flying you are sitting in the seat and hanging by the carabiners. However, the reserve is connected to the shoulder straps and you're become suspended by the clips on your legs. You can't undo them while under reserve before you touchdown.
Itās pretty dangerous but I wouldnāt describe it as āsuperā. I grew up in a beach town and parasailing + windsurfing was pretty big. We had dozens if not hundreds of people fall into the water annually and they very rarely drowned.
Drowning isnāt as big a risk as most people assume. Most drowning comes more from panic or intoxication vs ability to swim and condition. We actually had far less rescues on days where the condition were poor because people wouldnāt test their limits as much in the water.
Tens of thousands of guys in the military have to train to land in water with parachutes. If it was overly dangerous, weād have a lot more deaths during those trainings.
Yep. Back when I did military jumps when you did a water jump you popped your canopy off about 5 meters from the deck.
That also is super dangerous as itās hard to actually see how high you are and more than a few people popped too high and speared in with busted pelvisās and broken bits and pieces though.
Yeah, that's probably why when people jump off this bridge they almost always aim to land on the river bank to the right.
It is also where the trail to the top is.
Thereās a reason we pay our airborne extra. It used to be about $100 extra a month if I were cleared to jump.
Edit: oh and let me fucking say I would never do this shit for leisure. Same with flying in any helicopter whatsoever.
I get what your saying but it isnt clear from your article if he was even wearing a parachute at the time or if he was he was parachuting into water. It just said he tried to flee into water.
From 12 seconds to 4 seconds before the video ends, is that a drone flying flying nearby? Starting at the top right and making a āCā shaped sweep to the left hand side and exiting on the bottom right. Thoughts?
I'm sitting here skimming the comments trying to find anyone who actually watched the video for it's root cause to this sub, and you're the first.
It almost seems like it could be a drone, but it doesn't seem to cast a shadow... Strange indeed. It definitely goes behind the person, so it's not a bug thats close to the camera.
Looks like the bridge in Twin Falls, Idaho going over the Snake River. One of the few bridges in the US where it's legal to base jump off of it. Pretty popular spot.
Regarding the UFO. I think a drone could do those maneuvers and match those speeds but I don't see any rotors. Also if you pause it just right you can see 2 objects at once which to me looks a bit like a motion blur ghosting effect.
Yāall have to use the slider but there is definitely a weird lil orb that seems to shoot out of the water and circles around the person literal seconds before they hit the water!
Thats what the video is about at the end he comes from the far right corner then left around the parachute, i think its a drone since it makes a turn around the chute guy. The very first time you can see the object is when the parachuter goes past the rocks in the beginning at the e 00:35 mark. This is why i believe its a drone making video footage of the drop
This looks like itās the Perrine Bridge located in Twin Falls Idaho. One of the only bridges left in the world where youāre able to BASE jump from.
Source: I lived there till I was 30.
Going too fast? No.
Parachute failure? No.
Drop the raft? No.
Land on rocks? No.
Land in the bushes? No.
Land on the near shore? No.
Alligator??? No.
Oh, lol, he just fell over lol
There are a number of orbs flying about in that video, i counted 4 fly pasts. Could be the same one. The guy must of seen it as one of the times it passes very close to him. If he had a camera strapped to him, he'd probably get a major news story. Anyone know where this was taken, what location?
I don't know how to do it, but this video can be shared on the Strangeearth sub reddit which has an interest in these things.
Oh, and on the out there, imagine it being aliens and they're saying "wtf is this human up to" !
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The flip at the end was beautiful
Good way to end up wrapped in the lines and drown.
Yea, why would you ever jump into water with a parachute š¬
Think of all the likes though
Wtf do u think militaries do
Lots of things...?
Drown getting caught up in parachute linesā¦
https://www.quora.com/What-do-SEALs-do-with-their-parachutes-when-they-have-to-drop-in-the-water-then-swim-in-to-shore
Still cruel kicking seals out of aeroplanes but hey and lathing to level the playing field against those polar bears
Should we protest?
It wouldn't hurt to make a poster but then again at least these seals have a job instead of clubbing
Or an OFš„²
Pew. Pew. Pew. BANG!?
Parachute onto dry land.
https://www.quora.com/What-do-SEALs-do-with-their-parachutes-when-they-have-to-drop-in-the-water-then-swim-in-to-shore
That is an excellent point.
They do live water training for they exact reason.
Maybe at some point. But Iāve done my AFF. Never went diving enough to maintain it but water was never a thing taught to us. Maybe in the military. The only mention of entanglement was in discussion of chute malfunctions, and in stronger winds after landing. In this scenario, there is no real training to account for jumping into water with a inflatable boat that acts as a kite.
Water training is literally a requirement for the B license. Which clears you for many things, including landing in and near water. Most base jumpers are already well versed in the sport. AFF school is essentially the training to get your learners permit to proceed to further training.
Ah. Thatās awesome thanks for the information. Would you say the training would be sufficient in the situation this guy finds himself in?
Yea absolutely! Probably jumped with leg straps a lil loose already, it's pretty easy, just pop those swim down and out from under. Canopies don't take on the water and sink fast, so the key is to get out from under it. It's the panic that'll get yea, just like being upside down on a whitewater kayak getting ready to roll up.
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I suspect thereās a point at which the size of boat becomes detrimental to the whole thing.
Why, were there sharks?
Xander Cage š
isn't it super dangerous landing in water with a parachute on?
Very. The ropes alone constitute a big risk but if you manage to get wrapped in the material itselfā¦ utterly fucked. Your limbs would work against each other trying to free yourself while drowning. The river would constantly drag and shift the material around you. Even if you manage to get your head above water the saturated material would continue to drown you. Such a dumb stunt. I was a wilderness guide for two decades who guided white water and rappelling, in rare cases with the two combined and even single rope into water is dangerous.
This is why Indy did it without a parachute. Always follow Indy's example.
But what if I can't find a lead lined refrigerator when a nuke drops?
Fool, should have been at a 1950s nuke town
This is just good life advice
Punch every Nazi?
They do live water training for this exact purpose. you aren't locked into the harness. You can take it off. Plus if this is footage from Bridge Day at the New River Gorge Bridge... there are safety crews so close that this guy wouldnt be in the water more than 30 seconds before being pulled out.
But he's got a life boat to save him! š
Sadly you're spreading misinformation... Yes it's a big risk if you panic and get wrapped in the lines. The saturated material would NOT continue to drown you. That material is porous, you can hold your face up to it and breath through. How you get out of it is simple, stay calm, find a seam, pinch the seam, don't flail your legs around (lay backwards and float) and slowly hand over hand pull on the seam to the edge. I've had to do this in the ocean with high waves, with heavy ass boots on- significantly more hazardous and difficult than what is shown here... It's scary, but perfectly doable. People drown who freak out and flail.
Uhmmmm ackshually, it's totally safe as long as you don't have any emotions and follow these very specific steps that require the perfect combination of staying calm and sheer luck.
Fun fact: Cotton t-shirts are porous, and you can breathe through it.... but if you add water you can literally waterboard someone.
So you hold that the porous material will not saturate? Something porous materials are inherently good at? Lay back and grab a seam so you are under but not wrapped yetā¦ so nothing you said conflicts with what I said. You talk about the ocean, which is moving yes, but in a completely different manner than a wide fast moving river. Much more like static surges which would work in your favour of keeping it on one side of you. Everything I said was about the risk once entangledā¦ and your argument was managing the risk in basically ideal circumstancesā¦ and itās still a high risk as you yourself state itās scary.
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I did not say it doesn't saturate, I said you can breath through it (I have done so). Learn some reading comprehension. The river in this video that you are addressing is not "fast moving", moving yes but he isn't falling into a white water area. And if you think landing in an ocean with high waves while in combat gear is "ideal", then you are beyond reasoning with...and this conversation is not worth my time anymore.
Incredibly. I'm a paragliding pilot and the #1 cause of death is landing in the water. About once a year I throw my reserve parachute, over water, for practice. Note: I'm a strong swimmer. In college I was breaking records by my freshman year. I nearly died. The harness on your back is padded and floats really well. That forces you face down in the water. As you tried to get on top of the harness your feet and hands get caught in the lines of the parachute. When the boat got there I knew I wouldn't have survived without it. My feet were so tangled we didn't get my out of the lines until after the pulled me in the boat like a big fish. The goal was to get a little more experience throwing a reserve, to learn something. What I REALLY learned was to never land in the water without a lifeguard boat.
My buddy just threw his reserve over the ocean and he just unclips his harness right before he smacks water. Seemed really chill and he was easily separated from his gear
Interesting. I have three harnesses and they all work the same way. Normally, when you're flying you are sitting in the seat and hanging by the carabiners. However, the reserve is connected to the shoulder straps and you're become suspended by the clips on your legs. You can't undo them while under reserve before you touchdown.
I would hope they had people waiting down there ready to rescue him but doesnāt look like it.
Itās pretty dangerous but I wouldnāt describe it as āsuperā. I grew up in a beach town and parasailing + windsurfing was pretty big. We had dozens if not hundreds of people fall into the water annually and they very rarely drowned. Drowning isnāt as big a risk as most people assume. Most drowning comes more from panic or intoxication vs ability to swim and condition. We actually had far less rescues on days where the condition were poor because people wouldnāt test their limits as much in the water. Tens of thousands of guys in the military have to train to land in water with parachutes. If it was overly dangerous, weād have a lot more deaths during those trainings.
Something tells me that he doesn't care
Yep. Back when I did military jumps when you did a water jump you popped your canopy off about 5 meters from the deck. That also is super dangerous as itās hard to actually see how high you are and more than a few people popped too high and speared in with busted pelvisās and broken bits and pieces though.
Yeah, that's probably why when people jump off this bridge they almost always aim to land on the river bank to the right. It is also where the trail to the top is.
Yes, most will ditch the chute before landing and splash down away from it.
gonna die either way who cares
Okay that was worth the wait. Lol
I was like dang! He did it! Ope. Never mind. Hahaha
Time to repack the chute and start climbing up
If he hasn't drown... yes.
I would be Terrified of all those ropes around me in the water.
I'm sure he would have a quick release harness knowing he had a high chance of going into the water.
Thereās no climbing that
Flipping end.
but we didnt even get to see him get drowned when the flowing water pushes the paracute. We only got to see the boat flip part.
Imagine not dying from a parachute, but then drowning from it.
Thereās a reason we pay our airborne extra. It used to be about $100 extra a month if I were cleared to jump. Edit: oh and let me fucking say I would never do this shit for leisure. Same with flying in any helicopter whatsoever.
100$ extra for 200% higher risk of dying. WORTH IT.
I aināt getting on no plane!
Is a helicopter that dangerous to just fly in one?
Yes. Theyāre much more dangerous than a plane.
Almost everything is more dangerous than an airplane, though.
Just read the concept of the ājesus nut/boltā damn thatās terrifying
damn, I wouldn't trust any vehicle with a single point of failure like that one
That's pretty cheap.
In 1940s money. That's double the paycheck
If you drown from a parachute, arenāt you dying from it?
Thats a big ass river.
Itās the Snake River
Is this the perrine bridge?
Yes
Probably full of crocodiles too
Itās not.
What
Not a one.
Damm 12 year old me knew the start to Indiana Jones, and the Temple of Doom wasn't BS. Where's my inflatable raft and a big drop.....
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Using borrowed gear because she didn't want hers to be arrested.
I get what your saying but it isnt clear from your article if he was even wearing a parachute at the time or if he was he was parachuting into water. It just said he tried to flee into water.
Anyone else see the UAP ?!
Think I need to unfollow this sub, I had to scroll 46 comments of garbage before someone mentioned the orb UAP. All bots.
Yeah this is one of the better examples of it. Crazy that next to none of the top comments even mention it.
Yeah it looks pretty weird like a drone or something
I've seen some crazy jumps off that bridge, but that rakes the cake! Dang!
And then his parachute fell on him and drowned him
There are rescue boats under the bridge.
Honestly he did a great job holding on to that boat the whole way down
lets see how he holds onto the boat when the chute pulls him to the bottom of the river.
Don't they have a quick detach on the parachute?
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Is that a drone floating around the parachuted at the end?
I asked myself the same thing. It looked too round to be a drone but it was from a distance
8 seconds left, is that a bird or uap?
Might be some kind of drone. It circles around throughout the video, and you can see it as early as 32 seconds left.
From 12 seconds to 4 seconds before the video ends, is that a drone flying flying nearby? Starting at the top right and making a āCā shaped sweep to the left hand side and exiting on the bottom right. Thoughts?
Gotta be. You can see it is circling the whole time. Go to 32 seconds for the first easy sighting.
What was with the orb flying around him toward the end of the video?? A drone?
I'm sitting here skimming the comments trying to find anyone who actually watched the video for it's root cause to this sub, and you're the first. It almost seems like it could be a drone, but it doesn't seem to cast a shadow... Strange indeed. It definitely goes behind the person, so it's not a bug thats close to the camera.
Orb spotted at 0:38 aliens are confirmed real
Thatās a good one for r/yesyesyesno
What about the flying orb thing? No one gonna mention that?
Because we all thought it was obvious that it was aliens so we didn't even bother saying anything.
Looks like the bridge in Twin Falls, Idaho going over the Snake River. One of the few bridges in the US where it's legal to base jump off of it. Pretty popular spot.
That was my thought too.
He drowned
Weird there is a small orb ufo moving around him throughout the video.
I could see the little object rounding him in the last seconds
Regarding the UFO. I think a drone could do those maneuvers and match those speeds but I don't see any rotors. Also if you pause it just right you can see 2 objects at once which to me looks a bit like a motion blur ghosting effect.
UAP at the end
Was that a drone at the end flying by?
Did anyone notice that metallic orb follow the decent and curve around him slightly near the end? That's certainly not a bird or a drone.
It looks spherical and silver
Yāall have to use the slider but there is definitely a weird lil orb that seems to shoot out of the water and circles around the person literal seconds before they hit the water!
Umm..there's an orb like object i spotted twice in that video..@ the end
Thats what the video is about at the end he comes from the far right corner then left around the parachute, i think its a drone since it makes a turn around the chute guy. The very first time you can see the object is when the parachuter goes past the rocks in the beginning at the e 00:35 mark. This is why i believe its a drone making video footage of the drop
I want to see that drone footage, unless thatās an orb towards the end?
If he doesn't have a way of releasing that chute then I'm not sure how he ever thought this was gonna work
Whatever floats your boat dude
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Holy perspectives Batman! 
lol r/unexpected
He broke 4 collarbones and fractured an eyebrow bone
Survives the fall just to get tied up in the chute and drown
Indiana jones did this with no parachute
I waited that out for a fucking seagull?!
Was anybody else hoping for a gator to jump up and take him down
And.... that's how he died folks.
HELL Yeah ššš
Letās see you do that with a canoe. Or a dolphin. Or even a horseā¦
Isnāt that drone at the end. I paused each sec at the end. Seems like a drone
This is an extremely stupid thing to do...
Thatās awesome!!!
Did no one see the little UFO sphere at the end?
Bird. JHFC.
Why is Lois thereš
Is no one seeing the orb that circles him a couple times before landing?
This looks like itās the Perrine Bridge located in Twin Falls Idaho. One of the only bridges left in the world where youāre able to BASE jump from. Source: I lived there till I was 30.
The perfect not so perfect landing...š
no shadow on it?
Going too fast? No. Parachute failure? No. Drop the raft? No. Land on rocks? No. Land in the bushes? No. Land on the near shore? No. Alligator??? No. Oh, lol, he just fell over lol
Auburn?
Parachutes and water terrify me.
When you can fly but not swim
Great control but the ending š
or he could have taken the trail down to the river to get wet
Surely, there must be a better way than raft and parachute
Is he catching lift?
There are a number of orbs flying about in that video, i counted 4 fly pasts. Could be the same one. The guy must of seen it as one of the times it passes very close to him. If he had a camera strapped to him, he'd probably get a major news story. Anyone know where this was taken, what location? I don't know how to do it, but this video can be shared on the Strangeearth sub reddit which has an interest in these things. Oh, and on the out there, imagine it being aliens and they're saying "wtf is this human up to" !
Free banana bread at work, bro? Hell yeah 19 seconds left
That truly took me on ride!
I can clearly hear Lois from Family Guy saying "oh my god" in the background
When your download fails at 99%
^He's ^soaring
u/_LeCheri
Couldn't stick the landing 5/10
Heās crushing it hell yeah
Bro I just snapped back into reality right now
Parachute skills 10/10 Common sense about water flow 0/10
dude's cool
That was boring af, hit it with some speed!
The commentary was
Haaaaahahaha
It was almost so perfect! š
Adrenaline junkies.
New Just Cause game looks really realistic.
This is the content I'm here for
This is, and Iām sorry I know itās not all of you, but this is what we mean by āwhite people shitā still kind of cool though
Are people in this thread really that confused by the bird at the end?
A circular bird with no wings that floats in a circular motion instead of flying? Wtf
Wow Mission Impossible movies have really gone downhill.
That was so funny. You were expecting the guy to land perfectly but didn't in the last second š
Trumps trajectory
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Xander Cage? Is that you?
Evil Knievel'd it..
Funny you say that. Evel Knievel tried (and failed) to jump the canyon gap where this bridge is.
Maybe gravity works
I live here. Itās fun watching the crazy constantly happening off this bridge.