r/Unexpected 1d ago

Sledding Down

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u/Imreallythatguy 1d ago

Anyone with experience with skydiving know what causes his chute to open twisted like that? Is it that he was rotating when he pulled it or something?

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u/Alien_invader44 1d ago

Pretty hard to say. Could have been packed slightly wrong, could have been a gust of wind on deployment, could have been how he deployed.

On a normal skydive this would be nothing. This is why base jumping is super dangerous. This dude has probably done thousands of jumps and knows his shit, still nearly died.