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Lucky fella!!
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Lucky fella!!
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- DispatchDragon
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Re: Lucky fella!!
I'm curious as to why he seems to blame the other jumper........strikes me laddy wasnt paying attention trying to get that good shot.
Leif
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Re: Lucky fella!!
I agree with Leif.
you'd guess that it would be his responsobility to open his chute, but not according to him.
Very Lucky indeed.
you'd guess that it would be his responsobility to open his chute, but not according to him.
Very Lucky indeed.
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Re: Lucky fella!!
If, as the story implies, he was filming the other jumper then there is a good chance that he would have almost no situational awareness in terms of how close he was to the ground. Yes he would have been concentrating on getting that 'good' shot but this is where teamwork comes in and he was relying on the other jumper giving a signal as to when to pull the cord as the other jumper should have been watching the ground.DispatchDragon wrote:I'm curious as to why he seems to blame the other jumper........strikes me laddy wasnt paying attention trying to get that good shot.
He was damn lucky to hit that snow drift as it looked as though he could easily have been smashed on the rocks.
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Re: Lucky fella!!
You've got to remember chaps
This is 2009
Everything that goes wrong is always someone elses fault :@
The rest of the time they want praise for the slightest little thing. :brick:
Garry
This is 2009
Everything that goes wrong is always someone elses fault :@
The rest of the time they want praise for the slightest little thing. :brick:
Garry
Garry
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"In the world of virtual reality things are not always what they seem."