Dumb mistake leads to Near death experience - Both reserve parachutes failed - Paragliding crash

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  • Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
  • First of all, I walked away after the crash with only a minor bruise(not even scratches).
    Kössen, Austria 13.08.2022
    Inattention and routine was my main mistake on this last flight. Both reserves got caught up and i didn't got them out. Impact was softend by the Harness-protector.
    Hope you can learn from this video.
    Happy to be alive, happy to be unhurt.
    Fly safe ;-)

Комментарии • 841

  • @tonelli86
    @tonelli86 Год назад +727

    (Not so) Fun Fact: I was standing at the landing site that day, waiting for first ever real schooling flight in Kössen to happen and that's when I saw you coming down like that. Running over to you as one of the first, I was expecting the worst but turns out you were more than lucky. Actually went up and did my very first proper flight that afternoon and it was amazing. Super glad you were fine.

    • @techbluestuff
      @techbluestuff Год назад +84

      Haha imagine seeing that before first flight. Glad pilot is ok!

    • @johnnyDs82
      @johnnyDs82 Год назад +5

      I remember! I was there too! You were the guy in the veffgug Bhutto right?

    • @Repz98
      @Repz98 Год назад +13

      omg I was there also, I was the one who served you guys Wodka right after the accident!

    • @WhiteGuysMadder
      @WhiteGuysMadder Год назад +4

      @@Repz98bro! They were delicious!

    • @paraglidingprospector
      @paraglidingprospector Год назад +1

      My first day of paraglider training and a hang glider pilot wrecked and had to be airlifted out. My first solo flight was 6am the next morning…
      I can totally relate to your experience and am glad it did not deter you from chasing your own dreams! Safe flying folks! Glad to hear this pilot was ok! Whew!

  • @RontoGoldlust
    @RontoGoldlust 8 месяцев назад +242

    I expected a nasty scream when you hit the ground.
    **hits ground**
    "...whew."

  • @WoodysGamertag
    @WoodysGamertag 2 года назад +318

    Wow, wow, wow, wow. I'm glad you're ok.

  • @ENTOutlet
    @ENTOutlet 2 года назад +195

    That wood post was too close for comfort.. I can only imagine the injuries if you were to of hit that. Glad you are safe!

    • @DavidFerree54
      @DavidFerree54 10 месяцев назад +11

      How does one "of hit" something?

    • @DavidFerree54
      @DavidFerree54 10 месяцев назад

      @@ivanbremer8662 by being an illiterate goofball.

    • @IRZ09xX
      @IRZ09xX 9 месяцев назад +4

      @@DavidFerree54he obv meant were to have hit that

    • @DavidFerree54
      @DavidFerree54 9 месяцев назад +7

      @@IRZ09xX interesting. I wonder why he didn't say what he meant?

    • @DavidFerree54
      @DavidFerree54 9 месяцев назад +5

      @coldpotatoes2556 don't you mean "on top have ya"?

  • @Toekneepowers
    @Toekneepowers 2 года назад +221

    That was nail biting seeing the ground approaching fast. You must have very flexible bones. Glad to see you’re ok to fly another day.

    • @leepek3575
      @leepek3575 2 года назад +3

      was not so fast...

    • @paperpass6834
      @paperpass6834 Год назад +6

      @@leepek3575 doesn't look fast on camera he was going more than 10 mph

    • @ivorunac
      @ivorunac Год назад +2

      @@paperpass6834 lol no

    • @paperpass6834
      @paperpass6834 Год назад +2

      @@ivorunac typo i meant 10mph

    • @lorantferrari23
      @lorantferrari23 11 месяцев назад +1

      Flexible tu disais ? ..🤔. Ben oui... Le * p'tit bonhomme en mousse *de Patrick Sébastien ben c'est lui ! 🤭

  • @panpanchx
    @panpanchx 2 года назад +66

    That was hell man!! Glad that you made that woow at the end to confirm you’r ok.

  • @Gekkota95
    @Gekkota95 2 года назад +62

    Hab von dem Unfall in den Nachrichten gelesen. Dachte dass die Schirme zumindest ein bisschen den Fall abbremsen hätten müssen. Aber dass du so hart aufschlägst und ohne Verletzungen davongekommen bist grenzt an ein Wunder.
    Schön dass es dir gut geht.
    Fly save

    • @markuswoku1797
      @markuswoku1797 2 года назад +3

      Ich glaube mehr abbremsen ist bei einer Spiralenlandung wahrscheinlich nicht möglich. Just luck

    • @heikowalter8239
      @heikowalter8239 2 года назад +18

      Die Schirme haben stark gebremst ! Von außen dürfte das ausgesehen haben wie ein Ahorn Samen der in einer Spiralbewegung zu Boden trudelt .Freier Fall aus dieser Höhe hatten den Körper platzen lassen ,selbst eine Landung mit geöffneten Rettungsschirm kann mit 6 m/s härter ausfallen ! Ich verstehe vor allem nicht was die Akro Flugeinlagen vor der Landung sollen ? Das ist unnütze Poserei und dann gehts eben schief !

    • @strammerdetlef
      @strammerdetlef Месяц назад

      😂😂 ja die schirme haben leider wirklich 0,0 gebremst

  • @williamrobinson4265
    @williamrobinson4265 Год назад +10

    just missed the pole perfect - congrats on being lucky mate happy for you - thanks for uploading the footage real vulnerable but good lessons

  • @gargantuanz9390
    @gargantuanz9390 Год назад +116

    At least the music didn’t get interrupted and you got down safe 😂

    • @creativecarveciteclimb5684
      @creativecarveciteclimb5684 8 месяцев назад +7

      Yeah the music not getting interrupted was the more important part for sure 😂

    • @edwinov
      @edwinov 3 месяца назад

      That's not what I would call music.

    • @NotSexualAtAll
      @NotSexualAtAll 2 месяца назад +1

      Oh.. the rave I ordered just landed.

    • @petersack5074
      @petersack5074 2 месяца назад

      ?....noise, sir....NOT music . Silence, is golden when your gonna go ' splat '....

  • @sebastianwhalin743
    @sebastianwhalin743 Год назад +14

    That song will bring him terror for the rest of his life

    • @KandiKlover
      @KandiKlover 7 дней назад +1

      Crazy how you could still hear that terrible music even at the beginning of the video at altitude.

  • @hotliner2872
    @hotliner2872 2 года назад +27

    Wow, and you were inches from being impaled by that pole. Lucky man!

  • @richardbodine7256
    @richardbodine7256 Год назад +6

    Glad you are okay. I will have to say though you Set a great example of keep trying until you hit the ground.

  • @nedmacallen
    @nedmacallen 2 года назад +38

    Dude how are you okay!? Towards the end I was like how is he gonna pull this off, well fuck that’s the ground. Amazing your okay glad for it too. Keep on keeping on.

  • @lonl123
    @lonl123 2 года назад +10

    You stayed very calm and tried to fix it till the last second...thank goodness you weren't hurt, most people would have panicked...but you stayed calm and kept working the problem...good job. I'm sure its something you won't do again (Twisting your lines),

  • @oliverkrause54
    @oliverkrause54 2 года назад +8

    Wow! Zum Glück ist Dir nichts passiert. Sehr beeindruckendes Video. Hab mich schon immer gefragt ob mit genug Drehung viel der Aufprallenergie nicht „weggerutscht“ werden kann. Jetzt hab ich’s mal gesehen. Gurtzeug voraus (Sat) hilft da natürlich nochmal. Ist jetzt mehr akademisch, weil man sowas nicht geplant hinbekommt, aber dennoch.
    Danke für das Video (und die ganzen herrlichen Testival Fail Videos, schau ich seit Jahren immer). Happy Birthday and stay safe.

  • @paraglidingbolivia
    @paraglidingbolivia 2 года назад +24

    Holy shit!! Glad you're ok, last time I saw something like that going down in Kössen u remember a lot more screaming and the pilot had more injuries, even though he was caught by the trees.
    Also glad you didn't hit the plane at the fliegerbar.
    Looks like Kössen is the place to survive mistakes ;)

  • @OneSkiWonder
    @OneSkiWonder Год назад +3

    I love the "woo!" after you see how close to the post you were!

  • @markifi
    @markifi Год назад +1

    good job on not panicking and trying to fix the issues until the last moment. i hope you're still flying

  • @aerobatty1
    @aerobatty1 2 года назад +14

    WOW!!! I saw that parking lot coming up and figured you were at least knocked out. Really glad you're OK. This kind of thing makes me wonder if a cutaway system for the wing could be incorporated.

    • @AntonMadness
      @AntonMadness 2 года назад +3

      They excist, like the Charly Quick Out Main Carabiners.

    • @Jay-ParaOz
      @Jay-ParaOz 2 года назад +3

      It’s so very Annoying that the base cut away system has only been made for Acro. Those harnesses are too heavy for many. I want to design a light one but haven’t found a developer who will do it. A Skydiving style rig.

    • @davidwashington4282
      @davidwashington4282 Год назад

      @@Jay-ParaOz You could use a SQR Companion Prime. It has been tested up to free fall speed deployment.

    • @PinkeySuavo
      @PinkeySuavo 8 месяцев назад

      actually i wondered if he will "throw away" wing first before using parachute (I dont know anything about the hobby). Seems that it could be helpful in such cases... Usually you want to use parachute when wing fails, and when wing fails there are high chances things can get entangled

  • @KingHaggis
    @KingHaggis Год назад +2

    What a fustercluck that was! Glad to see you actually survived that.

  • @riverrose3089
    @riverrose3089 Год назад +1

    Dude you took that like a champ, no scream ,no f**k just tensed up for impact

  • @NoLiability
    @NoLiability 2 года назад +15

    Glad you were able to walk away after that. Looks like you just missed that fence post.

    • @airddicted
      @airddicted  2 года назад +15

      Yeah, i missed nearly everything... :D

    • @joyfulpyro2589
      @joyfulpyro2589 2 года назад +1

      @@airddicted I thank the Lord for your angels! You get to fly another day.

  • @EmanuelBuzek
    @EmanuelBuzek 2 года назад +7

    man I am so glad you're OK... stay safe!

  • @birdseyeimaging
    @birdseyeimaging 2 года назад +3

    OMG Glad you're OK man. Thanks so much for sharing!

  • @raphaeleymann
    @raphaeleymann 2 года назад +167

    😳😳😳 I have just seen 3 seperate occasions of malfunctioning Reserves - you guys are killing my trust into my reserve...

    • @termikax7189
      @termikax7189 2 года назад +29

      Reserves are just perfect. He entered the autorotation and need to know how to throw the reserve in these situation.

    • @raphaeleymann
      @raphaeleymann 2 года назад +8

      @@Random-es7yo yeah i get your point as in "don't take risk so that you need a reserve" but when push comes to shove I'd expect that damn thing to do its one Job and at least try to open.... Those two feel pretty comfortable with not even properly opening....

    • @DUKEisALIVE
      @DUKEisALIVE 2 года назад +21

      @@raphaeleymann If you have to throw a reserve in an auto rotation you need to throw it straight down. This way it has the highest chance of opening before you catch it and the lowest chance of ending up in your glider (because you throw it close to your body). Of course this is just the theory no matter how you throw it, it will most likely end up caught. Biggest takeaway i have from this video is: When pulling in your reserve dont let go until you actually have it all the way out and opening.

    • @termikax7189
      @termikax7189 2 года назад +6

      In these kind of situation , the only good way to throw the reserve is toward the back end of the wing and posibly up. So , you need to look at the horizont , find the back end of the wing and bomb out the reserve with maximum power. Only these way you can create the environent for reserve to open and not finish in the lines or …

    • @Itsallgoodtogo
      @Itsallgoodtogo 2 года назад +3

      I think all 3 of them were acro pilots in really bad situations. Relax.

  • @lausboom
    @lausboom Год назад

    So Krass das dir nichts Schlimmeres Passiert ist!! Habe jetzt erst angefangen zu Fliegen, solche Videos sind Hilfreich! Danke fürs Teilen.

  • @LaszloSeregi
    @LaszloSeregi 2 года назад +2

    Thanks very much for sharing! I wish you safe landings.

  • @ianclampin103
    @ianclampin103 Год назад +13

    Someone was smiling down on you that day. Glad you're ok, and you certainly have a story to tell for the rest of your life 👍

    • @Josytt
      @Josytt Год назад

      Nope nobody smiling down, just straight up physics

    • @Turbopro27
      @Turbopro27 4 месяца назад

      @@Josytt atheists when it comes to being a complete and utter joy sucker of anything related to the supernatural (just because you believe someone is wrong does not mean you need to be an a hole about it)

  • @lonewolfe2502
    @lonewolfe2502 2 года назад +11

    How are you even alive? That seemed deadly. I really want to watch footage of this video from 3rd person's perspective to understand the speed of descent. Because from POV, it looked really fast. But I'm glad that you survived.

    • @HungrysitesRu
      @HungrysitesRu Год назад +1

      The spiral isn't a free fall, so speed of decent is a lot lower. But still could be deadly, yes

  • @Ayerstairs
    @Ayerstairs Год назад

    DAMN, brother! Scary as hell. Way to keep fighting! Glad you're alright.

  • @LeFraudHasChokedInSIXFinals
    @LeFraudHasChokedInSIXFinals 2 года назад +1

    Classic maple-leaf descent. Very enlightening experience. Thanks for sharing.

  • @eggmcnog
    @eggmcnog 2 года назад +4

    People are like "Ultralights are unsafe!" and "Gliders are unsafe!" and theres just people out there soaring around tied to bed sheets

  • @michaelkendlbacher8638
    @michaelkendlbacher8638 2 года назад +2

    Danke fürs Teilen! Schön das es dir gut geht! Nun hast du einen zweiten Geburtstag!
    Alles Gute weiterhin!

  • @Moneyboyfan
    @Moneyboyfan 2 года назад +3

    happy birthday stef! Bin froh, dass es so gut ausging! ✌🏻

  • @dave9351
    @dave9351 Год назад

    Flying an advanced wing in extremely turbulent conditions... reserve deployed which immediately gets wrapped up in the main wing. Good to see you weren't injured

  • @KlingbergWingMkII
    @KlingbergWingMkII Год назад +2

    Glad you are OK, but I'd say the real mistake was poor piloting choices. Beginning of the video looks like you were doing some steep turns to descend and maybe some reversals. I have been flying for 50+ years and I'm also an aero engineer. I will steadfastly maintain that paragliders should be placarded against any type of aerobatics. Level flight, basic turns, practice stall entries. That's all you need to have fun flying - aerobatics are a bad risk/reward situation. Flying is not much fun when you are resting 6 feet under.

  • @FlozzaBalkano
    @FlozzaBalkano 2 года назад +7

    Alter, Stef! Happy Birthday! Sehr froh, daß Dir nix passiert ist! Phew!

    • @airddicted
      @airddicted  2 года назад +2

      So ein Glück hat man glaub ich nur einmal im Leben...

    • @MalteJanduda
      @MalteJanduda 2 года назад +1

      @@airddicted das dachte ich mir auch, als mir das selbe in Öludeniz über Wasser passiert ist. Quintessenz war dann die Entscheidung: Kein Acro über Grund mehr :/

  • @jimday666
    @jimday666 2 года назад +3

    Wow, missed that wooden stake. Congrats on surviving!

  • @johnnyheyyy
    @johnnyheyyy 2 года назад +7

    Thank you GOD!!! Hey I am SO THANKFUL that you used you landed soft(ish)!!!! I'm a skydiver and I never watch accident videos, but I figured u were okay from the video title, and when I saw that the parking lot was approaching quite a bit slower than freefall, I knew you had a plan and it was working.... Great job staying calm and thinking straight !!🙏
    Fascinating how your rotation kept you slow...Id love to try this one day....well, not this exactly, but a simpler flight...Stay safe up there, great job thinking straight, Always pray before flights,🙏 God Bless ❤️🤙

    • @PhilippeLarcher
      @PhilippeLarcher 2 года назад +1

      normally rotation has a fast descent rate, I really wonder how this ended up that slow. Also the angular velocity could make you hit something very hard…

    • @mclovin9151
      @mclovin9151 2 года назад

      There must have been like zero wind? But even then, ur momentum coming down and the upwards wind force would spin you wildly…idk how he survived this tangled and didn’t shatter

  • @justthecomments
    @justthecomments 8 месяцев назад

    WOW, your guardian angle was putting in work!

  • @0bm31770
    @0bm31770 5 месяцев назад

    I was thinking it was great that you had 2 reserves when I noticed the second one was also tangled. Glad it turned out OK.

  • @torbenjacob5459
    @torbenjacob5459 6 месяцев назад +1

    On my first paragliding vacation in France back in 2006, I and others practiced deep spirals - that is, until some unknown paraglider apparrently fainted in a deep spiral and crashed into the ground. He died instantly - so be careful out there!

  • @Erik_Danley
    @Erik_Danley Год назад

    I’ve watched several paragliding videos and was thinking wow maybe I should check into this as it looks like fantastic fun. Well, this one is an eye opener. Glad you are okay. Yikes

    • @SeeBird686
      @SeeBird686 Год назад

      Try Hang Gliding, we don`t know what our reserves look like.

  • @amateuroutdoorhacks9544
    @amateuroutdoorhacks9544 13 дней назад

    Wow. Anyway, glad you are ok. Nice landing music & dog to greet you back to earth!

  • @Caden941
    @Caden941 2 года назад +2

    Be careful man glad you are ok

  • @brandonfasan
    @brandonfasan 9 месяцев назад

    Yiiiikes! I can't believe the 2x reserve fail. Glad you're ok

  • @smokeandmirrors482
    @smokeandmirrors482 2 года назад

    You and your tunes didn't skip a beat.. glad your good

  • @renaeaz76
    @renaeaz76 2 года назад +1

    lol even the dog at the very end looks worried. Man, glad your ok!

  • @raphaeleymann
    @raphaeleymann 2 года назад +5

    So einen Tag später nochmal einen Blick geworfen was mich noch interessieren würde:
    - "Wohin" hast du die Retter versucht zu werfen?
    - Wohin hättest du die Retter geworfen jetzt wo du das ganze Verarbeitet hast?
    - Wie geht es dir vom Mentalen her?
    - Was sind deine Learnings/Konsequenzen die du aus dem Vorfall ziehst?
    - Wie erklärst du es dir dass gerade diverse solcher Retter-Fails viral gehen?

    • @airddicted
      @airddicted  2 года назад +6

      Tendenziell habe ich beide Retter leicht nach unten geworfen, etwas mehr nach unten hätte vermutlich nicht geschadet.
      Am meisten ärgert mich, dass ich den anfänglichen Twist nicht gestoppt habe, was zu dem Zeitpunkt noch vermutlich problemlos geklappt hätte. Da hat sich nach über 6 Jahren "Heli-Erfahrung" ohne Probleme einfach zu viel Routine eingeschlichen.
      Eigentlich sind es die "einfachen" Basics die ich wohl wieder sorgfältiger bedenken werde. Kein Flug ist wie der andere, reagiere sofort auf alles was nicht planmäßig läuft. Beim Box-setzen noch sorgfältiger auf den Windversatz achten, der Ostwind an diesem Tag war deutlich stärker als sonst.
      Dass "aktuell" so viele Retter-Fails kommen hat denke ich sehr viele Gründe, Grundsätzlich mehr Verbreitung von Kameras, mehr Acro-Piloten allgemein, Hochsaison mit sehr hohem Flugaufkommen. Außerdem denke ich auch dass das Risikobewusstsein beim Gleitschirmfliegen (nicht nur Acro) immer niedriger wird, u.a. auch durch immer besseres Material. (Als Beispiel: Früher waren es eine handvoll Top-Piloten die Tumbling beherrscht haben, heute ist es beinahe schon ein Standard Manöver welches bereits nach 1-2 Jahren Flugpraxis geflogen wird)

    • @jstolba
      @jstolba 2 года назад +1

      @@airddicted die Bremsleine (links in dem Fall) oberhalb vom Twist erreicht man nicht mehr in so einer Situation? Zu viel g durch den SAT, oder zu weit weg?

    • @airddicted
      @airddicted  2 года назад +2

      @@jstolba erreichbar wäre sie, wenn man jetzt aber links bremst ist die Frage was passiert, für solche Experimente bräuchte man mehr Höhe. So war es ein stabiler SAT mit wenig sinken der mir in dieser Situation die größte Hoffnung gemacht hat, weshalb ich diesen Zustand auch nicht "auf gut Glück" riskieren wollte

    • @burhaninsel7332
      @burhaninsel7332 2 года назад

      @@airddicted Right. I’m surprised that you, an experienced pilot, did not stop the initial twist. Maybe a spring loaded, Ballistic like, reserve systems for auto rotations. Cheers.

  • @kee7678
    @kee7678 Год назад +1

    Holy...... you better be thanking God for sparing you.

  • @flygene_xc
    @flygene_xc 2 года назад +4

    Einfach nur brutal! Danke fürs teilen und Happy Birthday!

  • @markwallace1251
    @markwallace1251 11 месяцев назад

    It is a miracle that you hit one of the only patches of dirt in the parking lot 🙌🏼

  • @specopstrader
    @specopstrader Год назад

    Glad you're ok my friend - Good job continuing to *work* the problem - Never give up! Coming from the military MFF/HALO/HAHO side, with 300+ body armor, NVGs, weapon + ruck (full wall locker we call them) jumps - If the corners of your canopy are starting to curl in like that, you're encountering some unusual wind activity. Based on how cloudy the sky looks, and the mountainous terrain, I would say it's highly likely there was strong crosswind gusts taking place. If the corners of the canopy are curling, STOP inputting aggressive turns! Let your chute settle down, and reassess the winds you're dealing with...

    • @williamstrachan
      @williamstrachan Год назад

      If it progresses into that spin and the lines get twisted, is it possible to cut the chute away quickly so that the reserves don't risk getting entangled in the main?

    • @TexasRedOutlaw
      @TexasRedOutlaw Год назад

      I was thinking that, it seemed like the reserves just got tangled in with the first and cutting away the entire thing should be an option@@williamstrachan

    • @derp195
      @derp195 10 месяцев назад

      @@TexasRedOutlaw Not a paraglider, but unless you have tens of thousands of feet of altitude to play with, I don't think you'll have time to cut that many lines. And even after you did, now you're in actual freefall.

  • @boneseyyl1060
    @boneseyyl1060 2 года назад +1

    I must admit I am addicted to paragliding accident videos now. My old favorite used to be motorcycle crashes but those are over in seconds. In these you get a good 15 to 30 seconds of sheer terror each time. Keep 'em coming!

  • @sharksforarms6906
    @sharksforarms6906 Год назад +1

    Inches from that wood post, wow.

  • @grahambarton1942
    @grahambarton1942 Год назад +35

    For us non-jumpers it would be interesting if you added a technical explanation of why this happened? The kite looks fine to start with. Why did it start rotating madly and twist itself up?

    • @joech1065
      @joech1065 Год назад +5

      Yes, please, we need an explanation

    • @HungrysitesRu
      @HungrysitesRu Год назад +17

      He was doing some acro but it was poorly implemented so he got the paraglider into an uncontrollable spiral. Usually it's done above water where the price of the mistake is much lower.

    • @Nilz4FR
      @Nilz4FR Год назад +12

      Both reserve parachutes were executed horribly - it is so important not to panic and plan that timing well

    • @sonninh8987
      @sonninh8987 Год назад +1

      the pilot was so lucky. It was not spiral, but SAT. So, the sink rate not really high.

    • @collider4378
      @collider4378 Год назад

      They don't "jump" they fly. Well, maybe not him...

  • @safranpollen
    @safranpollen 2 года назад

    you have been using a life time luck dimension :-) Unbeliavable, no injuries !! a good example , to stop the rotation is so important. in this case a full stall may have been a good decision or throw the rescue not so late, depends on ya high...

  • @m.mitrut5897
    @m.mitrut5897 Год назад +2

    Makes you wonder why nobody has come up with a cut away system similar to the one in skydiving rigs. Go figure. Nice save bro!

    • @DrAElemayo
      @DrAElemayo Год назад

      It does exist. However they're not always the best choice if you're low. The basic ones like the ones in this video are great because they're simple and will generally always slow you down even if they don't fully open. They can also open pretty quick.

    • @TheHellis
      @TheHellis 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@DrAElemayo How low do you mean with low?
      A main assisted reserve deployment could probably be done at about 30-40 m.
      The skyhook promotion video had jumpers cut away at 100 feet if I remember correctly.
      And they even had time to flare the reserves.

    • @DrAElemayo
      @DrAElemayo 9 месяцев назад

      @@TheHellis I mean, if you really want them they're available. But generally most people don't prefer them because they're overcomplicated and offer little to no benefit over the common type.

    • @TheHellis
      @TheHellis 9 месяцев назад

      @@DrAElemayo you didn't answer my question.
      What do you mean by a low reserve pull? Is it less than 30 m?
      But no benefits you say? So in this video he struggled for 40 seconds before impact.
      And this scenario isn't uncommon when you look at videos on RUclips.
      The main and reserve entangle to some degree.
      If you actually do a search for "skydive mard deployment" and look at the difference in time especially. (If you can look for spinning videos, and/or where the canopy is above 150 sqf).
      Edit: example find "Reserveöffnung mit M.A.R.D. system (Main Assistant Reserve Deployment)"
      No benefit?
      So each time someone swings out that round reserve you end up crashing down at whatever is below you.
      In this video it could have gone really bad, and I'm just guessing here, but a rock, tree, bush, pretty much anything below will hurt a lot.
      Then the alternative is a canopy you can steer, flare and land.
      No benefit....

    • @DrAElemayo
      @DrAElemayo 9 месяцев назад

      @@TheHellis There are steerable paraglider reserves. The BASE canopies that you're talking about, with throwaway, aren't great for paragliding mainly because of tangles. If you're wrapped up in your lines you DON'T want to throwaway your glider. You want something simple and that can open in any orientation it happens to be thrown in. There's a reason almost all paraglider pilots use these simple reserves, even when they have the throwaway ones.

  • @jayp8798
    @jayp8798 7 месяцев назад

    Thanks god you’re ok, be careful
    next time you fly again ❤❤❤🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

  • @andrujames3705
    @andrujames3705 2 года назад +28

    As a skydiver I’m shocked there’s no way to detach your main canopy. I watched the reserve get tangled with the main and was screaming “cut it! ditch the main!” and then I realized you couldn’t…
    As much as I’d love to take up para motor specifically I think I’ll stick with chucking myself out of airplanes for now.

    • @rouey
      @rouey 2 года назад +3

      There are paraglider harnesses with cutaway systems and base canopies, which are typically used in the discipline this gentleman was practicing - acro.

    • @andrujames3705
      @andrujames3705 2 года назад +1

      @@rouey Thanks for the info man. Insane how people ignore safety procedures when doing sports like ours.

    • @johnchristopher5201
      @johnchristopher5201 2 года назад +3

      @@andrujames3705As far as I'm aware, the Base Acro Paragliding harnesses that rouey is referring to aren't an option for most pilots because they are extremely expensive, but also very heavy, making them unsuitable for any kind of hike-and-fly.
      You can get quick-release carabiners for attaching the wing to the harness, but I don't like the idea of trying to operate these with the stress of the earth rushing up at me.
      I prefer to try to avoid these situations entirely by taking SIV, and not flying acro :)

    • @FrankThole
      @FrankThole 2 года назад +9

      @@johnchristopher5201 What a flawed argumentation. Choose your equipment based on the activity you are doing. Doing acro, get a base acro harnass. Doing hike-and-fly, get a light-weight harnass. Most likely you will use different wings anyhow.

    • @karleess
      @karleess 2 года назад +9

      @@johnchristopher5201 If it's expensive and the money is the problem, don't do it.

  • @fraaggl
    @fraaggl 2 года назад +1

    the shot of the wood pole ON YOUR FACE at the end is frightening...

  • @jockob1671
    @jockob1671 2 года назад +3

    Glad you're ok. I always thought paragliding was safe. Not anymore.

    • @nedo68
      @nedo68 2 года назад +1

      i was a active paraglider but stoped a few years ago precisely because of such situations that can always happen and we are then simply at the mercy. I then quickly realized that in this sport you also really need luck ;) but what most miss in exactly in such situations.

    • @21paraflyer
      @21paraflyer Год назад

      Nothing inherently safe about paragliding. Most of my friends have hardware, screws, rods etc in their bodies. Acro is just dumb in my view. The sport is dangerous enough without introducing silliness. I flew for 15 years; was a tandem pilot for 5 and no broken bones. It’s as safe as you make it.

  • @joshp3144
    @joshp3144 2 года назад

    Godamn you played God like a fiddle 🎻 glad your alive thanks for the video

  • @DomesticDave
    @DomesticDave Год назад

    I wonder what music I would hear in my last moments? Seriously though, glad you made it ok. Scary stuff.

  • @hartman12349
    @hartman12349 2 года назад +5

    Ich habe das gleiche erlebt, ich habe auch meinen Fallschirm in die Kappe geworfen, und als ich auf das Vario geschaut habe, hatte ich einen Fall von 7m/sec, das hat mich beruhigt, weil ich wusste, dass es weh tun würde, aber danke, am Ende war es so hat nicht allzu weh getan. Herzlichen Glückwunsch zu deiner Erfahrung, ich weiß, dass du es nie wieder tun wirst :-)

  • @michaelmitchell5458
    @michaelmitchell5458 Год назад

    Holy shit my heart is racing! How in the hell did he not break anything?! Hod was looking out brother 🙏🏻

  • @exodeus7959
    @exodeus7959 Год назад

    Vlad the Impaler must have been so disapPointed with this video. You know, not landing on that wooden pole. You really got lucky. Stay safe out there.

  • @KrishnarajRaoUrbanNaxal
    @KrishnarajRaoUrbanNaxal Год назад

    You have the cat's nine lives, man! Chances of survival were negligible in such a scenario!

  • @youdoyouplayer8529
    @youdoyouplayer8529 Месяц назад

    Holy shit. It’s always funny when there’s a soundtrack playing in such serious situations.

  • @AavonorcaA
    @AavonorcaA 2 года назад +3

    Probably a good idea to practice ground spirals when there are no cars around and you don't have your reserves out.

  • @samj1185
    @samj1185 10 месяцев назад

    That's a lot of tangled nylon! Glad you walked away.

  • @Mads-hl8xj
    @Mads-hl8xj 9 месяцев назад

    whoooa that was close call man!! glad it went this good!

  • @michaelknapp8961
    @michaelknapp8961 5 месяцев назад

    Wow!! This is one fricken dangerous sport!!! What are the odds something like this will happen if you do it a lot? You’re putting your life on the line literally.

  • @b10rn
    @b10rn Месяц назад

    The music makes it look so relaxing 😌

  • @sombrio-d5r
    @sombrio-d5r 2 года назад

    😱😰Oh my goodness. I'm all shivering here just to see the ground getting closer, I'm glad you're okay.🥲🙂

  • @Itwillbeoversoon
    @Itwillbeoversoon Год назад +1

    Like my instructors said in aircraft maintenance engineering college, "Why would anyone want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane?"

    • @benyisdelvalle5141
      @benyisdelvalle5141 Год назад

      haha

    • @TheHellis
      @TheHellis 9 месяцев назад +2

      This isn't skydiving.
      Had it been skydiving then he wouldn't have been in that mess

  • @steph4050
    @steph4050 11 месяцев назад +3

    I did some parachuting classes like 15-20 years ago and I remember learning that when you want to use the reserve chute, you need to release the main chute first. I saw you did not, but you are advanced so I guess you knew what you were doing. Did that rule change? (Not challenging here, simply wondering if the process changed for some reason).

    • @TheOffCycle
      @TheOffCycle 10 месяцев назад

      That's not "parachuting" which is skydiving. That's paragliding. There are no cutaways in paragliding. For the wing or the reserves.

    • @TheHellis
      @TheHellis 9 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@TheOffCyclehe didn't pay enough attention in his class to notice that 😂

  • @keebs8649
    @keebs8649 Год назад

    Smart idea to start recording. Cameraman never dies

  • @morpheus8233
    @morpheus8233 2 года назад

    What a stud bro LMAO imagine looking out you’re camper window and see this grom land face down with the music blasting get up and go WOO

  • @Stormsong93
    @Stormsong93 10 месяцев назад

    Holy heck that looked way worse than it turned out to be.

  • @TerryMasri
    @TerryMasri 7 месяцев назад

    What a harrowing experience! I wish someone would've left a technical comment related to the potential causes of the accident. As a non-paraglider, I can't make any assumptions. Still very curious to know!

  • @andrea_signoretto
    @andrea_signoretto Год назад

    thanks for sharing, it is important to learn from those mistakes. I understand even more how important to do manouvers only above water.

    • @TheGrundigg
      @TheGrundigg Год назад +1

      It's not necessarily better since it's easy to pass out in a high-g spiral or on hitting the surface. While it might cushion it a little bit there is a high chance of drowning.

    • @andrea_signoretto
      @andrea_signoretto Год назад

      @@TheGrundigg Should then a boat be ready to rescue I guess!

    • @TheGrundigg
      @TheGrundigg Год назад

      @@andrea_signoretto hire a boat every day for a couple of hours and tell me how much it is :)
      It is still possible to drown even by being rescued in 15 seconds unconcious people and water don't mix well with the addition of all the lines and canopy. Sure if you have a pro crew who are constantly looking at you and ready to basically catch you in the boat (like on most SIV) then yeah but if you're doing acro practice you won't have that.

    • @andrea_signoretto
      @andrea_signoretto Год назад

      @@TheGrundigg I'm sorry it is a hard topic for me since a flying buddy died few years ago for crashing on the ground while doing acro... I wish all pilots best flights and better landings!

  • @AddictionHappiness
    @AddictionHappiness 2 года назад +1

    Fuuuu c k! So happy to hear that you walked away 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @baz_astra
    @baz_astra Год назад

    Glad you got out of this one. From my observation the problem seems to begin with overcontrol. You’re getting asymmetric collapses but continue to aggressively fight it all the way into trouble. What happened to putting your hands up, let it re-inflate and fly out of the collapse? This could’ve been avoided in the first place by letting the glider fly. It's not a wrestling match.

  • @Caden941
    @Caden941 2 года назад +1

    I can’t tell if the red connecting to the Cord is the cut away

  • @snowbell01
    @snowbell01 2 года назад +1

    I'm not a paraglider however motions near the start and the spinning/ harsh/non fluid control of the parasail seemed like an accident waiting to happen and it sure did happen!

    • @TheGrundigg
      @TheGrundigg Год назад

      He was doing acro training, those manouveres were done on purpose and with control, only on the exit before the twists there was a mistake which lead to colapse and started the autorotation. There's a reason why in acro one has 2 reserves as well as a very protective harness. In this case the issue was more with the reserve throws then the manouvres, luckily the autorotation was not taking him down very fast and the acro harness did its job perfectly.

  • @ttnyny
    @ttnyny Год назад

    I know nothing about this activity, but it would seem to me that the equipment should allow the user to cut the main chute completely free before any reserve is opened. Opening a reserve directly into a still wide-open, uncontrollable canopy seems like a recipe for entanglement and failure.

  • @Mathy_Base
    @Mathy_Base 2 года назад

    that little "Woooh" after crashing... Happy ending ^^

  • @theunheardprophet4315
    @theunheardprophet4315 Год назад

    Dude didn't even flinch. What a badass.

  • @PlayfieldofAngels
    @PlayfieldofAngels 2 года назад +2

    I think they must develop a system that the main wing to be possible to totally disconnect from harnesses if needed before throw the reserve. A hook knife maybe can do the job if times permits.. At least to cutoff the one side.

    • @turkeyphant
      @turkeyphant 2 года назад +2

      There are cutaway systems. Also quickouts.

    • @PlayfieldofAngels
      @PlayfieldofAngels 2 года назад

      @@turkeyphant Interesting ! any links?

    • @turkeyphant
      @turkeyphant 2 года назад

      @@PlayfieldofAngels Quickouts on any gear store. Cutaway systems look at people who de-bag or drop skydivers in places like Oludeniz.

    • @DUKEisALIVE
      @DUKEisALIVE 2 года назад

      @@PlayfieldofAngels its called base system: ruclips.net/video/E-pekS1mjN0/видео.html

  • @K1w1xB4nd1t
    @K1w1xB4nd1t 6 месяцев назад

    Ok but how did he time his body smacking the ground with the beat drop that was pretty impressive

  • @DamianAI9
    @DamianAI9 Год назад

    Observe that he's not screaming, he is trying to resolve the problem. Congrats

  • @Kozo0908
    @Kozo0908 8 месяцев назад

    Daaaamn. Glad to hear you're ok. That was intense as hell. Two reserves caught in the lines. What are the odds? :(

  • @sproc01
    @sproc01 8 месяцев назад

    That is the definition of a real life nightmare omg.

  • @jonha6584
    @jonha6584 2 года назад

    cold as ice glad you are good mate

  • @George.Coleman
    @George.Coleman Год назад +1

    Should have grabbed the mains both hands no steering. Then go back to steering once settled. Very unlucky but then very lucky at the end.

  • @jwbnscacpt
    @jwbnscacpt 2 года назад

    I’m so glad you didn’t hit that pole man!

  • @IFGCZ
    @IFGCZ 2 года назад +1

    At least it was not far from the cableway station :) Lucky you.

  • @huepix
    @huepix 2 года назад +22

    As a relatively new pilot, I'd love some explanation about what happened at the beginning to get in that trouble.

    • @DUKEisALIVE
      @DUKEisALIVE 2 года назад +10

      Oh dont worry it wasnt something that youll randomly come across when flying :D He was doing an acro trick called helico before things went wrong.

    • @sebastianschmied3300
      @sebastianschmied3300 2 года назад +7

      @@DUKEisALIVE Do worry, the result is something you can randomly come across when flying.

    • @Wizmoisa
      @Wizmoisa 2 года назад

      So when in helico, what is the exit? Haven't worked this yet, but I would imagine break the flying wing? In his case, break left while making sure right hand is up? My feeling is things could have gone well if he had managed to avoid the twist at 0:27, for this he should have hold tight to his risers.
      Anyway, pleased he is safe, and nice that he is sharing this in the benefit of everyone safety!

    • @DUKEisALIVE
      @DUKEisALIVE 2 года назад +1

      @@Wizmoisa as a beginner the best exit is to go into backfly. Takes out the dynamics and prevents twists.

    • @huepix
      @huepix 2 года назад

      As a beginner, I'll leave the helios to the experts 😁
      At my local site I was a few hundred feet above launch watching someone bossing it with helios.
      I had the best seat in the house.

  • @bigunk2667
    @bigunk2667 8 месяцев назад

    Missing that post and landing in the sand not on the asphalt absolutely saved your life.