Quote Originally Posted by Magnatomicflux View Post
I think he fell 200ft. I would wonder if he even wore a chute. I doubt it.




Russix, that base jumper probably had the rip cord in their hand and yanked it the second their feet left. And totally expecting it, I might add.

This guy is focused on jumping from one craft to another. When you miss, there's that second of "You gotta be kidding me?!?!?!" Then getting you bearings enough to pull that cord.
Then its too late to do anything about it.
The way I've seen it is that base jumpers are holding a mini-parachute in their hand as they jump that immediately deploys the main chute. A reserve parachute requires 400 feet to open and a main one even more. Plus the video shows him toppling violently off the plane so hopefully he was unconscious when he hit the ground.