At 4,000ft, Jordan Hatmaker pulled the string and realised something was very wrong. With the speed of her descent increasing, she braced herself for impact

  • Canopyflyer@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Skydiving is not like being in your mother’s arms. You’ve aimed yourself at a planet and it is you and only you that will save your sorry ass.

    That much is true.

    I retract my previous statements.

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      5 months ago

      Actually read the article it’s more a recount of what happened, and some pretty normal emotional responses to hitting the fucking ground at terminal velocity.

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      5 months ago

      Easy, man, shit happens. And this kind of shit is incredibly rare. You don’t know how you’d react (unless you have “bounced” in which case my apologies, carry on talking shit about this poor woman).