>>>then relax and enjoy the ride" as a great part of the risk is over.
Ah! The late great Angelo Crapanzono, inventor of the pulled apex canopy was asked about when to deploy. His reply was… (in Italian English) "When the sh*t is up to here" … points to forehead. "Then maybe the sh*t will be up to here…" points to bridge of nose… "or here…" points just below nose. I think there must be a moment or two of relief that your chute has opened, followed by some time of alarm as you try and learn to steer the canopy and remember the drill for landing into wind, away from trees, buildings, water, animals, traffic etc. etc. D _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
