By rickjameson - 29/08/2016 10:19 - United States - Kill Devil Hills

Today, I made a point of talking to our parachute riggers, and thanking them for all they do. Today is also the first day I had to pull my reserve chute because my main chute didn't open correctly. FML
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Lady_Spaghetti 36
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It was just their idea of a joke-- "Hey, let's mispackage his main chute so that he freaks out." "Haha that's great."

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aruden 25
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A mistake that shouldn't happen, chutes that fail can seriously hurt or kill the poor bastard who got stuck with it.

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thefmlman2011 35
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Medal of Honor: airbourne

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TheNewGuy03 28
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I'm actually gonna go ahead and guess that OP is a member of 82nd ABN at Ft. Bragg (based on his location).

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FML_HelloItsMe 15

Hard Luck OP! Hope you are alright! You can bet it was just a mistake!

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aruden 25
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A mistake that shouldn't happen, chutes that fail can seriously hurt or kill the poor bastard who got stuck with it.

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KorGarott 4
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which is why reserve chutes exist

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izzajaneful 24
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Are there mistakes that should happen?

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JZY1989 23
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Chute that was a close one. My sad attempt at a pun, yes I failed.

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Earl_KarmasBitch 32
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At least you didn't thank them twice!

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Lady_Spaghetti 36
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It was just their idea of a joke-- "Hey, let's mispackage his main chute so that he freaks out." "Haha that's great."

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Dave_Davington 33
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Am I the only one who first read "riggers" as something completely different?

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skullmaster9 10

Nope

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OhPuhleeze 23
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I think you should be talking to, and thanking Dog more often. Perhaps checking the rig yourself woudn't be bad either. But that must've been some adrenaline rush!!!

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eblondie2838 9
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Being a parachute rigger myself, I would say "bad body position." ;)

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DrEnia1at0r 20
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Ha. That'll teach you to be thankful.

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holly_fly 34
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I thought it was pretty good. XD

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