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Originally Posted by Dozer523
Jumping into Jordan late one night, my leg bag and ruck got all hung up. I'm trying to untie, shake stuff loose. (I think I waddled off the ramp at 2.5X my original weight) Looked around saw the trees below, "Oh I've got plenty of time . . . "
HEY WAIT A MINUTE . . . there aren't any trees here!
WAM! Augured in, next to a bush.
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I had a similar experience on what turned out to be the hardest drop zone I had ever bounced off in Georgia. A 750 ft. ceiling and absolutely no light...descended to what I thought had to be tree-top level. Deployed the lowering line and felt the initial tug from the ruck, only to feel the lowering line go immediately limp. Thinking my ruck had separated from the lowering line, I looked down (opening my legs in the process) to see if I could spot my ruck. I quickly found out that the reason the lowering line went limp...I was just before impact on the DZ! That one left several marks.