They landed higher than....

**Pete** · 10-06-2008, 16:54

They landed higher (12,350 Above Sea level) than most people jump from.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle4886596.ece

**Team Sergeant** · 10-06-2008, 16:58

Damn, I knew it, thats not what the MFF committee told us!!! No one told us our lungs might collapse!!!!

Sad part is one million readers will be thinking that is true....

"They fell at speeds reaching 140mph, hurtling past the highest ridges of the snow-laden Himalayas, before each released a parachute, made three times the size of a normal canopy to cope with the thin air. The jumpers wore oxygen masks to prevent their lungs from collapsing as they fell. Wearing neoprene underwear was compulsory — to prevent them from being frozen to death."

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle4886596.ece

Red Flag 1 · 10-06-2008, 17:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Team Sergeant

Damn, I knew it, thats not what the MFF committee told us!!! No one told us our lungs might collapse!!!!

Sad part is one million readers will be thinking that is true....

"They fell at speeds reaching 140mph, hurtling past the highest ridges of the snow-laden Himalayas, before each released a parachute, made three times the size of a normal canopy to cope with the thin air. The jumpers wore oxygen masks to prevent their lungs from collapsing as they fell. Wearing neoprene underwear was compulsory — to prevent them from being frozen to death."

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle4886596.ece

Perhaps a bit higher and they might have exploded!

So much for the credibility of the press.

Still in all, a pricey nonmilitary jump that made a record of sorts; with 30 more to follow.

RF 1

CSB · 10-06-2008, 19:16

Canopy three times normal size = ?

No square footage (or suspended weight) given.

I'm guessing a tandem rig.

**Pete** · 10-06-2008, 19:34

I wonder what size chut the tandem jumpers were using.

Couple of first timers were on the list to jump.

**Box** · 10-06-2008, 20:17

...an MC4 is three times the size of a normal sized rig.

My sport rig has a 107 main and an MC-4 has a 370.

Still a cool jump though... I would have definitely bought a lift ticket for the jump. I am sure there will be an article in an upcoming issue of parachutist magazine.