Good reflex with the reserve because you were not very high above the lanscape. Before the collapse why holding the risers ? We can ear the wind on the glider making a resource, and then no more wind before he goes forward, you should have controlled that.
Good call. Very quick assesment not enough height to risk even trying to sort the wing out you got to Decision point 1, is height sufficient ? ... No then throw !!! . If in doubt , there is no doubt .....
Btw I don’t know what a “front stall” is, but this was a frontal collapse. You seemed to have pitched yourself back then let the glider shoot to far ahead of you causing the frontal.
Dobře, že to mělo šťastný konec. Popište prosím někdo pro nás - neletce, proč se to stalo. Proč ten padák byl nejdřív krásně vyplněný vzduchem a najednou jakoby splaskl? Přijde mi, že pilot letěl pořád jakoby stejně a najednou to kikslo. Díky za odpověď.
Ja by som rad poukazal na to ze sa drzal rejzerov a tiez je na videu vidiet ako by stlacil lavou rukov tie A rejzeri (to su tie cervene ) a to mohlo sposobit predny kolaps. Ja som sa tie tak drziaval tych rajzerov ale kamos to videl na mojich videach a hned mi visvetlil ze sa take nieco moze stat. Ja by som sa na jeho mieste snazil odnaucit tento zlo zvik
I'm just a P1 here but probably should change the title to frontal collapse right? Stalls are caused by braking and this could've been solved by braking + not grabbing the risers (so that the pilot could apply brake pressure)
Paragliding is brutal. 47 years, been at the drop zone in some capacity every week. Thousands of jumps , God bless I've never seen a fatality. Started paragliding, 6 months 9 fatalities and everyone more brutal than the next. A double fatality with hang glider and paraglider, limbs street across the mountainside. It's just ridiculous. 5 or 600 speedflying flights, no fatalities. Didn't take a rocket scientist to see that this sport is lame. "Here I am .... Floating, doing nothing, still floating, woops I'm dead because my wing collapsed because I'm stupid enough to fly a wing wing loaded at .00000000001 to 1". Lol. Never again. Oh yeah, super happy you're ok and extremely nice save! Happy you're here to fly again! This post has been edited due to a very unintelligent chochki, and is in everyway, my opinion, and my opinion and my brothers brothers opinion, me. Through the sport, I lost amazing friends, , didn't experience what I wanted, and was tarnished soulfully. It has nothing to do with the beautiful, incredibly talented and sweet people involved with the sport. I'm a go fast person who enjoys speed. That's it. Actually truthfully, it was none of that, it was because I had a meaningless conversation with some mo named Seth Fukr . Avoid at all cost.
I mean no offence, but with such a devastating miscalculation I hope you've realized that you lack the skills to be flying this close to the piste with people skiing right below or next to you. I actually don't mind you putting your own health and life on the line, that's your business, but other people might not be comfortable about being involved in your risk-taking. There's been at least one Speedflying death on Bischling (I know of) and this footage shows you came very close to being added to the list.
Throwing the Reserve was the only choice with this height - trying to fix would be only possible for World Class Pilots trained professional for this situation. Nice Landing field.... better than the forest.... thanks for sharing
If you felt the need to deploy, you made the right call. End of story. I notice some people forget when you decide to toss in a tight spot, you stop flying and focus on deploying. You had very little margin left and you easily could have eaten that up if you were distracted or less stable when you ripped your chute. Good job.
