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[โ€“] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

What's the point of wearing a helmet when skydiving? If your chute doesn't open, are you supposed to try and land head first so it will protect you? ๐Ÿค”

[โ€“] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

So if you crack your head jumping out you are still awake enough to pull the cord, plus if you land hard you don't smash your head on a rock.

The super high altitude jumpers had altitude devices that would automatically deploy their chutes in the event that their air supplies failed and they passed out.