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Old February 2nd 10, 08:25 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Uncle Fuzzy
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Default Surviving free fall - worth considering?

On Feb 1, 9:15*pm, smithcorp wrote:
Interesting Popular Mechanics article here about surviving a 35,000
feet free-fall without a chute...

http://www.origin.popularmechanics.c...e/4344036.html...

smith


I think I'll wear my 'chute. The chances of finding (and hitting) a
swamp bog, snow covered slope, or haystack are pretty slim in the
desert southwest.