There are lies, there are 'wild-ass lies' and THEN.....there are statistics :P

I listened to G Dale speak of his midair and how his parachute saved his life, the G forces experienced, the threat of the canopy knocking you out, his loss of consciousness during the event and his current strategies should the devil knock twice.

I now practice my bailout technique at regular intervals, only release my harness outside the glider (seatbelt only within) and strap my Spot to the chute, no longer the shelf behind my head.

Alan Silver put out a good vid on practicing emergency egress, techniques when hanging under the silk & landing as well as poignantly noting that any "survival equipment" not tethered to you or your rig is actually "camping equipment" for an outlanding - cos it's not going to be with you when you bail out.

My humble opinion.

CJ