parachutes. it s a risky jump. they embrace the challenge. canopy formation is a very fragile formation. the idea of someone grabbing ahold of your parachute scares experienced jumpers even more than new jumpers. because if they get all tangled up in your parachute, it s done. you can t use it to land. lewis is the point guard man today. he knows even the smallest miss cue can be a disaster. it s much like choreographing a dance. because everyone has an assigned place to fly to and take ahold of the other canopy. you have to have your hand and feet in the right place. you have to plan out the entire jump and then the challenge is to do it. for today s world record attempt, lewis assembles the best in the field. all seems to be going smoothly until something captures
davis, california. a group of skydivers is determined to make it into the record books. their goal? build a 46 parachute diamond or canopy and then separate and land safely. it will hold eight more skydivers than the world s best of eight. this morning is their last test before the next day s big jump. skydiving cameraman, brian scott, tapes the practice session. the skydivers will use the tape later to analyze the jump. canopy formation is multiple parachuters flying in formation. the person on the top will grab the nylon on the parachute that docks on him, he will put a foot in the line and hold that parachute while someone else holds up the formation and you will form a diamond of
hook knife and i think alan had a knife that was already in his rig. it was kind of like on his harness right here. but it was plastic. i bought him a better knife. it was just a present to my buddy the day before. with his new knife, alan finally frees himself of both chutes. now in free fall, he has less than ten seconds until impact. we were under 1 rk,000 feet. then i saw the pilot chute come out. he pulled out of that at about 700 feet. with little time to spare, he coasts to a landing completely unscathed. luckily his reserve chute deployed even though he was so close to the ground. we all gathered at the ground and he was just laughing and carrying on. he was back up in the air that day. i mean, alan is just my hero. he never gave up for one second. the very next day, the team breaks the world record for canopy formation. one of those skydivers? alan.
it s a risky jump. but mike lewis embraces the challenge. canopy formation is a very fragile formation. the idea of someone grabbing ahold of your parachute scares experienced jumpers even more than new jumpers. because if they get all tangled up in your parachute, it s done. you can t land. lewis is the point man in charge of mapping out every detail. he knows even the smallest missed cue can be the difference between success and disaster. it s much like choreographing a dance. because everyone has an assigned place to fly to and take ahold of the other canopy. you have to have your hand and feet in the right place. you have to plan out the entire jump and then the challenge is
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