diamond or a stack of pare parachutes. it s a risky jump. 30-year-old veteran skydiver 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. it s gone. you can t land. lewis is the point man today in charge of mapping out every detail. he knows even the smallest miscue can mean 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 to go up and do it there. for today s world record attempt, lewis assembles the best in the field. all seems to be going smoothly until something captures
a risky jump, but veteran mike lewis engages the challenge. canopy formation is a very is fragile formation. the very idea of somebody grabbing ahold of your parachute scares experienced jumpers even more than new jumpers. if they get statangled up, you can t land. even the smallest miss cue can mean the dip between success and disaster. it s very much like corps graphing a dance. you have to take ahold of the canopy, you have to have your hand and your feet in the right place. you have to plan out the entire jump and then the challenge is to go up and do it in the air. lewis assembles the best in the field. all seems to be going smoothly
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 separate and land safely. it will hold eight more skydivers than the world s best of 38. after three years of planning, this morning is their last test before the next day s big jump. skydiving cameraman bryan scott tapes the practice session. the skydivers will use the tape later to analyze the jump. canopy formation is multiple parachutes plying nogt formation. the person on the top will grab the nylon of the pair shoot that comes to dock on him. he ll put a foot on the line and he ll hold that parachute while someone comes and joins the formation and you ll build up a diamond of parachutes.
hook knife. and i think allen had a knife that was already in his rig. it was kind of like on his harness right here, but it was plastic. and i bought him a better knife. it was just a present to my buddy the day before. with his new knife, allen finally frees himself of both chutes. now in free fall, he has fewer than ten secok seconds until im. that was it. with little time to spare, allen 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. and he was back up in the air that day. allen s just my hero. he never gave up for one second. the very next day, the team breaks the world record for canopy formation.
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