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Re:Unplanned Freefall? Some Survival Tips by bitL on Friday March 10, 2017 @01:28PM (#13840809)
Maybe you should target a steep avalanche terrain with fresh snow. Not only you have a hell of a ride while falling down, you get to enjoy a ride in a snowy feather all the way down the valley! Don't forget to mount your GoPro while boarding!
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Re:Unplanned Freefall? Some Survival Tips by iamatworknow on Friday March 10, 2017 @05:29PM (#13842733)
>Don't forget to mount your GoPro while boarding!

Man, I wonder if we're going to end up seeing someone's free fall smartphone video someday. Not everyone is going to read this article and be prepared to survive like we now are, so what if they decide to use those couple of minutes falling to try to record a message to their loved ones? The audio would be blown out but I don't see why the camera wouldn't continue working. That would be quite disturbing to watch.

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Re:Unplanned Freefall? Some Survival Tips by komali2 on Friday March 10, 2017 @06:39PM (#13843114)
Potentially NSFW / terrifying videos:

Multiple gopros record an in-air collision of skydiving planes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p6hqMnsLFY&list=FLR2K9vyQEB...

Tangled chute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciIjdvNo65s

I can't find it but I've seen two more videos of people who have survived near freefall after parachuting accidents. One became a paraplegic IIRC.

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Re:Unplanned Freefall? Some Survival Tips by CharlesW on Friday March 10, 2017 @06:01PM (#13842900)
> Man, I wonder if we're going to end up seeing someone's free fall smartphone video someday.

Undoubtedly, since it has with other kinds of video cameras: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFSp-SRGhNs

"I'm dead. Bye." (He was not, amazingly.)

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Re:Unplanned Freefall? Some Survival Tips by mccoyspace on Friday March 10, 2017 @04:48PM (#13842454)
that would speak to the debris you possibly grabbed on the way down. Use that piece of fusilage, seat or luggage as a sled and work those bank turns
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Re:Unplanned Freefall? Some Survival Tips by bitL on Friday March 10, 2017 @08:28PM (#13843595)
I've just got an idea for a new smartphone game! :D
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Re:Unplanned Freefall? Some Survival Tips by dpc59 on Friday March 10, 2017 @03:41PM (#13841937)
Except then you're stuck in freezing temperature, with what is probably totally inappropriate mountaineering gear and odds are you've got an avalanche to dig yourself out of.
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Re:Unplanned Freefall? Some Survival Tips by iamatworknow on Friday March 10, 2017 @05:29PM (#13842742)
Aim for the bunny hill instead?
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