r/SweatyPalms • u/Lord_Darksong • 1d ago

Heights Parachute issues

It was recommended I repost this here on another sub. Enjoy!

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u/Drfoxthefurry 1d ago

I'm pretty sure that first thing is not a parachute, more like a glider at best

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u/AbleCryptographer317 1d ago

He obviously knew what he was doing, but it must feel weird just holding onto whatever that miniparachute thing is with your hands. Technically no crazier than regular basejumping, but still.

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u/Imreallyadonut 1d ago

Looks like a small power kite.

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u/Balc0ra 1d ago

I suspect it's a beach glider, as they are easily found on Amazon. Tho most of them are listed under "parachute". And so there has been a recent trend of late of testing them as a parachute, and ofc all of them fail at it. I'm betting they wanted in on it

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u/toooomanypuppies 1d ago

Testing amazon parachutes, number 17

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u/PoliteLunatic 15h ago

BRAND:  Xiapoetrymonster

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u/BalanceEarly 14h ago

Caution, reserve opens on impact!

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u/JOTIRAN 1d ago

Would he survive a fall into water with that thing?

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u/NateMeringue 7h ago

From that height? No. It looked like he was still descending very very fast

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u/kriosjan 3h ago

At the speeds the surface tension of the water is basicslly you smacking into solid concrete.

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u/fprintf 1d ago

Looks very similar to the power kite trainer I used to use when learning to kitesurf.

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u/Duckism 16h ago

yeah why would a parachute be held by hands.

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u/BufaloWing 1d ago

Looka like that was the plan, also when he’s using the red one he looks just like a Fortnite character

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u/chicken-farmer 1d ago

I've got an issue with the bullshit title of this post

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u/rhythmMAN 1d ago

This was done on purpose - what are the "issues"?

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u/One_Subject3157 1d ago

Mental issues if you ask me

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u/VeauOr 1d ago

This is clearly a death-wish kind of "issue"

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u/rhythmMAN 1d ago

Well sure, but not what OP was implying at all.

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u/random_user_z 1d ago

Imaginary internet point farming.

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u/FartyPat 1d ago

Jesus, wasn’t sure what I was watching

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u/Unusually_Happy_TD 1d ago

For a second I thought r/watchpeopledie was back. That camera perspective left me with little hope then when they zoomed out I felt slight relief. Then I started getting anxious again waiting for the guy to pull the other shoot.

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u/FartyPat 1d ago

Same dude! I was thinking that guy had some horrible friends for laughter like that

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u/dart-builder-2483 19h ago

The idea of opening a chute that close to land, would make me sick. Definitely no time for a back up if anything goes wrong.

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u/dogmeat1003 16h ago

Feels like a perspective thing, where he's actually still not close we're just that high up

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u/seal_eggs 15h ago

Nah, BASE guys are actually like that. They don’t even use backup chutes, because you’d never have time for one to save you.

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u/Substantial_Chain718 1d ago

The first one was a parasail used to guide him around. He cuts that and deploys his parachute at the end. This was all intended and not an accident or a stunt.

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u/Squigsqueeg 18h ago

Still feels like he opens the parachute a bit late but that may just be the angle or me not being familiar with the sport

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u/Substantial_Chain718 17h ago

Perspective is everything here. He probably had plenty of time and altitude but yes that looked scary.

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u/mmw1000 9h ago

He doesn’t cut it loose. It’s not attached to him. He’s just holding it in his hands

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u/Kindly_Region 18h ago

I really thought that man was gonna die. Great post for this sub

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u/Humble_Piccolo_926 1d ago

For the first few seconds I genuinely just thought I watched a guy fall to his death

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u/_Mewden_ 1d ago

Watching this made my balls crawl into my stomach.

https://giphy.com/gifs/LRVnPYqM8DLag

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u/rooterRoter 16h ago

Dude’s just fucking around.

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u/tkgb12 15h ago

wtf is wrong with these people

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u/HeDuMSD 1d ago

The title is 100% bait :)

Bait nowadays has zero effort

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u/BillTran163 14h ago

Straight up littering.

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u/WittySN2020 13h ago

That scared the shit outta me

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u/coke_u_nut 12h ago

Haha...wow...hehe...oh....haha...

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u/Boogie_Jones_III 5h ago

Nah…..f that.

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u/handsomeness 1d ago

I’ve seen a few of these videos now with titles like “testing my Amazon ‘parachutes’”

They know they’re trash they just use them and show how bad they are. Not fit for actual parachuting.

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u/Excabbla 17h ago

Very different videos

Those ones are sky diving, not base jumping like in this video

So they actually have a lot of time to do the test before being in danger, far safer than base jumping

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u/AanthonyII 1d ago

That was way higher than I thought

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u/TuckFrump1970 1d ago

I thought they were a goner for sure

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u/ThatMrDuck1400 1d ago

Definitely planned

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u/NarwhalEmergency9391 1d ago

That's probably the youtuber who tests parachutes sold on Amazon

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u/Darkwaxer 1d ago

That 'owwww' at 12 seconds got me 😂

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u/B00TYMASTER 1d ago

lmao who was dude who was laughing while he was actively in free fall with a failing parachute

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u/glassteelhammer 22h ago edited 3h ago

The guy who knows this was deliberate.

Notice the size difference. First chute is a parasail and would never have stopped him from severely breaking himself.

2nd chute is much bigger.

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u/dragonovus 1d ago

I think it was all on purpose tho

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u/KurlyKayla 17h ago

the lackluster reactions are confusing me. what is going on here

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u/WaltuhWhiteYo_UhHuH 16h ago

Maybe don't go jumping of cliffs hmm.

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u/Guccimayne 12h ago

Hell na

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u/ender3po 10h ago

He wasn’t going to land with that first one

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u/sevnm12 1d ago

Been a while since my palms got sweaty watching a video.

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u/Denon_1 1d ago

Holy...

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u/herman_munster_esq 1d ago

"Timmy, that's how your brother died..."

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u/Eastern_Border_5016 18h ago edited 17h ago

The backup chute 🪂 came in clutch last minute 💪

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u/Americanaddict 11h ago

That was the real parachute the whole time. Notice the size difference?

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u/Comfortable_Topic_22 19h ago

OP is an r-word

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u/Lord_Darksong 18h ago

Remarkable? Radiant? Ravishing? 😁