Carol Murray
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And they said, no, you have to make sure it's safe first.
that it's good.
And I was like, okay, fine.
They never told me that if I touch those toggles and then need the reserve backup chute, there's a strong chance that I'm going to be in trouble and all the straps are going to tangle and collapse.
And that's exactly what happened.
My peer chute was malfunctioned.
I pulled the toggles and then they tangled and collapsed with the reserve chute.
But they never told me the consequences of my error in training.
Wow.
Wow.
Lots of little lessons, I think, that are valuable in life that I'm honored to share with people.
So I will tell you that I don't remember jumping, but I didn't have to pull the main parachute.
They have a system that it takes care of itself.
Okay.
Some parachute companies use static lines.
There was something else.
It was just like a smaller parachute that was attached to the main one.
Maybe the size of like, remember those little toy soldiers that had the parachutes on them when we were little kids?
Yeah.
So about that size.