[quote=benedict]HAHAHAHA! I can second that, but from another direction. I did the first several jumps in the AFF course, but then I got back into sailing and could only afford one or the other. I picked sailing. But those jumps stuck with me. One of my mentors told me NEVER to jump with loose straps at the crotch. "Why?" I asked. "Because it feels like someone kicked you in the nads if you do."
My current job involves a lot of work in high places. Any time we go up, we wear fall protection. The harness I use, a DBI Sala Exofit, looks exactly like a parachute harness without the container and risers. I'm picky about my harness, and don't really appreciate it when someone grabs mine instead of theirs, and then proceeds to change all my strap settings. People laughed at how tight I keep the leg straps until I told them the skydiving story. A lot of harnesses got a lot tighter after that!
So far it's been academic, though. I don't think we've had a single fall since I started working here ten years ago. I'm happy to keep it that way!
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