Friday Freakout: Skydiver Has Horseshoe Malfunction + Bridle Wrapped Around Foot!

Get your TEEM gear here: For licensing/usage please contact licensing@ and reference CS-000409 ___________________________________ *** What happened *** A few seconds after exiting, this skydiver felt something hitting his leg — it was his main canopy in the d-bag! He knew his pilot chute was still in the BOC and realized he had a horseshoe malfunction, so he tried throwing his pilot chute but it wrapped around his leg. He kept attempting to clear the pilot chute — even removing his shoe to see if it would help — until his audible altimeter told him he was at 5,000 ft. He then went through his emergency procedures by cutting away and pulling his reserve. Fortunately, there was no entanglement between main and reserve and he was under canopy by 3,000 ft. A horseshoe malfunction (and losing a shoe) makes for a very “exciting“ 187th jump. Great job on keeping calm, trying to clear the wrap and following emergency procedures.