From what I can see at: http://www.skydivingstunts.com/Pages/chuteless.html the guy in orange only has a left hand on his parachute pack...what I'd like to know is whether or not he had a hand on it from the get go or did the guy in white have to bring it to him? From the initial shot and the proximity of the plane I would say he had a hand on it the whole time. A truly 'chuteless' jump would be for him to jump out without the pack then have his buddy count to ten and then catch up to him...scares the living daylights out of me w/ or without, though I'd like to do it someday. With a pack placed securely on my back from takeoff that is! dlb On Saturday, January 4, 2003, at 11:05 AM, RStmarie@aol.com wrote:

Brent the little chute you saw on the Arizona web site may be a hand held drogue chute.  I'll have to go look.  Lots of jumpers prefer it for the near instantaneous deployment of the main, and fewer malfunctions, when compared to the older "rip cord" type that is deployed with an internal spring propelled drogue packed in the back of the pack on top of the main chute.  Patrick, set me straight on that, you would know.  I know all base jumpers (people who jump off towers, bridges, large rocks) all use the hand deployed drogue.