{"id":25835,"date":"2020-06-04T08:02:01","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T08:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/?p=25835"},"modified":"2020-08-27T11:20:41","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T11:20:41","slug":"hook-knives-save-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/hook-knives-save-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Hook Knives Save Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Karl Carey recounts a situation where using his hook knife saved two lives&#8230; <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Relief.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25842\" width=\"860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Relief.jpg 604w, https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Relief-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><figcaption><em><span style=\"color:#f6f1ab\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Karl and his student, David, heading home safe and sound<\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">On the DZ I once heard someone ask a jumper, \u201cHow come you carry 3 hook knifes?\u201d <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cBecause I can&#8217;t fit any more on my rig \u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">True story: tandem calamity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>26 April 2008, Tandem Number 496 for me<\/li><li>My Tandem Student, David<\/li><li>Aircraft: Pilatus PC-6 Porter.<\/li><li>Exit Height: 10,000 feet<\/li><li>No outside camera<\/li><li>I did have Handycam (DV for those who remember) but I only got it working after stable flight under the reserve. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The jump<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exit and freefall were standard, straight down the tube. At 5,000 feet I pulled the drogue release, immediately as the drogue collapsed (normal for tandems) the freefall became faster (again normal for tandems). Usually following pulling the drogue release a canopy begins developing within 2 to 4 seconds. We simply got faster and faster, no canopy and nothing developing, we stayed in freefall in the normal belly to earth position.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was a High Speed Malfunction and believe me the speed is higher on a Tandem. Time to initiate Emergency Procedures. I cut away and deployed the reserve. Almost immediately we were brought to an upright position with a full clean reserve above us. Great, no problem, now let\u2019s locate the DZ and get home.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trouble&#8230;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suddenly I felt a tug behind me, I looked back and saw the bag of the main with the main still in the bag being towed behind us. My initial thought was why is that&nbsp; there? And then, THEN! The main began to open, I went to grab my cutaway but of course I had cutaway.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now think of your 3-ring system, a superb system that you think works perfectly. When your lines are extended vertically and you have a bag lock, a line over or some other malfunction when the lines are extended and you are acting as a weight directly below the problem, yes it will perform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Relief-detail.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Relief-detail.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Relief-detail-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Relief-detail-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption><em><span style=\"color:#f6f1ab\" class=\"has-inline-color\">The &#8216;blocked&#8217; 3-ring system detail<\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Try (on the ground) lying flat to simulate your freefall position, now cutaway, stand up and have someone extend your main bag directly behind you, not above you. Will the 3-ring system perform?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those who know Tandems and pack Tandems will know that the 3-ring system can get caught in itself usually after landing when the risers and lines become slack ie, not in a vertical position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This may have happened in my situation? Whatever the reason I had cutaway but the risers did not disengage. Examine the photos.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suddenly we were in a downplane, both canopies open in a spin towards the ground. I had cutaway, we are both 100% going to die if this situation is not rectified. What do you do?<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your last line of defence is your Hook Knife, you have to do everything, use everything, exhaust all options before you smack in killing 2 people and becoming a forgotten statistic.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p> Your last line of defence is your Hook Knife&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I reached for my Hook Knife and remember we are spinning quite fast at this stage. Look towards the lines, what do I cut??!! <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quickly the realisation that the reserve lines must be the clean bright white lines meant I had to cut and cut and cut every non bright new line I could see. It took a good 5 to 7 cuts until we again became upright under a stable reserve. The feeling of knowing we were going to make it was and will always be indescribable.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p> The feeling of knowing we were going to make it was and will always be indescribable&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I put the Hook Knife in my mouth and took control of my steering toggles; David asked me if we were ok? I told him we were fine and heading for the DZ, he couldn\u2019t hear properly what I said as I had the knife in my mouth, I passed the knife to him and said, \u201chere, hold that\u201d. David stopped asking questions.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Heading-Home.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25843\" width=\"860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Heading-Home.jpg 604w, https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Heading-Home-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><figcaption><em><span style=\"color:#f6f1ab\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Relief in every line of Karl&#8217;s face<\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Safe home \ud83d\ude42<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tandem masters and instructors on the DZ have said,<em> ah&#8230; he must have had the drogue wrapped around his legs or there had to be a problem prior to drogue release.<\/em> Some still maintain that opinion today. What I have stated above is exactly how it happened and  those who know me know that I really don\u2019t care what anyone else thinks or opinions formed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I went on to complete a further 1,400 Tandems with a further 4 cutaways without having to use any of my Hook Knives.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thought for the Day<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not only are you a fool and irresponsible if you do not carry at least 1 Hook Knife on each skydive but you could very quickly become a Dead Fool!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/cutting-to-the-chase\/\">Cutting to the Chase<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/A-intro-pic-Adrian-Bowles-FI.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24727\" width=\"430\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/A-intro-pic-Adrian-Bowles-FI.jpg 860w, https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/A-intro-pic-Adrian-Bowles-FI-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/A-intro-pic-Adrian-Bowles-FI-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/A-intro-pic-Adrian-Bowles-FI-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What types of hook knives are available, which ones will do the job and which ones you might as well throw away!   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