Baling out at high altitude.
If you bale out of an aircraft at high altitude (say 35,000 ft) and pull the rip cord immediately, is the opening shock any greater than if you free-falled (or is it free-fell!) and delayed opening the parachute to say 5000 ft? Disregard any question of use of oxygen etc. This is purely a question on the dynamics of high altitude versus low altitude opening of a parachute.