You are funny Forkie.
Here is a well written article..... they let the pilots words get printed.
'PLANE' LUCKY: pilot and passenger walk away from crash | Daily Liberal
Seems he made a calculated decision, and stuck to his plan. Can't criticise that.
The decission to ride out a canopy descent into a flat field is interesting, they were looking for farm strips, but decided the chute was a better option. At least they flew it to an area where a chute deployment would be optimal
I would hope I thought that clearly too.