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Old 24th Apr 2016, 06:29
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Keg

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I was at the game and was amazed at the wind. Cloud was pretty low too. I'm no parachutist but suspected it wa close to limits.

The really interesting thing was the southerly on top of the stands and the nor-easter at ground level. Even then the way the ground level smoke swirled around at times was very intriguing. Ultimately that's what looked like brought the poor RB undone. He was looking good and then near instantaneously about 30' up it looked like his chute just stalled.

From the outset he was static and I was quite worried as I'd suspected he'd been knocked out and with the speed he'd hit I suspected broken bones. From where I was I'm surprised there wasn't a broken collar bone as well.

Anyway, a broken pelvis is no doubt a painful thing but I'm just glad it was t a lot worse.
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