Friday Freakout: Premature Toggle Fire Wraps Around Skydiver’s Arm In Freefall

Subscribe here for more aerial awesomeness from Teem! For licensing/usage please contact licensing@ and reference CS-000383 ___________________________________ *** What happened *** While working on “solo head-down,“ this skydiver had a premature toggle fire in freefall that briefly wrapped around his arm. The toggle fire was sketchy enough, not to mention punching through clouds or wearing a t-shirt that could have covered his handles. After he deployed his main, the unstowed toggle – predictably – resulted in his canopy not flying straight and in some minor line twists. He quickly reached up, unstowed the other toggle, and managed to get everything under control. *** Why did it happen *** Equipment We don’t know anything about the equipment that was being used here but an immediate question that comes to mind is whether this rig was freefly-friendly. Another related question is whether this was po