As a skydiver I would admit that the content of this article is a time-wasting bullshit. Here is a real world scenario:
1) you'll knock out either because of lack of oxygen or because of a violent spin
2) you'll freeze to death
3) you won't be able to position yourself properly or fly in a particular direction because of lack of training, so you'll hit the ground at a random place so hard that you'll die.
What I would do is flip to my back not to shock myself with the view of the earth coming at 120mph, relax and wait.
Towel huh. The speed difference is so big, that you'll never see a towel, that happened to fall off the same airplane as you.
There was a case in Russia not so long ago when a cameraman, who happened to be a very experienced skydiver, fell off a helicopter. He managed to drive himself towards a pond but died immediately because of water impact. The hit was so hard that his jumping suit was almost stripped off his body.
1) you'll knock out either because of lack of oxygen or because of a violent spin
2) you'll freeze to death
3) you won't be able to position yourself properly or fly in a particular direction because of lack of training, so you'll hit the ground at a random place so hard that you'll die.
What I would do is flip to my back not to shock myself with the view of the earth coming at 120mph, relax and wait.
Towel huh. The speed difference is so big, that you'll never see a towel, that happened to fall off the same airplane as you.
There was a case in Russia not so long ago when a cameraman, who happened to be a very experienced skydiver, fell off a helicopter. He managed to drive himself towards a pond but died immediately because of water impact. The hit was so hard that his jumping suit was almost stripped off his body.