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Buck-Nasty t1_ir04xtf wrote

Seems to happen every week

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Amster_damnit_23 t1_ir07pqz wrote

That’s categorically false. Ten people died last year, out of more than 4 million jumps made. There are tons of sports and activities that are far more dangerous than skydiving. This is a rare occurrence. We don’t have all the details, so I won’t speculate on what dude did wrong, but fatalities in the sport are absolutely not a weekly occurrence.

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Buck-Nasty t1_ir084hu wrote

I think there's been six this year just around Ottawa and Toronto, maybe a freak year.

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Amster_damnit_23 t1_ir08jqq wrote

True fatalities? That surprises me. Especially given that (anecdotally) Canadian skydiving is stricter than USPA when it comes to safety. Not Canadian, but I’ve jumped in Gananoque, Montreal, and Quebec City. I was always impressed with how they ran their shit.

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JustAnotherDude1990 t1_ir0b1vl wrote

Nope, that is incorrect. You might have a cluster of accidents, especially in the warmer months, and especially in Canada where the majority of skydiving centers shut down during the winter. I know of the IG.Tiktok influencer chick that died doing it up in Canada, but she made some really, really dumb decisions with her parachute to end up in a fatality.

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