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IMPORTANT:
- Each new combination of emergency parachute and harness or emergency parachute container to be assembled for the first time should be
checked to ensure that the emergency parachute can be correctly deployed, by an official harness or emergency parachute dealer, or by a
flight instructor. Emergency parachute deployment should be perfectly feasible from the normal flying position.
2.1.4- Reserve parachute deployment
It is vital to feel periodically for the position of the reserve parachute deployment handle during normal flight, so that the action of reaching
for the reserve parachute handle becomes instinctive in an emergency.
In emergency situations, the deployment procedure is as follows:
Look for the reserve parachute handle and grasp it firmly with one hand.
Pull the handle outwards in order to extract the reserve parachute from the harness container. Look for a clear area, and, in a continuous
motion, throw the reserve parachute away from yourself and the paraglider. After the reserve parachute has opened, avoid entanglement by
pulling in the paraglider, gripping at least one D line, or the brake lines, in order to collapse the glider. On landing, adopt an upright body
position, and ensure that you perform a PLF (Parachute Landing Fall) to minimize the risk of injury.
2.1.5- Back storage pocket
To reach the back storage pocket, first of all you have to completely open the zip on the aerodynamic part of the harness towards the rear,
and then turn over the aerodynamic tip. This will provide access to the storage pocket, which is opened by means of another zip.
This pocket was specially designed with a size and shape suitable for a pair of telescopic walking poles (maximum length 67 cm in the L size),
as well as the rucsac and a windcheater jacket: in other words, the equipment required by a hiker. The tips of the telescopic walking poles
should be inserted into the metal grommets at the bottom of the pocket, as shown in the photo. To close the pocket and the aerodynamic part
of the harness, just close the two zips.
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