Re: HAHO

[Arclight <arclight@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 15:38 17.08.2001 -0500, Gareth Livergood wrote:

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>    First, I am going to assume that you mean 30000 feet not 30 kilometers

Nope, I am not that familiar with "feet" as a lenght measurement ;)

>(30km is about 120000 ft., a guy jumped from a balloon near that altitude,
>but he was wearing the equivilant of a space suit and still the trip nearly
>killed him).  The temp at 30000 is around -40 to -60* F.

How "much" ;) is that in degree celsius?

>   I don't know the
>specifics of survival at those temps, however frostbite and worse are a very
>seriouse concern.  The water vapor in your lungs could freeze if breathing
>in that cold of air.  The tears could freeze, skin freezes near these temps.
>These temps can be encountered in the arctic and antarctic and sometimes
>furthur south into southern Canada and the Dakotas during nasty winters.
>Survival is tricky on the ground, at altitude, in a 120mph freefall.

So some kind of insulating suit would be needed, with enough air to reach a 
secure height.

>     I don't know any specifics of the HAHO parachutes, except they would be
>the parafoil style and probably oversized, other than that I don't know.

Ok...

Arclight