Re: [BadExit] No reserve - a philosophy, a cost saving or what?
I’m late to the semantics convention, but to answer your actual original questions.
Does anyone BASE jump with a reserve?
No one actively I know of, but possibly a couple, very few if any
CAN anyone jump with a reserve?
Yes, but there’s nothing base specific currently being built I know of. Old systems have been discussed by other rambling posts.
Should anyone jump with a reserve?
This question has been debated many times over many years on here. Cost, additional weight, and lack of time on many types of jumps are some of the factors. It’s been done, it didn’t catch on, likely for a variety of reasons already discussed, and we’ll have this same discussing in a couple more years too.
Why don't you?
I rarely pull high enough where I’d feel comfortable cutting away (I don’t even exit much at altitudes I’d feel comfortable cutting away). I choose big docile parachutes I can land with minor malfunctions as needed. I have lineover toggles and hookknifes that could help improve more severe malfunctions. For me and 99.9% of base jumpers, this seems to work.
Back to arguing what the definition of “is” is.
