H.A.L.O. Parachuting Training

Sometimes, limits should be challenged. There is nothing so exhilarating as breaking them and expanding character.

When you feel fear you know it means: get ready because you’re about to grow, and move to the next level.

The experience that lies within a person who has surpassed its previous limits can be projected in all areas of life, encouraging advancement and improvement. As more challenges are achieved a very important habit settles deeply in one’s spirit: easiness to succeed. And due to the fact that life itself is a chain of challenges, this is of the utmost importance to lead a thriving existence.

THE VIRTUOUS CIRCLE

The achieved challenge generates a very particular excitement that encourages to undertake new ones. The experienced success triggers confidence to leave the comfort zone and give the first new step. Success calls for more success, because each accomplishment can strengthen the person’s motivation. In the process, skills are learned and self efficacy consolidates. This results in the development of a triumphant personality that can project those acquired traits and reflexes in all areas of life.

This scheme follows in the tradition of german educational investigator Kurt Hahn, in that people are seen as capable of much more than they generally realize, but that due to post-industrial values and lifestyles in modern Western society, there is much less real physical risk and danger, resulting in fewer opportunities for people to discover their inner capabilities.

THE APEX PROGRAM: H.A.L.O. PARACHUTING

Arton offers specific out of the ordinary programs, that test the participant's limits and offers a tangible experience of achievement.

The content of the programmes varies. At this time, we offer the High Altitude Low Opening parachute jump. It is one of the more extreme activities that man can attemp. It is in the same realm as space fligh, deep diving or polar expeditions.

Arton provides the preparation courses, imparted by experienced military personnel. The jumps are performed in the United States, in one of the only places in the world that make this type of skydiving available to civilians.

REQUIREMENTS

1. Licensed skydiver with about 200 low altitude jumps.
2. Have current (within 12 months) FAA class III (3) medical certificate or equivalent.
3. Your skydiving rig must have an in date (current) AAD. If you choose to use our rigs, you will meet this requirement, however we prefer that you use your own equipment (rig) because your comfort and confidence levels will be maximized.
4. Must be in good health.

• We will have 6 MC-4s and MC-5s equipped with AADs for your use. You will need an extended orientation if you choose to use our rigs.
• We provide you with a HGU 55/P ballistic helmet, MC-4 or 5 Halo/Haho parachute assembly, Airox VIII O2 regulator, and Twin 53 or Twin 22 bailout bottle assemblies.

OPERATIONAL DETAILS

ALTITUDE:
Normal variations in barometric pressure can change the exit altitude plus or minus 300' above ground level. Jumpers should set their altimeters to ZERO at takeoff and should not adjust their altimeters during the flight to Exit Altitude. At high altitudes it is not uncommon to see differences as large as plus or minus 500' between typical skydiving altimeters. Jumpers MUST NOT set their altimeters from the aircraft altimeter. Skydiving altimeters will usually stop recording at some point on the climb - needles will stop moving or digital displays will go blank. They usually will start working on the way back down. FREE FALL time from 18,000 is approximately 1 minute and twenty seconds, 22,000 - 1'40" and 30,000 - 2 minutes. These again are approximates and can vary plus or minus 10 seconds.
Your Ears:
Another aspect of High Altitude jumping is the fact that the decreased atmospheric pressure will require that each jumper continuously equalize (EQ) his or her ear pressure during the accent and in freefall. Although rare, failure to EQ your ears can result in a very painful EQing after opening and or a ruptured ear drum. Jumpers can equalize by simulating a chewing motion, yawning motion, or by pinching the nose and with the mouth closed attempting to blow air from the mouth. This will be practiced during your training. (Valsalva techniques)

OXYGEN SYSTEM:
Six-man portable Pre-Breathing 02 console, manufactured by American Safety Flight Systems, Inc. This console will provide 100% oxygen to six jumpers for one hour. MBU 12/P or MBU 5/p demand oxygen mask, CRU 60 O2 manifold and or Airox VIII demand regulator, twin 22 bailout bottles (12-15 minutes of air in FREE FALL) or twin 53 bailout bottles (45 minutes). The masks have an FAA TSO and are certified 40,000 feet. These mask are very expensive, so please take care that they are not damaged.

PHYSIOLOGY OF HYPOXIA:
Cause: Deficiency in the amount of oxygen that reaches the body's tissue. (e.g. exposure to altitude with progressively insufficient oxygen at higher cabin pressure altitudes).
Effect: The central nervous system, brain and other organs cannot function properly.
Contributing Factors: Smoking, alcohol, drugs (including antihistamines, antihistaitanes, tranquilizers, sedatives, and analgesics), anemia, carbon monoxide, fatigue and anxiety.
Manifestation: It is impossible to predict when or where hypoxia will occur during a given flight or how it will manifest itself, particularly if it occurs gradually.
Symptoms:
1. Increased sense of well-being (referred to as Euphoria) or belligerence.
2. Rapid breathing.
3. Slow reactions.
4. Impaired thinking ability.
5. Unusual fatigue.
6. Dull headache.
7. Warm or tingling sensation.
8. Sweating.
9. Loss or reduced vision.
10. Blue discoloration of the fingernails and lips.

NOTE: The symptoms are slow but progressive, insidious in onset and marked at altitudes above 10,000 feet.

ALTITUDE AND PERFORMANCE:
Performance can seriously deteriorate within 15 minutes at 15,000 feet. Night vision can be impaired starting as low as 5,000 feet. Heavy smokers may experience early symptoms of hypoxia at lower altitudes.

Fees: u$s 9.500/u$s 15.476 - Duration: 1/3 jumps - Venue: Delaware, U.S.A.
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