jn1 said..
Hey CT. What if you needed to get down in a hurry ? (for whatever reason). Would pulling the safety line be a bad idea ?
Very bad idea! With a paraglider to get down quickly you have two options, speed bar to increase angle of attack, or pulling the outer lines to collapse the wing tips.
With a kite your only option is to extend the bar which acts a bit like a speed bar control, or turn the kite to drop height.
I have done some high and long gliding with snowkites and I would use a carabiner into a climbing harness rather than chicken loop (that was not an LEI kite though so behaves more like a paraglider).
It looks like he has a suicide setup so if he did pop the safety he would be still be powered.
