The Day CYPRES Saved My Life…. 1 Day, 1 DZ, 2 Independant saves

Some out of the ordinary also for us. CYPRES activation’s happen more often than you think. Some people feel ashamed or view a save as a result of personal inability. But viewing back at our history of saves, none of those would have ever believed that it will happen to them and a lot of the CYPRES saved happen to very … very, very experienced skydivers.

Recently, we received the notification about 2 saves at a DZ, which occurred on the same day, just a few hours apart.
One of the skydiver wants to keep his story to himself, which we absolutely respect.

But we’re even more happy to have the allowance to share the other save story from that 17th of May 2025.

Hi I’m Alisa,

I’m 24 years old and the incident was on my 80th jump. I’ve been in the sport since July 2024. My rig is a Teardrop with a 170 Speed reserve. My CYPRES is a changeable, set to Expert mode. Activation Altitude setting is at default.

On my first jump, I fell on my right shoulder on landing. I immediately noticed that it was out for a moment, but jumped back in on its own. As I wasn’t in any pain, I jumped a second time – and everything went smoothly.

On the third jump,

there was an incident just before the separation: We were in the fourway star, my arm was grabbed and I was slightly lower on break off than the person holding me.
At that moment, my shoulder dislocated again. I turned away as normal, but immediately felt the pain. I wanted to track, but that barely worked – the pain got worse and I became increasingly panicked.

I immediately tried to pull my main, but found that I couldn’t reach the hand deploy with my injured arm. I realized that I had to pull the reserve. I tried to reach for the handle with my left hand, but panicked and didn’t find it.

When I was at about 1300 feet, I took a look at the altimeter – and from then on, I did nothing more. I became very calm inside. I finished with my life at that moment. Memories of my life played like a movie in my head. I really thought I was going to die in a few seconds.
Suddenly my reserve was above me. I reflexively tried to grab the steering lines with both arms, but couldn’t because of my dislocated shoulder and landed at full speed.
But I was just grateful to be alive at all.

Quitting was never an option for me after this incident.

Thanks to the CYPRES team, I am still alive and can continue skydiving. Meanwhile I have done another 18 jumps.

I am very thankful for that!