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Bill Booth (born 1946 in Coral Gables, Florida) [1] is an American engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur in the skydiving equipment manufacturing industry. His invention of the 3-ring release safety device has enhanced skydiving safety. He founded the companies United Parachute Technologies and Complete Parachute Solutions, which had 150 ...
The 3-ring release system is a parachute component that is widely used by sport skydivers and military freefall parachutists to attach the two risers of a main parachute to the harness that bears the load under the parachute. Invented in its original large ring form by Bill Booth, [1] and subsequently scaled down for thinner Type 17 webbing ...
Network. History. Release. August 22, 2010. (2010-08-22) –. present. Swamp People is an American reality television series that was first broadcast on History on August 22, 2010. The show follows the day-to-day activities of alligator hunters living in the swamps of the Atchafalaya River Basin who hunt American alligators for a living.
Risk compensation. Skydiver Bill Booth 's second rule states that "The safer skydiving gear becomes, the more chances skydivers will take, in order to keep the fatality rate constant." [1] Risk compensation is a theory which suggests that people typically adjust their behavior in response to perceived levels of risk, becoming more careful where ...
Bill Jordan (outdoorsman) Bill Jordan is the creator of the Realtree and Advantage brands of camouflage and the host of the Monster Bucks video series and the Realtree Outdoors television show. [1][2][3] He has made numerous appearances on outdoor television shows and has produced and assisted many up and coming leaders in the hunting industry.
Realtree Outdoors, known in full as Bill Jordan's Realtree Outdoors, is an outdoors hunting show in the United States. [1] The series debuted in 1993 and has become the top-rated, longest-running hunting show on TV. The show now runs on the Outdoor Channel, with new episodes airing weekly. [2]
Drive-in theater. A drive-in theater/theatre or drive-in cinema is a form of cinema structure consisting of a large outdoor movie screen, a projection booth, a concession stand, and a large parking area for automobiles. Within this enclosed area, customers can view movies from the privacy and comfort of their cars.
A Walk in the Woods. A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail is a 1998 travel book by the writer Bill Bryson, chronicling his attempt to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail during the spring and summer of 1996. For much of his journey, Bryson was accompanied by his friend Matt Angerer (pseudonymously called "Stephen Katz ...