Military HALO divers...how do they wear their fins before hitting the water?

[jplacson]

Ok, I know this is a weird question, but I was just wondering where they keep their fins during the skydive? I remember in a movie once (I think it was 007) where the fins were sort of strapped to the calves upside down (foot pocket was by the ankles, fin was by the back of the knee)

I was just curious how it was mounted to the leg this way.

:lol:

 

[Waterborne]

The only HALO diver I knew would strap his fins onto his legs with duct tape. He would put the foot pocket by the ankle and run the fin up the outside of his lower leg. Two strips of tape, top and bottom was all that was needed to secure it. He said the only movie to accurately describe it was Navy SEALS, the one with Charlie Sheen in it.

 

[jplacson]

Oh ok... :lol: thanks... I thought there was some weird contraption they had to swing the fins from the back of their leg onto their foot.