hey Simon,
Thanks for the reply. I had no idea the lines were that tough!
I seem to remember a video of a guy who had spun around maybe 20 times, so the lines were completely wrapped up. He had lots of altitude but was dropping fast and was trying to pull the wing in close to throw the reserve, it looked bloody tough, but im sure the human body can do great things in that kind of situation, IF you dont just freeze lol.
So from what you said, i would assume the only real option is to pull in the wing as much as possible before throwning the reserve?
If you ever get a chance to do a video, that would be really interesting.