The Situated Management of Safety during Risky Sport: Learning from Skydivers’ Courses of Experience

Table 4. Description of the sequence “To deploy the parachute”.

	Activity
	Representamen	Action Units	Interpretant
René	Beep of the altisound Distance of the others	Pulls upward on the handle	Feels comfortable
René	Tension on the harness Form of the parachute	Has a brief look at the parachute	All is OK
Laurent	Beep of the altisound Distance of the others	Pulls upward on the handle	Monitors the deployment
Laurent	Tension on the harness Form of the parachute	Watches the deployment of the parachute	All is OK, thus feels calm and safe
Bertrand	Beep of the altisound	Pulls upward on the handle	Needs to monitor the deployment
Bertrand	Completeness of material	Gathers the scattered secondary material	Feels relaxed
Eric	Beep of altisound Position of the others	Pulls upward on the handle	A little bit anxious about a possible twist in the parachute
Eric	Tension on the harness Form of the parachute	Watches the deployment of the parachute	Feels satisfied but frustrated by the end of the fall