<p dir="ltr">I have a question which may seem a *trifle* unusual. But I think that I'm more likely to get an answer from this list than anywhere else.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Could an eleven-foot-tall SIZ 37 great troll in iron platemail, carrying a troll maul, a greatsword, and a backpack, using a standard WWII paratrooper parachute, successfully parachute to a landing if he started from from 500 miles up the Spill Mountains (i. e. the rim) of the Ringworld?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Also, what would be the effects and strain of a 500-mile parachute jump, both on the troll and the parachute? I've never parachuted at all, so I don't know. It seems to me that the seams and straps might break?</p>
<p dir="ltr">And did they use silk or nylon for parachutes back then?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Thanks!</p>