Journal #90

A person is lying dead in the middle of a field. Four feet away is a backpack the contents of which was meant to save his life, but instead was the cause of his death. He did not intentionally kill himself and nobody else harmed him. he did not die of natural causes. What was the man carrying in his backpack?

The man was Skydiving. The parachute in the bag was supposed to help him fall slower.