Shift R not working!

Ugh, this is a really annoying problem. Shift+R is supposed to select a row, I’m doing the parachute tutorial here: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro/Modeling_a_3D_Parachute_in_Blender

For some reason, no matter what I do I cannot get it to select a row, be it in line select mode or vertex select mode. I figure I’m doing something wrong.

The .blend is attached

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parachuteWIP1.blend (141 KB)

See a keymap here

Alt+right mouse button selects edge loops / face loops, try that.
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:Manual/Modelling/Meshes/Edge_and_Face_Tools

Richard

alt+rmb worked. thanks!