The Joy of the Jump!

Why people jump out of a perfectly good airplane can only be fully understood once you have done it and can never be fully explained in words. After I made my first jump I felt like I could do anything! It was amazing, and for the first time I understood why this sport is addictive. You don't need drugs, it is absolutely the most amazing experience. The rush you get in the free fall, followed by the absolute silence after the canopy opens. And every time I jump, it can only get better and more enjoyable.

Benefit of Tandem Jumping

After making my first skydive a tandem jump, (but I sat through the static line class before that jump), I have definatley decided there are benefits to making your first jump out of an airplane with a professional and a tandem rig!!!

1) It is harder to chicken out. In my case, I was strapped to a guy bigger than I am and where he went, I went. There was very little time after the door opened and we jumped out of the plane. I had no time to think about how crazy what it was that I was leaving a perfectly good airplane at 10,000 feet! This was a good thing.

2) You get to enjoy the ride. The person I jumped with is currenlty breaking the 1,800 jump mark. They know what they are doing. That brings a sense of calm to you as you are doing something many would say is crazy.

3) The landing. You don't necassarily realize how quickly you come to the ground after a jump until you are doing it. And if you don't flare at the right time the landing could be kinda rough. And even before you get that far, you might totally miss the landing area. This whole thing scare me a bit about going it alone, but with the help of someone, your first jump, and landing can be very pleasant. My first landing was stand up.

So I must say, I think going tandem your first time out would increase the likely hood someone will think Sky Diving is awesome and be hooked from then on!!!