#skydivingfacts

When I learned how to skydive, I wondered what the lowest possible altitude was to open a parachute and still land safely – because the lower I would open my parachute, the longer I could enjoy the free fall. When I researched it, I was surprised by what I found out.

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Skydiving is one of the unforgettable experiences in which people are carried away and lose their feeling of time and speed. After a jump, many novice skydivers wonder about the different technical details of their jump. One of the most common questions is how fast does a parachute open?

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As a skydiver’s jump time approaches, his mind will spin with a whirlwind of excitement, nervousness, and fear so great that he will invariably feel the urge to pee. So how do skydivers handle this feeling?

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Once skydivers have fallen to 2,500 ft, they usually deploy their parachutes and we have all watched videos where it looks like the skydiver goes up during the deployment process. But is this actually true, do parachutes go up when opened?

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Are you thinking about ticking off one of the boxes on your bucket list and to go skydiving? You talk to your friends and family about it, and they are worried. You have heard that skydiving is safer than driving, but is this actually true?

Read the article here: https://enjoyfreefall.com/9-reasons-why-skydiving-is-safer-than-driving/

Going on a tandem jump is fun-filled and scary at the same time. A tandem jump normally lasts for about six minutes including one minute of freefall and about five minutes of the canopy ride. But how fast do you fall when tandem skydiving?

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Skydiving is quite scary for most people because you jump out of an airplane at 12,000ft and trust the parachute – basically a piece of nylon – to land safely. If the parachute and the back-up parachute do not work properly you will most certainly die. But how often do both parachutes actually fail?

Read the article here: https://enjoyfreefall.com/likelihood-of-a-double-parachute-failure-on-a-skydive/

Once skydivers have fallen to 2,500 ft, they usually deploy their parachutes and we have all watched videos where it looks like the skydiver goes up during the deployment process. But is this actually true, do parachutes go up when opened?

Read the article here: https://enjoyfreefall.com/do-parachutes-go-up-when-opened/