Before the Jump

The sport of skydiving starts long before you’re in the airplane getting ready to jump and even if you have taken all the required lessons and are simply out for a fun dive, there are still some things that you always need to keep in mind before it comes to the fun of the freefall.

While on the ground, one of the most important things to remember is to never be late. You will most likely not be the only one jumping when you go and the other twenty people in the airplane won’t wait just because you’re running late. Also make sure that you know exactly how the jump will go, whether it’s your first or your fiftieth, before  you get into the plane. When you’re in the plane is no time to be sorting out the details so make sure you can picture it perfectly in your head before boarding. One thing that you can do in the plane is back out and that again is whether it’s the first of fiftieth jump. Sometimes you just don’t feel it when you get up there and it’s perfectly okay to go back down with the plane.