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[Multimedia] Me and my fiances first tandem skydive. Both legally blind since birth. (youtube.com)
submitted by BARDLover
lsw998 1 points 7y ago
That sounds awesome! Definitely on my list of things to do... and soon.
Skateplatypus 1 points 7y ago
What did it feel like?
BARDLover [OP] 1 points 7y ago
You're in a little plane, about 3 or 4 feet high. You're on your butt on the floor, and you can easily touch the roof.

They open the door, and people take turns scooting to the edge, and falling out.

As soon as you put your feed out, you feel the wind hit you.

You put heals against the belly of the plane, lean your head back on to your guides shoulder, and cross your arms.

The only indicator for me that we were now falling was the lack of a plane pressed against my feet.

There is no sudden acceleration as you might imagine.

The wind is just like a massive pillow that you're laying on.

At this point, you keep your legs back, your hips low, your head up, and spread your arms, so, put them straight out, then bend your elbows at 90 degrees to be facing the same direction as your head. Head still up.

It's amazing.

The chute opens, and it feels like rope unwinding from your back, a few short tugs, nothing major, and then you're hanging there.

After that, it's just like flying.

The guide has, and may give you, two "toggles", which are ropes attached to the chute. Their thick and padded, real comfortable to hold.

Pull left to go left, the harder you pull, the fater your turn, pull right to do the same, but to the right.

Pull them both slightly to slow down, or yank them down to just stop in mid air. You are just sitting, in mid air, miles up from the Earth, and it is the most spectacular part. Kind of scary, but so thrilling and exciting.

The landing was a bit rough for me, but that was my fault.

You pull your feet up, kind of like curling in to a ball, and you land on your butt.

Well, I thought he puts his feet down, then I put mine down, so mine weren't quite high enough. My feet hit before my butt, so they got a bit of a shock, but not enough to slow me down. I was perfectly fine. However if you were to have your legs straight down, and land all your weight on them, it probably could hurt you.

So, all in all, I would highly recommend it.
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