Amazing @art-mess, just amazing! How on earth (or... in the air actually) does that instructor manage to make pictures and video while getting you both safely to the ground..? Must have been wonderful, I know it was!
I parachuted once, long ago, with my dad. We didn't do the free-fall bit and we jumped from 3000 feet with a parachute that opens automatically a couple of meters after the jump (long line attached to plane). We did however make our first jump a solo jump and we had a couple of training sessions on the ground before we went up. We were scheduled for 5 jumps that day, with the last one being a duo-jump with freefall...
We never made that. We quit after the first jump, because dad failed to "flare" properly right before the landing, and he broke both his legs, with one foot hanging to one side in a nasty 90 degree angle...
This was for me one of the most exciting experiences I ever had, and I'm glad you got to show me how that last jump would have been like! :-) And don't get me wrong: even dad breaking his legs was an adventure; tragic, but an adventure nonetheless: we were "rescued" by an ambulance that had to cut all the barbed wires between the nearest road and the place dad landed, were then put on a rescue-speedboat where I had the privelege to stay with the captain while dad was given emergency treatment, and back on the mainland we were picked up by the hospital helicopter to rush him to the hospital...
Thanks, for the post and for bringing back some great memories! I truly hope you will get a chance to get that license! And please keep reporting on your progress here :-)
Thanks for stopping by and sharing your skydiving story @zyx066.
He had a go pro attached to his hand.
It sounds like you and your dad did have quite an adventure. Sorry to hear about his legs. OUCH!. I was really surprised how soft our landing was. I guess that comes with experience
I'm looking forward to doing solo jumps.