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Let me just say, that before doing this i was “extremely” scared of both Flying and heights. So for me to climb aboard a small little propeller Cesna plane and then Jump was hitting two birds in one stone for me. And these are my post-jump pointers;

1 – Those of you afraid of the “stomach feeling” you get when on a roller coaster can rest assured that this does not happen in sky diving with the exception of literally just the first 3-5 seconds. That Stomach feeling usually happens when your body is adjusting to sudden acceleration but as i stated after the first 3 seconds it feels nothing like a roller coaster, it really does feel like your stationary and that wind is being blasted at you, or it could be described as sleeping on a cushion of air.

2 – Fear of heights – the higher you are the less scarier it is. This is because if you were to jump from a building you have points of reference which remind you of how high you are or how fast you are falling such as floor getting closer, buildings zooming by. But when your falling from 12,000 feet you dont appear to be getting closer to the ground and theres no point of reference to show you how fast you are falling, You only free fall for a maximum of 40-50 seconds and in that time everything looks the same in the air.

3 – its very safe, well as they joke about in sky diving, statistically you have a higher chance of having an accident on the road whilst driving to the Sky diving club. In the air you have your first parachute, and your reserve, plus you have a nice little machine which automatically deploys the parachute at a certain point if it hasn’t been manually deployed.

4 – Breathing is not a problem whilst in Free fall. I must admit it is a bit difficult to breathe and i did have to exert a certain amount of effort just to force air into my lungs but like i said since the free fall doesn’t last too long its not a problem at all.

Final point – Have fun!!
Its really not scary, honestly the hardest part is getting in the plane and getting ready to jump since thats when all sorts of thoughts race through your head and you start to get really nervous, but once the instructor rocks back, then forth and away from the plane you quickly realize that theres nothing to fear and once it becomes clear that its just like floating in air you quickly become relaxed and capable of smiling at the camera guy, and thumbs up etc.

I know the statement ‘theres nothing to fear but fear itself’ has been overused a lot but in this case it really really does apply. I honestly think that i’ve been much more scared in some roller coasters and theme park rides than i have been whilst skydiving. Don’t get me wrong, there was a tremendous amount of fear built up before the actual jump, but after the jump fear was replaced with a great amount of adrenaline rush.

Note: My jump was done in the UAE near dubai. I was lucky enough to do it at sunset so i had the most beautiful views to look at whilst jumping.

Let me just say, that before doing this i was “extremely” scared of both Flying and heights. So for me to climb aboard a small little propeller Cesna plane and then Jump was hitting two birds in one stone for me. And these are my post-jump pointers;

1 – Those of you afraid of the “stomach feeling” you get when on a roller coaster can rest assured that this does not happen in sky diving with the exception of literally just the first 3-5 seconds. That Stomach feeling usually happens when your body is adjusting to sudden acceleration but as i stated after the first 3 seconds it feels nothing like a roller coaster, it really does feel like your stationary and that wind is being blasted at you, or it could be described as sleeping on a cushion of air.

2 – Fear of heights – the higher you are the less scarier it is. This is because if you were to jump from a building you have points of reference which remind you of how high you are or how fast you are falling such as floor getting closer, buildings zooming by. But when your falling from 12,000 feet you dont appear to be getting closer to the ground and theres no point of reference to show you how fast you are falling, You only free fall for a maximum of 40-50 seconds and in that time everything looks the same in the air.

3 – its very safe, well as they joke about in sky diving, statistically you have a higher chance of having an accident on the road whilst driving to the Sky diving club. In the air you have your first parachute, and your reserve, plus you have a nice little machine which automatically deploys the parachute at a certain point if it hasn’t been manually deployed.

4 – Breathing is not a problem whilst in Free fall. I must admit it is a bit difficult to breathe and i did have to exert a certain amount of effort just to force air into my lungs but like i said since the free fall doesn’t last too long its not a problem at all.

Final point – Have fun!!
Its really not scary, honestly the hardest part is getting in the plane and getting ready to jump since thats when all sorts of thoughts race through your head and you start to get really nervous, but once the instructor rocks back, then forth and away from the plane you quickly realize that theres nothing to fear and once it becomes clear that its just like floating in air you quickly become relaxed and capable of smiling at the camera guy, and thumbs up etc.

I know the statement ‘theres nothing to fear but fear itself’ has been overused a lot but in this case it really really does apply. I honestly think that i’ve been much more scared in some roller coasters and theme park rides than i have been whilst skydiving. Don’t get me wrong, there was a tremendous amount of fear built up before the actual jump, but after the jump fear was replaced with a great amount of adrenaline rush.

Note: My jump was done in the UAE near dubai. I was lucky enough to do it at sunset so i had the most beautiful views to look at whilst jumping.