| I made my first tandem skydive in March of 2000 at Skydive Arizona just before leaving for a new job in Austin, TX. And a little over a year later, in June of 2001, I finally talked a group from work into trying it and made another tandem jump. |
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| A buddy from work was also interested in continuing on to get licensed. So we made two more tandems, went through ground school, and began the AFF (accelerated free-fall) course. I eventually received my A, B and C licenses, and was able to jump from several other drop zones and had a lot of great experiences. |
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| Click on any of the links in the left menu to check out my logs, photos or videos. Below are some miscellaneous stats of my skydiving experiences. You can see just the jumps for a particular category or drop zone by clicking on a category or drop zone name below. |
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| I've made 172 jumps so far. More details on the types of jumps, and total free-fall time in the air, are shown below. |
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| Skydiving is a fairly safe sport as long as you pay attention, always check and double check your gear, and never become complacent. It is, however, very unforgiving of mistakes and/or errors. About 30 +/- people die each year on average, which is a relatively small number given the number of jumps made each year. These accounts are detailed on the Skydiving Fatalities site for others to hopefully learn from and avoid repeating the same mistakes. |
