Maxwell's AM6

[4Kingdoms]

For some reason I have had this urge to go skydiving recently, and to then learn how to do basejumping. I'm pretty scared of heights and it is for this reason that I am craving the desire to get up on top of a tall building and to freefall with nothing but a parachute. I'm pretty sure I'd shit my pants standing on the ledge, but I really want to challenge myself to do it. But the first step is to tandem skydive for the first time and I've been talking with my brother about heading to one of those skydiving places.

I live in South Florida, USA and I went skydiving once. I was told that after you jump out of the plane for the first time, ONE of two things will happen.
1) You want to go back to the plane and jump again 2) It will be no big deal and never jump out of a plane again. For me it was #2.

I learned that day, of course these are the rules where I live, Safety is very important so you are required to do a tandem jump 10 times before you are allowed to jump alone. Tandem skydiving or tandem parachuting refers to a type of skydiving where a student skydiver is connected to a harness attached to a tandem instructor. The instructor guides the student through the whole jump from exit through freefall, piloting the canopy, and landing.

I think everyone should experience skydiving at least once before they get too old to try.