• Canopyflyer@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      I jumped…

      Some say I’m still falling to this day.

      In all seriousness, balloon jumps are a unique experience in skydiving… Because you go from dead silence to the rush of air at terminal velocity. Sure you can jump a helicopter that is hovering, but they are louder than airplanes.

      Exits from a balloon also tend to catch less experienced jumpers off guard, because you can’t fly your body till the speed builds up. First timers tend to flail a little. By the second jump they do just fine.

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        I never walked a tight rope. I don’t think I could even in my prime.

        I exit using a line that was connected at the top of the balloon to swing out and do multiple flips. The rope was really long so you would get a huge amount of speed and fling off the end.