Tandem Skydiving; Your First Parachute Jump Part One: Arrival & Sign-up for Your Tandem Skydive

A Four Part Series:necessary. They are a legal release of responsibility. It
* 1 Arrival & Sign-uptakes a little time to fill them out, but they are
* 2 Preparationprotection for you and the skydiving drop zone.
* 3 The PlaneIf you want video of your parachute jump let manifest
* 4 Freefall & Landingknow, prices vary. Depending on where you are
Part One: Arrival & Sign-up for Your Tandem Skydivemaking your jump, they run anywhere from $70 to
So, you have decided to make a tandem skydive.$90 and up. A tourist area will charge more than a
Now what do you do. Remember one thing, it is crucialremote area. If you are going to jump you should get
and it is the most important thing to the whole skydive.video of it. It is really cool to show your friends what
You must "Have Fun". I am going to describe what kindyou did.
of day you can expect when you go on you're firstAfter you fill out the waivers for your tandem skydive
tandem skydive. The airports where people skydiveand pay for your jump they will tell you approximately
are called drop zones. First thing you want to do is gethow long it will be before you jump. Some drop zones
to the drop zone early. Some drop zones havehave you watch a video on tandem skydiving. This
camping areas so you could be there the night before,video will help you understand what you are about to
but you don't have to.do. It is not rocket science. After you have seen the
Manifest is the area where you sign-up - sometimes ittandem skydiving video and you know how long it is
is just a window, sometimes a counter, occasionally itgoing to be before you jump you might want to get
is a room. After you arrive to skydive, you will go tosomething light to eat. Sometimes we forget to eat
manifest to fill out your waivers and pay for thewhen we are excited about doing something like
parachute jump. Waivers are a pain, but they are veryjumping out of an airplane.