Skydiving is an extreme sport that puts skydivers mentally at their limits. Extreme athletes continue to break record after record for the highest jumping height. The greatest height someone could...
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Everyone knows that opening a parachute too low can result in extreme injuries for skydivers. However, have you ever asked yourself about the opposite? About what happens if the skydiver opens the...
Skydiving is quite scary for most people because you jump out of an airplane at 12,000ft and trust the parachute – basically a piece of nylon – to land safely. If the parachute and...
Minimum Altitude To Open A Parachute (And The World Records)
When I learned how to skydive, I wondered what the lowest possible altitude was to open a parachute and still land safely – because the lower I would open my parachute, the longer I could...