Today i did one of the most craziest things I’ve done so far in my life: I jumped out of a plane from 9000 feet (3 Km), making a 30 seconds free fall (at 200 Km/h) after which the parachute opened (as expected) and me and my Tandem Master landed safely on the dropzone at airport Teuge.

I jumped together with two friends and an uncle. Because the big plain was broken, we had to get up in two smaller plains, with only space for 4 ppl and a pilot per plain. So, we jumped in pairs of to, with one tandem master per jumper.

I can’t really express to you in words how amazing it really was. To give you an idea, i had a continuous smile on my face for at least half an hour since jumping from the plane. It is really that cool. My tandem master also let me steer the parachute for a while which is also pretty cool. I found the few seconds before leaving the plane to be the ones where i was most nervous, but after you leave the plane, the real rush starts

Some more photo’s can be found here: Picasa webalbum

Though it is quite expensive (€210 Euro), this is definitely one of those things you have to ‘try before you die’. If you are not afraid of flying and you feel healthy, you should do it, it makes you realize you are alive.

I’m definitely jumping again, definitely

And thank you Martin for telling me about this wonderful ‘jumping from a plane’-thing, i find the ‘solo jumping lesson’s’ you are talking about something i want to consider

p.s: there is a little video as well. It is in Dutch, but you should understand the excitement from the atmosphere