Ten seconds after leaving the plane, the wind supports you, fighting against gravity, holding you at a constant speed. Touching nothing but air, you feel the amazing rush of adrenaline, as you fall through the sky at 120 miles per hour. For sixty seconds of eternity, it is just you and the sky. Your every nerve tingles with the thrill of danger. As your descent towards earth rapidly increases, you reach down and open that life saving piece of cloth.
Skydiving can be one of the most exhilarating and adrenaline pumping sports in the world.
Although, without the proper training it can also be one of the most dangerous. About a decade ago, skydiving schools began to use tandem parachutes to introduce novices to the sport. Instead of training for six hours, a first time jumper could take a one hour lesson and then jump with an instructor harnessed to his or her back. A typical tandem leap costs around 175 dollars. This may seem expensive, but it doesn't even compare to the whopping 1,000 dollars one would pay for the series of classes required for an individual novice jump.