I don’t feel like skydiving really allows you to conquer a fear of heights because your brain doesn’t fully comprehend it as such in the moment. I have more anxiety on a tall ladder than I do throughout the whole process of skydiving. It was incredible.
That's what I always told people when they asked what it was like, especially when they found out I was scared of heights. My explanation was it was like jumping over a patchwork quilt. You were so high up you didn't have the perception of height. You just saw the individual squares of land below you. For me personally it wasn't until about 5 grand that I started to get the perception of the height.
The thing with skydiving and fear of heights is, that it does not really apply. Fear of heights is something more or less natural that occurs mainly when you are standing on a fixed object with a ground that is visible. If you are in a plane and you are above clouds, I highly doubt that fear of heights would be an issue since there is nothing your eyes can fixate onto. When skydiving you are moving in the plane as well as when in freefall so fast that your eyes can really fix a point on the ground hence no real issue here. You are also so high that it does feel a bit surreal.
Well done on facing your fear of heights! Great jump! Skydiving opened so many doors for me. I've done bungee jumping, zip-lining, passenger rides in aerobatic stunt planes and wing walking. All good fun that is ready to watch on my RUclips channel.
I too am absolutely scared to death of heights. But I still cleared AFF and had a blast jumping. One of my Jump Masters said her husband, who also jumped, was so afraid of heights he couldn't go up a two-step ladder without panicking. But he thought nothing of crawling out on the side of an airplane, 2 miles high, hanging on to nuts and bolts before jumping.
Everyone is scared of heights. It's 100% natural, and nobody isn't. There are only those people who push themselves past that fear, and those who don't.
@@dylanpritchard4981 That is catered for by the safety measures in place. If you do a tandem, then obviously it doesn't matter because you're attached to the instructor who is in control. If you're doing the training to do it on your own, the instructor jumping with you for the first few jumps will deploy for you if you pass out, and if not, there is a device called an AAD that deploys your reserve parachute if you're going too fast below a certain height. It is pretty much fail-proof. Nothing to worry about. Thousands of skydives happen every day around the world.
The thing with skydiving and fear of heights is, that it does not really apply. Fear of heights is something more or less natural that occurs mainly when you are standing on a fixed object with a ground that is visible. If you are in a plane and you are above clouds, I highly doubt that fear of heights would be an issue since there is nothing your eyes can fixate onto. When skydiving you are moving in the plane as well as when in freefall so fast that your eyes cant really fix a point on the ground hence no real issue here. If in doubt, consult your dropzone.
Ive watched tons of videos preparing myself and those with visible clouds trigger the height stomach feeling. Maybe because i can see them much closer to the plane?
I was a Marine and we were in a chopper flying over a Pine forest and in a bank I really wanted to dive. Later I was a SCUBA diver and loved to "fly" down the water column in free descent. This coming summer I pledged to myself to do a tandem jump.
It's rare to get that stomach drop feeling. It happens when you are too tense and you haven't relaxed your body enough. Speaking of your stomach I would also recommend no milky products or milky breakfast cereals before flight. I know this from experience as I very nearly redecorated the inside of a cockpit when the pilot subjected me to airshow quality aerobatics in a stunt plane last year. As for the height well there is a saying that 'We jump from 15,000ft because jumping from 15ft is dangerous'. I hate heights too but with skydiving you are SO high that it really doesn't matter. I also hate rollercoasters. Speaking of height may I suggest you try Indoor Skydiving first? That way you get to feel the 'free-fall' at head/chest height. I did that before my first jump and I think it helped to build up my confidence. As for the real jump the tandem instructor will tilt your head back before leaving the plane. This is so that you are not looking straight down and unable to breathe due to the rush of air into your mouth and nose. Remember to keep your eyes open when leaving the plane because many people don't and then say that leaving the plane was the best part and they wish they had kept their eyes open! Tandems always use a drogue chute that is deployed almost immediately after leaving the plane. The drogue chute is used for stability but it's main use is to prevent the tandems falling faster than 125 mph. So as a tandem you cannot fall faster than that. As for the free-fall due to the air pressure pushing up against your body it simply feels as if you are floating and that the air is holding you up. If the main parachute doesn't open then the instructor pull the reserve handle. If the instructor is incapable of pulling the reserve then the AAD computer system should deploy the chute automatically at around 1,000ft. Reserves are used very, very rarely. One of my tandem instructors has jumped over 24,500 times and is still in single figures when he has had to use his reserve. All three of my jumps are on my RUclips channel. You will see me being apprehensive on my first jump and a complete borefest on my third jump! Also going through that fear barrier opened up many more opportunities for me so I've done other stuff like the aforementioned aerobatics, bungee jumping and wing walking. Once you've gotten out of your comfort zone and survived you feel you can achieve anything.
@@kaileea9044 Actually you don't feel it all the way down, because the air slow you down to terminal velocity so your stomach than still feels gravity. So you only feel it for the first 5 seconds.
I was also scared. Before my first jump from 10,000ft I was an emotional wreck and kept ignoring my name being called out on the tannoy! But as soon as I got kitted up and in that plane all of my fear had gone and my heart rate was normal from take off to landing. My second jump from 15,000ft was just a relax-fest all day through! Door open? Yeah whatever! I have since done bungee jumping, airshow quality aerobatics and wing walking (including loops) as can be seen on my RUclips channel and I haven't found my limit yet!
Go for it mate! I just did my 3rd tandem skydive at the weekend and it was about as scary as washing the dishes! Once you've gone through the fear barrier it is just bliss all the way! My Instructor is 24 years old and he's done 3,000 jumps. Another Instructor there is 55 years old and he's done 24,500 jumps!
oh I felt it for the first 3 seconds. BUT IT WAS AMAZING. Nothing horrible, actually, much nicer than when you are in a commercial flight and you feel the plane drop. I liked it!!!!
I almost crapped my pants at 3:48 ... I though the plane somehow caught up to them and the were gonna collide into it :P
He enjoyed the exit so much that he wanted to do it again!
Our pilot always raced the last load down. HE WON!
Fr same haha
My first thought was oh crap what happened to his drogue? It took me a few seconds to realize they were running the video in reverse.
I don’t feel like skydiving really allows you to conquer a fear of heights because your brain doesn’t fully comprehend it as such in the moment. I have more anxiety on a tall ladder than I do throughout the whole process of
skydiving. It was incredible.
I agree with you 100% - when you’re that high you really don’t have the concept of height……….but put me on the ledge of a 50 ft building 😳
Try doing parkour on top of rooftops😂
That's what I always told people when they asked what it was like, especially when they found out I was scared of heights. My explanation was it was like jumping over a patchwork quilt. You were so high up you didn't have the perception of height. You just saw the individual squares of land below you. For me personally it wasn't until about 5 grand that I started to get the perception of the height.
The thing with skydiving and fear of heights is, that it does not really apply. Fear of heights is something more or less natural that occurs mainly when you are standing on a fixed object with a ground that is visible. If you are in a plane and you are above clouds, I highly doubt that fear of heights would be an issue since there is nothing your eyes can fixate onto. When skydiving you are moving in the plane as well as when in freefall so fast that your eyes can really fix a point on the ground hence no real issue here. You are also so high that it does feel a bit surreal.
Yes it doesn’t. I have a fear of heights, I did my first jump last year and still have a fear of heights but can’t wait to jump again 😂
Omfg.. I WOULD OF FAINT!!! I’m even scared of the swings..at school.. my friends try to help but when they do I scream
Now that’s funny. The swings
Well done on facing your fear of heights! Great jump! Skydiving opened so many doors for me. I've done bungee jumping, zip-lining, passenger rides in aerobatic stunt planes and wing walking. All good fun that is ready to watch on my RUclips channel.
I too am absolutely scared to death of heights. But I still cleared AFF and had a blast jumping. One of my Jump Masters said her husband, who also jumped, was so afraid of heights he couldn't go up a two-step ladder without panicking. But he thought nothing of crawling out on the side of an airplane, 2 miles high, hanging on to nuts and bolts before jumping.
Everyone is scared of heights. It's 100% natural, and nobody isn't. There are only those people who push themselves past that fear, and those who don't.
Idk I feel like I would pass out if I tried skydiving which doesn’t sound safe.
@@dylanpritchard4981 That is catered for by the safety measures in place. If you do a tandem, then obviously it doesn't matter because you're attached to the instructor who is in control. If you're doing the training to do it on your own, the instructor jumping with you for the first few jumps will deploy for you if you pass out, and if not, there is a device called an AAD that deploys your reserve parachute if you're going too fast below a certain height. It is pretty much fail-proof. Nothing to worry about. Thousands of skydives happen every day around the world.
That's because courage is not the absence of fear but the overcoming of it
There are also people with serious phobias who might have to go through some intense systematic desensitisation to conquer their phobia.
The best feeling in the world!
The thing with skydiving and fear of heights is, that it does not really apply. Fear of heights is something more or less natural that occurs mainly when you are standing on a fixed object with a ground that is visible. If you are in a plane and you are above clouds, I highly doubt that fear of heights would be an issue since there is nothing your eyes can fixate onto. When skydiving you are moving in the plane as well as when in freefall so fast that your eyes cant really fix a point on the ground hence no real issue here. If in doubt, consult your dropzone.
What about when they pull the shoot and for the next however many minutes you’re floating hundreds of feet up? I know I would be horrified lol.
Ive watched tons of videos preparing myself and those with visible clouds trigger the height stomach feeling. Maybe because i can see them much closer to the plane?
I was a Marine and we were in a chopper flying over a Pine forest and in a bank I really wanted to dive. Later I was a SCUBA diver and loved to "fly" down the water column in free descent. This coming summer I pledged to myself to do a tandem jump.
Did you do it??
Did your stomach feel like it was dropping. As if you was on a roller coaster and dropped ? And was the height an issue thing? Because I hate heights
Yes I felt it , it's very thrilling experience
Karan Goel did you feel it all the way down
I'm also scared of heights
It's rare to get that stomach drop feeling. It happens when you are too tense and you haven't relaxed your body enough. Speaking of your stomach I would also recommend no milky products or milky breakfast cereals before flight. I know this from experience as I very nearly redecorated the inside of a cockpit when the pilot subjected me to airshow quality aerobatics in a stunt plane last year. As for the height well there is a saying that 'We jump from 15,000ft because jumping from 15ft is dangerous'. I hate heights too but with skydiving you are SO high that it really doesn't matter. I also hate rollercoasters. Speaking of height may I suggest you try Indoor Skydiving first? That way you get to feel the 'free-fall' at head/chest height. I did that before my first jump and I think it helped to build up my confidence. As for the real jump the tandem instructor will tilt your head back before leaving the plane. This is so that you are not looking straight down and unable to breathe due to the rush of air into your mouth and nose. Remember to keep your eyes open when leaving the plane because many people don't and then say that leaving the plane was the best part and they wish they had kept their eyes open! Tandems always use a drogue chute that is deployed almost immediately after leaving the plane. The drogue chute is used for stability but it's main use is to prevent the tandems falling faster than 125 mph. So as a tandem you cannot fall faster than that. As for the free-fall due to the air pressure pushing up against your body it simply feels as if you are floating and that the air is holding you up. If the main parachute doesn't open then the instructor pull the reserve handle. If the instructor is incapable of pulling the reserve then the AAD computer system should deploy the chute automatically at around 1,000ft. Reserves are used very, very rarely. One of my tandem instructors has jumped over 24,500 times and is still in single figures when he has had to use his reserve. All three of my jumps are on my RUclips channel. You will see me being apprehensive on my first jump and a complete borefest on my third jump! Also going through that fear barrier opened up many more opportunities for me so I've done other stuff like the aforementioned aerobatics, bungee jumping and wing walking. Once you've gotten out of your comfort zone and survived you feel you can achieve anything.
@@kaileea9044 Actually you don't feel it all the way down, because the air slow you down to terminal velocity so your stomach than still feels gravity. So you only feel it for the first 5 seconds.
Awesome dude !!
Thanks Bhai!
Wel done, Karan. You faced your fear really well, sir.
You're in good spirits for someone afraid of heights & about to jump out of a plane!
Cool jump man! It's like floating on a bed of air!
WOW !!
He is not a phobiac, just the normal amount of excitement for first tandem.
i cant even look down from 2-3 stories
Neither can I. But this is such an extreme height it's almost too abstract to comprehend and fear.
No helmet. Id be petrified too.
Ah yes a helmet, very handy if both parachutes fail and you slam into the ground at 130mph…
I really want to skydive but I’m terrified of heights. Is this a good way to conquer that fear?
I am same way! Just go and do it man, its my best experience in life so far
Thanks dude
I was also scared. Before my first jump from 10,000ft I was an emotional wreck and kept ignoring my name being called out on the tannoy! But as soon as I got kitted up and in that plane all of my fear had gone and my heart rate was normal from take off to landing. My second jump from 15,000ft was just a relax-fest all day through! Door open? Yeah whatever! I have since done bungee jumping, airshow quality aerobatics and wing walking (including loops) as can be seen on my RUclips channel and I haven't found my limit yet!
Go for it mate! I just did my 3rd tandem skydive at the weekend and it was about as scary as washing the dishes! Once you've gone through the fear barrier it is just bliss all the way! My Instructor is 24 years old and he's done 3,000 jumps. Another Instructor there is 55 years old and he's done 24,500 jumps!
Wish me luck im going for my first one on saturday im so fucking scared
Anyone else shit their pants when the aeroplane appeared behind them 🤔
I love it her
This made me sweat like a pot belly pig
Coming back in month, no you'll be more scared then. If you're gonna do it again, better to go again asap.
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Why do I watch videos like this knowing I'll never skydive in a million years. 😬
Its more scary from home to plan just before we jump than actual jump lol
I can’t get on Batman at six flags without crying. Guess If it doesn’t change the stomach from feeling that drop, then I won’t be doing this 😭😭😭
Ph*ck no I'm 2 scared
did you feel your stomach?
Pedro D. Nah man, I was just enjoying seeing view
oh I felt it for the first 3 seconds. BUT IT WAS AMAZING. Nothing horrible, actually, much nicer than when you are in a commercial flight and you feel the plane drop. I liked it!!!!
Who tf uploaded this in 480p what are you doing?
This is how they gave me video man
Airplane sky
Height phobiac🤣🤣🤣,it's got a real name ACROPHOBIA
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That reverse scene is so annoying.
I agree
Wow my son so beautiful oh wow how do you get your passport stands for watching a Hache a Hache a Hache a Hache Hache Hache Hache mass
Airplane sky
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