SKY DIVING

(PARACHUTING)
 WHAT DO YOU DO IN THIS SPORT?
• YOU JUMP FROM AN AIRPLANE OR A HIGH PLACE AND FALL
DOING ACROBATIC MOVEMENTS IN FREE FALL USING A PARACHUTE TO SLOW DOWN AND
RETURN SAFETLY TO EARTH.
 WHAT IS DANGEROUS ABOUT THIS SPORT?
• APPROXIMATELY 2 MILLION PARACHUTE JUMPS OCCUR EVERY YEAR.
• THE AVERAGE MORTALITY RATE IS 35 PEOPLE, THAT IS, LESS THAN 1 % OF THE JUMPS GO
WRONG.
 WHY DO PEOPLE LIKE THIS SPORT?
• BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE LIKE ADRENALINE AND ITS A GOOD ACTIVITY TO ELIMINATE STRESS.
 EXTRA INFORMATION

• THE FIRST PARACHUTE JUMP RECORDED IN HISTORY WAS MADE ON OCTOBER 22, 1797 BY
ANDRÉ-JACQUES GARNERIN, WHO JUMPED FROM A HOT AIR BALLOON.
• TYPICAL JUMP ALTITUDES IN MODERN TIMES FOR EXPERIENCED SKYDIVERS RANGE FROM
7,500 TO 15,000 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, YIELDING A FREEFALL TIME OF BETWEEN 40
AND 85 SECONDS.