The weather looked wet for our planned trip to Scotland to bag the three famous sea stacks. So, plan ‘B’ was invoked! Learning to skydive has been on the agenda for ages and ages, except other stuff (like good weather and climbing) has always got in the way… So, late Friday evening we booked a flight to Madrid, insurance, a hire car, and (most importantly) an Accelerated Free Fall (AFF) sky diving course with the Freefall University at Ocaña. All of this wasn’t cheap, but learning to jump out of an aeroplane at 13000 ft, plummet towards earth at 130 mph, and then land safely using your parachute (a bloody big sports kite) isn’t going to be easy (and therefore cheap) to learn is it!
Skydiving is everything you’d expect – difficult to learn, scary (jumping out of a perfectly serviceable aeroplane), an amazing adrenaline rush, and one of the most awesome experiences I’ve ever had!
Special thanks have to go to our instructor Andy – it was brilliant, you’ll see us again soon – “Arch & Relaxâ€!
Check out Laetitia’s level 6 here…
Way to go Pete & Tish that looks cool!
Awsome! Can’t wait to do it again with you!!
Hello Guys, its great to read about your AFF experience. I did my AFF with FFU in Ocana in May, and loved it too! Loved your photos, good to see familiar faces like Andi, Scotty, and Sylvan! 🙂
Thanks guys, great to hear from you all!
Nice site, you guys get up to a lot!! look forward to seeing you again soon 🙂
David Freefall University
Good stuff – great motivation to see the stuff you guys get up to…
I dont know but why i dont find such informative and profitable sites so often, I suspect blogging world is becoming so small that we cant find such lucrative sites like this one.
Still checkin in every so oftern via the blog , have you jumped since your aff course here at the freefall Uni ?
Hey Andy, good to hear from you! 😀
No, very poor really, whenever the sun has shone, climbing has won out! Although we have felt quite guilty at not having kept at the skydiving – after all that hard work (especially in my case)! 🙁 Note to self – go to wind tunnel and remember how to arch, then get back out to Spain and brush up on the skills. 😛
PS. Glad our blog is providing some interest. 😉
PPS. A big “Hi” to all the ace people back at the DZ in Ocaña; an awesome crowd!