Quote Originally Posted by twkg
Yeah, it's because I went tandem. If you get certified it's only $20 a jump. That shit was wild. I think they said the fall rate was 1,000ft/6 seconds. They said the free fall part was 0-140 in about 4 seconds.
Takes you 7 jumps to get certified though.


Quote Originally Posted by Chuckster
Its a grand to get your own shit to go by yourself. Tandam sucks!
You can go solo your first time, just have to take the extra class (a little bit more money)...called accelerated freefall where you have to jumpmasters go out with you. To buy your own equipment you're looking at several grand.