On saturday, a bunch of friends and I took my wife indoor skydiving for her birthday! My wife has always talked about the idea of skydiving but after having kids didn’t much care for the risk involved. I heard from a few friends here in Raleigh that there was an indoor skydiving place locally! Paraclete XP Sky Venture is a vertical wind tunnel that “is not a ride or a simulator, you are actually flying!” And it takes away some of the risk!<\/p>\n
Here’s some FAQs based on the questions I have been getting from friends and family:<\/p>\n
How big is the tunnel?<\/strong> Can you fall?<\/strong> How much training do you need?<\/strong> Where do I put my stuff?<\/strong> Do I need to bring \/buy any equipment?<\/strong> Can I wear a camera inside the tunnel?<\/strong> How do I get pictures of my flight?<\/strong> Can people watch?<\/strong> What are the requirements to fly?<\/strong> Check out the video I put together of our indoor skydiving adventure!
\nIt is a huge, tall wind tunnel (I’ve heard the tallest in the world) and wind at over 100 mph blows from the bottom up.<\/p>\n
\nThere’s a netting on the bottom so you can’t drop all the way down (you can see the instructor standing on it)<\/p>\n
\nTraining consists of a 10 minutes session talking about the proper positioning of your body and going over hand signals for “straighten your legs” or “bend your legs”<\/p>\n
\nThey provide lockers for your belongings<\/p>\n
\nThey provide all gear<\/p>\n
\nYou can’t wear a GoPro camera while flying (I asked)<\/p>\n
\nThey have a photographer that takes pictures for you. You need to pay $42 and you get them all on a USB stick.<\/p>\n
\nYou can just go to watch from outside the tunnel. Also the tunnel is livestreamed so people can watch you from home! Check it out!<\/a><\/p>\n
\nRequirements are simple: You can’t be pregnant, have had a recent shoulder dislocation, or be above 250 pounds.<\/p>\nVideo of our indoor skydiving flight at Paraclete XP!<\/h2>\n
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