{"id":20157,"date":"2018-04-10T13:43:56","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T13:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/?p=20157"},"modified":"2025-07-09T12:00:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T19:00:19","slug":"why-do-people-skydive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/blog\/why-do-people-skydive\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do People Skydive?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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What’s the psychology, exactly? Are people who skydive completely nuts? Why skydive when there\u2019s a risk involved? Surely the reasons <\/span>not<\/span><\/i> to skydive outweigh the reasons to make that fingers-crossed leap–right?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ll give you this: On the surface, skydiving seems like a crazy idea. It has its origins, after all, in the death-defying feats of several aviation pioneers (check out <\/span>this chick<\/span><\/i><\/a>, for instance) and sees a lot of wartime action–but why would any sane person without a paycheck in the game <\/span>hand over their money<\/span><\/i> to jump out of an airplane thousands of feet up in the sky? At first glance, it may seem like there are more reasons <\/span>not<\/span> to skydive than there are reasons <\/span>to<\/span> skydive. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But actually…that ain\u2019t true.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the inside scoop–from people who skydive on the regular–that speaks to why the whole idea has merit. It may not be for the reasons you think!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reasons To Skydive<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Right. So: first, let\u2019s go over the reasons <\/span>to<\/span><\/i> skydive–right from a few very important horses\u2019 mouths.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI started skydiving because I loved the idea of freedom.\u201d<\/strong> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– <\/span><\/i>Felix Baumgartner<\/a>, best known for jumping to Earth from a helium balloon in the stratosphere on 14 October 2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI was a pilot and flying hang gliders, paragliders, aerobatics airplanes, and then I discovered skydiving. Free fall. Free. With nothing around you, just a parachute on your back. And you go down. But you don’t feel like you’re going down. Total freedom.\u201d<\/strong> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– <\/span><\/i>Yves Rossy<\/a>, a.k.a \u201cJetman,\u201d the inventor of a series of experimental individual jet packs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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