{"id":3305,"date":"2014-11-26T14:17:23","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T13:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.theactivitypeople.co.uk\/?p=3305"},"modified":"2016-05-09T11:17:59","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T10:17:59","slug":"whats-the-difference-between-a-skydive-and-a-parachute-jump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/whats-the-difference-between-a-skydive-and-a-parachute-jump\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the Difference Between a Skydive and a Parachute Jump?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Throwing yourself out of a plane might not be everybody&#8217;s idea of fun but for real adrenalin junkies nothing comes close to the rush of taking to the skies and making a daring descent back to the safety of solid ground. If you are brave enough to head for the heavens you have a tricky decision to make between a skydive or a parachute jump, so to help make the decision a little easier here&#8217;s a quick look at some of the main differences between the two.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SKYDIVING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/tapskydive.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1155\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/tapskydive-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"tapskydive\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Skydives usually take place from around 14,000 feet.<\/li>\n<li>Most skydives are done with an instructor and are known as tandem skydives.<\/li>\n<li>Skydivers experience an exhilarating 65 second free-fall.<\/li>\n<li>The parachute is deployed by the instructor.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s the instructors job to control the descent and landing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PARACHUTE JUMPING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/parachute-2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1255\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/parachute-2-300x220.gif\" alt=\"parachute 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Parachute jumps usually take place from around 3,000 feet.<\/li>\n<li>All parachute jumps are done without an instructor.<\/li>\n<li>If you choose a parachute jump you won&#8217;t experience any free-fall.<\/li>\n<li>The parachute deploys automatically as soon as you leave the plane.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s the jumpers job to control their descent and land safely.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>.<br \/>\nWhichever airborne activity you opt for you&#8217;re in for the experience of a life time and if you&#8217;re still not sure which of the two you should pick why not find out how brave you really are by starting out with a slightly less daunting parachute jump. Once you&#8217;ve experienced the intense excitement of a parachute jump you&#8217;ll be ready to take things up a notch and head for the heavens to take on an exhilarating skydive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throwing yourself out of a plane might not be everybody\u2019s idea of fun but for real adrenalin junkies nothing comes close to the rush of taking to the skies and making a daring descent back to the safety of solid ground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[185,395,40],"class_list":["post-3305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-uncategorized","tag-adrenalin","tag-parachute-jumping","tag-skydiving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3305"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3305"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5164,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3305\/revisions\/5164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}