Dear brave, now relax. When you don't even know where to start when booking a jump, it's easy to make mistakes, so let's start at the beginning: you need a skydiving center but don't settle for just anything. We know that you want to show off your experience so think: would you play for a Second B team if you could do so in First?
The answer is Skydive Empuriabrava. With them you will be proud to tell everyone that you have jumped with the largest center in Europe and one of the most prestigious in the world. In fact, they even hold international tests attended by participants from all over the planet. They have been doing it since 1985, which has given them time to make more than 2 and a half million jumps. You want to be a part of it, huh? Well come on, let's jump!
We go to the Empuriabrava airfield right on the Gulf of Roses. It is a wonderful setting for this adventure that can also be accessed without problems from any point. In 90 minutes we will have arrived from Barcelona and in 40 kilometers we will find the border of France.
There you will be welcomed by a team of instructors who, in addition to being professionals, have won everything. Among them are world champions and parachutists who have set historical records. They will explain to you that since it is your first experience, the jump is done in tandem. This means that you will be attached to your instructor by means of restraints from the moment you board the plane until you touch down again so that he can ensure that you are safe throughout the activity. They will prepare you for what awaits you by teaching you what to do in each phase of the jump.
Once this is done, you will get on the plane with the instructor and other boys and girls like you who you will identify as being the ones with the most nerves (which is perfectly normal...). It is a very intimate moment because you will practically be sitting on the instructor who will jump with you. We know that you just met him but he is a good person and calm because the introductions have already been made. What will relax you completely is that Even the planes used are property of Skydive Empuriabrava. By not depending on external companies, they can ensure that they are always in excellent condition.
You will spend several minutes flying in the plane while the instructor shows you on his altimeter how you are approaching the right point for the jump. It is a journey in which your emotions are about to make you boil. It will feel short because you see that there is no turning back, it will seem eternal because you are going to face the most absolute emptiness... breathe! because the plane door has already opened and you are next.
This is the most tense moment of the entire experience, we would say even of your life. Your monitor goes out to the door of the plane and is placed in position while your legs are already hanging outside. Tilt your head back so you can see what he's doing and disconnect because what you've been waiting for... you don't even remember since when... is happening now.
You will fall at an impressive speed that reaches 200 km/hour from a height of 4000 meters. This means about a minute in free fall with 60 seconds that intensely fill your senses one by one. When you open your eyes (confess that at first you will keep them closed from shock) you will see how the Costa Brava stands out against the Mediterranean. You will contemplate the entire Bay of Roses like few have done from a perspective that can only be obtained from the air. Since you can hire photos and video of the jump, tell me if you prefer an image that makes you look like a superhero in contact with nature or landing on a dry land. It's clear, isn't it?
Live it, remember it and share. Hire your tandem jump in the basic modality, with photos, with video or with a report of both recorded in HD. This way you can put it on as many times as you want and stop the image to make sure that yes, that scared face that turns into a huge smile of satisfaction is yours.
If you want us to tell you a curiosity, you should know that your happiness will also be that of others. Skydive Empuriabrava allocates 3 euros of each jump contracted with images to an NGO and it is a figure to take into account because they make up 70% of the tandems they sell.
Looking for paradise? Stay at Skydive Empuriabrava, stay in the Land of the Sky.
