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One obvious difference between normal skydiving with a team or by yourself and tandem parachuting is that with tandem style two people are attached together. One person is the passenger, and the other is the tandem-instructor. The passenger is simple along for the ride while the tandem-instructor has all the jump responsibilities. Beyond the obvious difference of two people skydiving together, the tandem method is a larger parachute that is used to accommodate the extra weight.

A major variable to keep in mind while skydiving with a team is the weather. The weather is a big factor and you have to keep an on it as it can suddenly change and you might have to reschedule. Therefore, you can never guarantee that anyone will definitely jump by a certain time with a certain person on the plane. If you have friends that are going to watch you, be sure and tell them they might be waiting a while. This activity is definitely a weather-controlled sport and you just never know when you may or may not jump at the scheduled time.

You are now on the plane, ready to sky dive with a team, and finally the pilot gives you the first warning. You are approaching the jump point. Your heart drops while you stomach does flip-flops as you instructor signals you to stand up and turn around. A few quick clicks and some tightening of straps another person is being strapped securely to your back. The pilot gives you the green light. You step to the edge of the door and look out and then look down. You freeze for a second and only a second because that is all the time you have to think as you as now flying in the air with the ground suddenly rushing up to meet you.

You are under the canopy for a few minutes and the view is unlike any you had experienced from any other location on earth. Wow! I can see my house from here!
You are just beginning to relax a little but then your partner pulls the ripcord. A few seconds later you feel as though you have been stopped in mid air and you do not remember those straps being that tight on the ground as you had you first flight as a team!

And then, with all the skills you learned from your instructor, you step back to earth as light as a feather, wanting to skydive with a team all over again.

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