The Best Places to Skydive
Skydiving is an extreme sport that involves jumping from an airplane at a moderate altitude of about 6,000 feet or a high altitude of up to 30,000 feet. People who engage in this sport wear a parachute, which they activate by putting a rip cord at around 2,500 feet, after doing a series of maneuvers, such as rolling, tumbling and moving their head down for speed control.
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Tirol, Austria
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Tirol is a small town where one can skydive among green meadows, forests and mountains. As one falls, it is possible to see snow-capped Austrian Alps, which the town is located in the center of. Sky and Snow Adventures offers tandem skydives in the village of St. Johann, which is part of Tirol.
Kalispell, Montana
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Kalispell is a city where one can skydive with the Rocky Mountains, which it lies in the heart of, in the backdrop. The city is also near Glacier National Park and Flathead Lake, one of the largest freshwater lakes west of the Mississippi River. Skydive Lost Prairie offers skydiving lessons and jumps for beginners as well as tandem skydives at 13,000 feet for more advanced skydivers.
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Seville, Spain
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Located in the southern part of Spain in the Andalusia region, Seville features a landscape of beaches, nature reserves, ecosystems with the Guadalquivir River at their center, marshlands, dunes and mountain ranges. Sky and Snow Adventures and Skydiving Spain offer classes for people at different levels. At the Extreme Sports Café Drop Zone near Seville, more experienced sky divers can do tandem skydives or accelerated free falls from 15,000 feet.
Queensland, Australia
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In Queensland Australia, the landscape includes the Great Barrier Reef, World Heritage Rainforest, Golden Coast beaches, sugar cane farms and coral islands. In Queensland, one can go on a tandem skydive from 14,000 feet at Mission Beach or sky dive from other Cairns locations, with companies such as Skydive Cairns.
Plettenberg Bay, South Africa
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Plettenberg Bay is a town that features golden beaches, lagoons and estuaries, forests, wildlife sanctuaries, rivers, the sea and mountains. Skydive Plettenberg Bay offers tandem and free fall skydives at a location near the mountains, at the center of the Garden Route coastline.
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