JohnnyRipcord

A great place to jump. 30 minutes from Houston, visitor friendly, ideal layout, good mix of RW and freefly jumpers.

Skydiving is not a safe sport. It is a dangerous sport that can be done safely. It's a matter of Risk vs. Reward When whuffos start in on the danger issue, my reply is: Give me your own risk tolerance. If you were going for a drive in the country, or doing any other non-essential activity, and you were able to know the risk factor (chance of death), what would be your risk cutoff? Most people throw out a number like 1:1000, or 1:10000. I answer that with: Statistically, 1 out of every 100,000 skydives results in death. Since perhaps 1/2 of those are pilot error during an extreme maneuver (hook turns, etc), and I do not do such maneuvers, then statistically, my risk of death is about 1 in 200,000 every time I jump. That number suddenly sounds pretty safe to them. (Injuries are a whole other statistic). And since the reward portion of the equation is so great to a regular jumper, we can easily justify the risk to gain the reward. That equation differs for everyone, thus that is what each person needs to evaluate before deciding to jump. Johnny