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Skydiving
Skydiving is a crazy sport! Skydivers jump from airplanes to fall to the earth!
They begin by putting their parachutes into backpacks. These backpacks are special skydiving backpacks.
The skydivers put the backpacks on, and they get into the plane.
The airplane flies really high. It needs to fly over 10,000 feet in the air before skydivers jump.
And then, when the plane gets high, the skydivers jump out and fall for a long time.
Some people go skydiving with a partner. This is a much safer way to go skydiving.
A lot of people skydive alone. This man jumps with his skydiving backpack on, and he doesn’t have a partner.
But a lot of the people who jump alone, also have other people who jump with them. These people are meeting in the air.
But some people don’t meet in the air. This woman is falling alone.
Then, she has to do something. This is called a ripcord. She has to pull her ripcord to get her parachute.
And the parachute comes out. It takes time, but eventually…
…the parachute opens up completely, and the skydiver falls very slowly to the earth.
Sometimes it takes a long time to fall. The parachute is for safely stopping on the earth.
When skydivers get close to the ground, they have to pull on the ropes.
And then, they hit the ground. This man is hitting the ground fast. Other skydivers hit the ground slowly.
Then they can stand up and walk around. After falling for thousands of feet, it feels good to walk!
And the skydivers often celebrate. For many, falling from over 10,000 feet is very scary!
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