10 Things You Thought You Knew About Skydiving Are Wrong

Posted by Queuebot in Sports on February 9, 2009 at 2:21 am


A professional skydiver set out to debunk 10 most common myths about skydiving in this neat article at The List Universe. For example:

9. The Freefall Chatter

Skydiving Myth: You can talk or yell to each other during freefall

Despite what you’ve seen in movies like Point Break and Cutaway, you cannot hear another skydiver during freefall. Perhaps if you were to yell into his year, you may hear a little but you certainly can’t have any type of conversation. The wind traveling past your ears at well over 100 mph pretty much makes you deaf to all sounds. Additionally, it would be very hard to fight during freefall as well.

Link

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by Jake.


Previous post
this post? Please Email this               
Next post

Tags: , ,


FUN PRODUCTS FROM THE NEATORAMA SHOP:
BuckyBalls (w/ Mystery Bonus!)


COMMENT

6 comments to "10 Things You Thought You Knew About Skydiving Are Wrong"

  1. Geekazoid
    February 9th, 2009 at 2:21 am

    I like the freefall chatter myth, I think it was debunked on mythbusters, but you'll still see it on movies like 'the bucket list.'

    I also like number 8, it does give you the illusion that someone deploying their chute pops back up.

  2. renderanything
    February 9th, 2009 at 11:48 am

    I think you just tripled my overall skydiving knowledge with your list. It's still on my list of things to do.

  3. Xinavera
    February 9th, 2009 at 1:46 pm

    Very interesting!

  4. just a guy
    February 9th, 2009 at 4:57 pm

    I hate it when people 'yell in my year'. :P

  5. Ali S.
    February 10th, 2009 at 11:57 pm

    We haven't even begun 2009 and people are yelling at my year! Argh! ;)

  6. MosselKots
    February 27th, 2009 at 7:13 am

    Actually..
    just opening your mouth unprepared might give you a bit of a suprise =]


PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT

Neatorama Comment Policy
You don't have to register or login to comment, but it's easier if you do so. Comments aren't censored, but those that are abusive or off-topic may be edited or deleted.


Stay updated on the comments with Comment RSS