Ripley10001

Why would you be vague about that?

Sorry to hijack your thread, but since I just made my first jump, I was just curious about something. The nervousness at the door will go away, you guys say, but how about nervousness before opening the parachute? I had that during my tandem jump. The nervousness at the door going away seems natural, because nothing really bad can happen while jumping. However, the moment of opening your parachute is critical, so does the nervousness at that point ever stop?

That answers my questions then

Ok, I'm going to one-up my initial question. Would you try it if you saw a reasonable chance of reaching the other person?

So I'm a complete novice to this sport, I only just did my first tandem jump today, but I was just wondering something. Say, two people are jumping together, but seperately. One person has a double parachute malfunction and the other one sees it. He flies over to him and grabs onto him. Now, would it be possible for them to grab on to each other so tight that the rescuer could open his parachute and the other guy would be able to hang on or are the forces involved just too great?

This guy seems to think so! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQvBeKNQHLk&feature=related