I've always wanted to skydive but am really concerned about my ears. I always have a bit of pain when taking off and landing on airplanes. I do SCUBA dive but I have to descend rather slowly. The difference in SCUBA is that I can control my rate of descent and can abort if I feel discomfort but I know that in a freefall I will not have that option... Here is my question. How much of a pressure change is there when you freefall, do you really feel your ears pop rapidly as you are coming down? Is there a risk of rupturing a ear drum if your ears don't equalize fast enough, like there is in SCUBA? I am in Argentina and there is a skydive with the backdrop being the Andes that I want to do...but I am concerned about this. Thanks for any info :)
