How Altimeters Can Affect Your Jumping

T he altitude of skydiving         Air Force and he was basically     does matter if you want to      looking at high altitude escape.   set a record. However the       He undertook the jump at 102,800   record has remained for 40 years      feet in the air and it is the      and it is going to be extremely       highest parachute jump ever to be  hard to beat!                         attempted. Most skydivers today                                          jump at heights of between 10,000  If you are thinking of trying to      feet and 30,000 feet so the        beat the current highest              thought of jumping at 100,000      parachute jump record then you        feet is quite spectacular!        may be wondering what that record                                        actually is. Well it belongs to       Joseph Kittinger jumped in         Joseph Kittinger and he is            absolutely freezing temperatures   currently the highest parachute       and he fell at a speed of roughly  jumped as well as holding the         714 miles per hour. It is          record for the fastest speed too.     estimated that he free fell for    He is a man whom many skydivers       around 4 ½ minutes and he got      look up to and beating his record     three separate world records; one  will be incredibly difficult to       for the highest parachute jump,    do.                                   one for the longest free fall and                                        one for the fastest speed ever to  The Highest Jumping Record and        be reached by man. Whilst he set   how it was achieved                   off at 102,800 feet, he only                                             opened his parachute once he got   The record for the highest            to 18,000.                         parachute jump was actually set                                          back in 1960 by Joseph Kittinger.     The reason why Joseph did the      He did it as part of a test for       never attempted highest parachute  the Aerospace Medical Research        jump was to allow parachuting to   Laboratories of the Unites States     advance. Tactical training,        escape techniques and deployment      differ to ordinary skydivers just  were all researched and the USAF      looking for an amazing             also conducted various                experience. Most skydivers are     investigations regarding the high     quite content simply free falling  altitude escapes. This was so         for a few seconds as that is       that the pilots as well as other      enough to increase the heart rate  people would be better able to        and get the adrenaline pumping     escape at high altitudes. These       around your body.                 days however when skydivers jump                                         from heights, they are not            Overall Halo jumping is becoming   concerned with discovering            more and more common. Otherwise    anything new; they are more           known as high altitude, low        interested in the thrill of it.       opening jumping, many ordinary                                           skydivers love to use them as an   Although it is mainly a military      adventure skydiving activity. It   type jump, there are skydivers        has been 40 years since the        who like to jump from such            record was set by Joseph           heights. They are adventure           Kittinger and though many have     seekers and they love the feeling     tried to beat him, they have       of their heart racing for long        always failed. So if you are       periods of time. They want to         looking to beat the record then    free fall for minutes rather than     it may take some practicing!       seconds and that is where they         About the Author: John Ewing loves writing for http://www.skydiving-parachuting-guide.com . A website with tips on altimeters, amongst many related topics. Read more articles by: John Ewing Article Source: www.iSnare.com