Aravind Padmaraju jumps 4,000 meters at Skydive Dubai and describes the rush of free-fall and mixed emotions before the leap. His instructor Salat walks him through safety, and he leaves wanting to jump again.
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Aravind, how are you? I'm doing great. Excellent. What are we doing today? Today we're going to do a skydive. You got it. We're here at Skydive Dubai The Palm. We're going to go up 4,000 meters to jump. How does it make you feel? It's amazing. It's my first experience. Really, really looking forward. Good mixture of emotions. Yeah. And is there a reason that you're jumping today, or just for fun? Just for fun, and it was one of my list of experiences that you want to— Good. And did you understand everything your instructor said? Yeah. Do you have any questions for us? No. I'm so excited to do it. Let's go have some fun. Wow, hands down.
There you go. Ah!
My man! Yeah, just give him one second, he's going to unhook you. Go ahead and stand up, just watch the lines there. Yeah, stand up for us. Tell me all about it, how was it? It was unbelievable, amazing! What was the best part? Best part is while jumping, the free fall was unbelievable. Very fast, huh? Yes. Would you do it again? Yes, I'll do it at least.
Amazing, my man. Thank you so much for jumping here, Skydive Dubai The Palm.
Big thanks to your instructor Salat for saving your life. See you next time.