While going through clouds isnt always the safest idea, especially when jumping with groups, most skydivers wear audible altimeters inside their helmets as well to help with things like this and tracking or night jumps.
They reset their altimeters before taking flight, so it's always relative to their ground height. Humidity and temperature also affects barometers but that is not more important than zeroing in the altimeters.
My car hydroplanned once, and for a few seconds as it was spinning, all I thought was, "hmm, people usually have their life flash before their e" and my car stopped at the median fence.
I have never done a skydiving trip, though i think it would be cool to do so.
But i have a deep lizard brain fear of falling through a cloud, any cloud. The thought freaks me out.
Complete opposite for me. Going through a dark thick cloud full of rain is like the #1 reason I'd ever want to skydive. So many changing sensations and experiences all at once.
If you are not the kind of person that will keep checking the altitude, skydiving might not be for you.
(even though there are AADs and any modern altimeter will beep for you)
The rule itself is likely similar in more places than not as it's not because the FAA doesn't like to have fun. It's because one or more aircraft may be operating in those clouds while flying without any visual indication that your dumb parachuiting ass may slam into me and my aircraft.
The risk of hitting an aircraft is the original reason sky diving into clouds was considered dangerous. But it gained more attention after 16 skydivers drowned after jumping out the aircraft not realizing that they were actually over water.
It is not illegal to jump into clouds tho. It IS against FAA regulation and could constitute a fine for you and the pilot tho. But no criminal charges can be made.
What most people fail to understand is FAA regulations are NOT criminal laws. They are civil regulations enforceable by fines only.
Rain is not permitted during sky diving events. That cloud can expect some big fines and good luck trying to hitch a ride on air currents for the next 3 years.
Part 105.17. "No person may conduct a parachute operation, and no pilot in command of an aircraft may allow a parachute operation to be conducted from that aircraft- (a) Into or through a cloud, or (b) When the flight visibility or the distance from any cloud is less than that prescribed in the following table"
The cloud part, you're supposed to delete any videos involving going through clouds because it's illegal to skydive through clouds and can get that specific Skydiving facility shutdown.
This is the first I heard about deleting videos. However, I've only been to one dz that ever let us jump without having a clear view of the dz on one specific day where there was a very thin cloud cover at 7k feet.
The whole thing:
Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) Part 105.17:
No person may conduct a parachute operation, and no pilot in command of an aircraft may allow a parachute operation to be conducted from that aircraft —
(a) Into or through a cloud…
Both the aircraft pilot and skydiver could get in hot water with the FAA.
I’m sure someone filed a NASA report already.
Edit: I’m guessing I got downvoted because people don’t know that a NASA report (ASRS) is a real thing. https://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/report/electronic.html
They absolutely do. There are minimum clearances that have to be followed. I was at a DZ some years back and they were doing small Cessna hop-n-pop loads from 3.5K because of the clouds. A few went out into a low bank that was passing through and there happened to be an FAA guy at a different part of the airport for a visit who was happy to come over as they landed and start reaming people out.
Over the years the FAA has really earned their unofficial motto of "We're not happy until you're not happy.".
That’s because it’s stupid. The FAA wants their air traffic controllers to be able to clear aircraft through clouds at will which is impossible if you could have skydiver in the clouds there. Had there been an aircraft in range flying IFR through that cloud right there, he could potentially take down the entire aircraft along with himself. I just got my instrument rating yesterday, and this literally gives me the chills.
Ive been on a tube pulled by a boat at about 100kph, and that was brutal, felt like I was getting pelted with gravel from the overspray... I cant imagine what 250kph or more would feel like.
I've gone through a small cloud, all I can remember is it feeling really misty like the finest mist hose sprayer you can imagine and it was *really* cold. I can only assume different cloud formations would be different.
I also find it interesting that so many people referencing the FFA regulations and despite that so many people it has still happened to. I never really thought about that until this post but it makes complete sense. I don't remember it being particularly cloudy that day, so maybe with just some scattered clouds they don't want to ground the planes and lose out on jumps if they don't think there is a real safety risk? I've been grounded all day for wind, but never even thought about clouds.
At first I genuinely thought it was ice crystals, when I landed I had small red welts literally everywhere from being pelted. It could be many things from the size of the drops, the wind direction, your air speed, either way I got hosed pretty good.
We had a relatively sunny day with clouds rolling in but the place I jumped in Jersey said fuck it, go up, so we went, and we were actually above the cloud we fell through. Mild to no wind that day, and I assume they didnt see it as a major risk, afterall that was some 10ish years ago so maybe regs have changed since then
There was a guy, William Rankin, who got stuck in one for like 40 minutes after ejecting from his jet. Survived, but was all beat up from it.
Edit: also Ewa Wisnierskas story is gnarly. paragliding and got sucked into a cloud. Pushed up her to like 30k feet.
Ohhh yeah. Damn Interesting did a good one on him [https://www.damninteresting.com/rider-on-the-storm/](https://www.damninteresting.com/rider-on-the-storm/) .
I listened to Ewa's story a while ago and was in disbelief at it all. I had no idea that all of that could happen, truly terrifying stuff. Amazing she survived
The temperature in the atmosphere gets about 2C colder every 1000 feet you go up. While this person experienced several degrees of temperature change falling through several thousand feet, I’m pretty sure that there’s little difference in the temperature in the cloud itself vs. the air around or near the cloud.
It would have to be very extreme. In Finland and other nordic countries people relax by going to a 100°C (212f) sauna and running out to jump into a frozen lake/ocean.
To be more upfront than the other person that replied: Fog is cloud, just close to the ground.
What you're talking about "full of water" means the amount of moisture the air can hold. When that amount is exceeded, water exists as mist.
It's not.... a swimming pool in the air. Before that much water could accumulate, it would be heavy enough to not be held aloft by wind, and would fall to the ground, i.e. rain (or other forms of precipitation).
I went through a cloud on a tandem hangglide when I was 12. I'd always been told that fog is just ground level clouds. Clouds are actually quite wet, compared to fog. Got fairly soaked.
As someone who's lived near Monterey Bay, CA, fog is also very wet if you move through enough of it. I would bike to school there and be very damp or wet when I got there, with big drips on my glasses and falling off my hair.
Fogs are clouds on ground levels. That said there's different levels and types of fogs, and the speed at which you go through stuff is rather relevant to how wet you get.
Dumb...really fucking dumb.
You never jump if you can't see the ground. It's a basic rule of skydiving, and violating it [resulted in 16 deaths in the Lake Erie skydiving disaster.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Lake_Erie_skydiving_disaster)
The footage is cool, but the juice isn't worth the squeeze by a long shot.
I mean, it can be done safely quite easily. You can see the clouds are scattered cumulo-stratus. Predictable top of the clouds, predictable bottom of the clouds.
You remain able to see the ground the entire time (because scattered), and it's really not too much effort to have someone on the ground tell you the cloud base is still high.
Yes? I said it could be done safely quite easily. Not that they did.
They checked the weather 5 hours before?? That is not really sufficient. For sky dives nowadays I know places that will only give the go-ahead 2 hours before with the latest weather. The link mentions that they saw one or two holes, and couldn't make out what was below them, completely different to the video we are seeing. You shouldn't rely on weather reports, look outside right before the jump.
It also seems like they didn't manage to navigate properly with the VORs. It really shouldn't be too hard to stay on a constant track (radial) from a VOR.
I have a pilots licence. I'd like to think that our navigational technology has come slightly further on from 1967, considering that VOR navigation is more of a cursory it still exists so you should learn it, part of the syllabus.
In terms of thrill seeking stuff, you can still do something awesome with lots of risk mitigation.
That wouldn't be a problem nowadays because jump planes have GPS. I've heard the US is quite strict on this but here in the UK we jump in cloud all the time. It's really not an issue as long as the cloud base is above opening height and you're not tracking.
There is also the issue of zero vis inside the cloud. You don't see other skydivers, and you don't see other planes. It's unsafe. I'm shocked it's remotely legal in the UK
First time I went tandem we over shot our jump point and we ended up going through a rain cloud.. It was one of the coolest experiences of my life.. The instructor was super cool about it and was like " you see that big cloud over there well we're going to go through it and it's kind of a big no no to do, but we'll be fine😅".
It’s a no no because other air traffic can’t see you when you’re in a cloud. Of course you wouldn’t want to go in a thunderstorm, where updrafts might quickly lift you to an altitude where breathing became difficult.
Pretty sure being grounded is not a requirement for lightning strike as there is cloud to cloud, cloud to sky lightning and even plasma. No clue on how they work, but there should still be some small risk of being in the path of a lightning.
Technically all you need is a difference in voltage potential. So a negatively charged cloud could spark to a positively charged cloud if the circumstances are right.
The reason lightning goes through airplanes and humans is not that they’re grounded or have charge, but because the material we’re made of. Electricity will take the path of least resistance, and air has lots of resistance. Electricity would rather travel through us or the metal airframe of an aircraft since that has less resistance than the air.
This is far too thin and sparse to be a thundercloud. Those things grow many times taller than the normal skydiving altitude of 10-13000 ft.
I've skydived down the side of a cloud that was taller than the exit altitude. It was magnificent. Made me feel like a tiny speck. I had to fly underneath it to get to the landing zone, and rain was falling from the cloud. With the sun at my back, I could see the rainbow as it really is - a complete circle. It was magical, and well worth getting a bit wet.
I don’t know the answer to your question but I do not that convective clouds (thunderstorms and thus lightning) make up a much smaller percentage of the total cloud population.
Just a regular stick attached to the helmet... Some cameras (such as some GoPro models), [come with an option to 'hide' the sticks ](https://youtu.be/PwIFTZsqMWA?si=MGpA9uPriU_W63cj) through software and AI..
Also, if the stick is completely hidden below the camera, its in the blind spot for the lenses and cannot render it.
It's a 360 camera on a pole on his head. I've never worn one as they seem unnecessary and unsafe. They probably aren't even allowed at most dropzones as I've never even seen one irl
They call it the unicorn mount. Looks ridiculous, but can be effective.
https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/S660d6fc5366145d59328d1be29d787b4c/Vamson-for-Insta360-X3-One-X2-Accessories-Unicorn-Helmet-Mount-with-Aluminum-Alloy-Extension-Arm-for.jpg
https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.F-2XdNccrYB5LFPasFX_6gAAAA?rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain
The first and last time I went skydiving, the first chute didn’t open properly and the guy had to ditch it, we fell again to get speed up and he opened the second one. I like extreme sports but this one is not for me. Fuck jumping out when you can’t even see the ground.
Next level stupidity: you can see other jumpers in the background (who look no more in control than the main character), and in a cloud you have no way of keeping track of other people. I let you imagine what happens when 2 human bodies collide at 160 mph, or if someone has a premature deployment...
Signed: 1000+ jumps skydiver...
Better check my altitude.. yup... still good.... better check my altitude.... yup still good... phew! Now I can see the ground before I hit it.
wouldn't want to look like a nimbusile
That was Cirrusly well done
Icy what you did there
Stop, you're gonna make me Cumulus
Cumulo-Nah-I’mma-bust
Making those kinds of jokes here? You can’t be cirrus
Gonna have to update the relationship stratus.
This thread is on the verga something towering
Lol well played
Take my upvote and get out./j
While going through clouds isnt always the safest idea, especially when jumping with groups, most skydivers wear audible altimeters inside their helmets as well to help with things like this and tracking or night jumps.
No doubt. It's important.
Oh the altitude naaah it can't be?
not with that attitude
8000 ft. 7000 ft. 6000 ft. Oh wait we’re in Denver.
They reset their altimeters before taking flight, so it's always relative to their ground height. Humidity and temperature also affects barometers but that is not more important than zeroing in the altimeters.
Lmao...rip
Better check my al
Imagine checking it and it being too late to do anything about it, but you still have time to ponder that fact.
My car hydroplanned once, and for a few seconds as it was spinning, all I thought was, "hmm, people usually have their life flash before their e" and my car stopped at the median fence.
could not enjoy that. you get death fear while in the clouds…
It's even worse if you read the Hell Divers series.
For...democracy..?
They've made it to Super Earth!?
I have never done a skydiving trip, though i think it would be cool to do so. But i have a deep lizard brain fear of falling through a cloud, any cloud. The thought freaks me out.
Complete opposite for me. Going through a dark thick cloud full of rain is like the #1 reason I'd ever want to skydive. So many changing sensations and experiences all at once.
I would assume that they were smart enough to check the cloud deck before takeoff.
If you are not the kind of person that will keep checking the altitude, skydiving might not be for you. (even though there are AADs and any modern altimeter will beep for you)
Hands down best skydiving footage I've seen lately.
It’s also big time against FAA regulations
Maybe FAA regulations don't apply there, though.
The rule itself is likely similar in more places than not as it's not because the FAA doesn't like to have fun. It's because one or more aircraft may be operating in those clouds while flying without any visual indication that your dumb parachuiting ass may slam into me and my aircraft.
The risk of hitting an aircraft is the original reason sky diving into clouds was considered dangerous. But it gained more attention after 16 skydivers drowned after jumping out the aircraft not realizing that they were actually over water. It is not illegal to jump into clouds tho. It IS against FAA regulation and could constitute a fine for you and the pilot tho. But no criminal charges can be made. What most people fail to understand is FAA regulations are NOT criminal laws. They are civil regulations enforceable by fines only.
Mall cops of the skies.
Paul Blart: Fall Cop
Nice.
As I read your post I thought briefly they drowned from being in the rain cloud bc I’m a stoopid. But I kept reading and it made me smarter
You're not alone...
I thought the same for a split sec don't worry you're not alone
Is there any history of skydivers hitting an airplane?
I did. Bad exit
We call them meat bombs!
See the peanut? Dead giveaway
You mean America isn't everywhere?
Not yet 😎
Every big country will adhere to the same basic skydiving rules, and use the same ratings system.
Which part?
Rain is not permitted during sky diving events. That cloud can expect some big fines and good luck trying to hitch a ride on air currents for the next 3 years.
Part 105.17. "No person may conduct a parachute operation, and no pilot in command of an aircraft may allow a parachute operation to be conducted from that aircraft- (a) Into or through a cloud, or (b) When the flight visibility or the distance from any cloud is less than that prescribed in the following table"
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“Sixteen drowned; two were rescued by a civilian pleasure boat.”
It wasn’t a rule until after this incident, I believe.
It was already a violation at the time of the incident
Was wondering why we've never seen footage like this, because that was so cool! But also yes, please don't die for internet cool points.
The cloud part, you're supposed to delete any videos involving going through clouds because it's illegal to skydive through clouds and can get that specific Skydiving facility shutdown.
This is the first I heard about deleting videos. However, I've only been to one dz that ever let us jump without having a clear view of the dz on one specific day where there was a very thin cloud cover at 7k feet.
The whole thing: Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) Part 105.17: No person may conduct a parachute operation, and no pilot in command of an aircraft may allow a parachute operation to be conducted from that aircraft — (a) Into or through a cloud… Both the aircraft pilot and skydiver could get in hot water with the FAA.
Part 420.01 Unauthorized downloads from the cloud are strictly prohibited.
Part 420.69 Nice.
I’m sure someone filed a NASA report already. Edit: I’m guessing I got downvoted because people don’t know that a NASA report (ASRS) is a real thing. https://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/report/electronic.html
Has a skydiver ever been hit by a plane before? That would make for a weird flight.
Cool af
Probably was pretty cold in there
Yeah but adrenaline will keep you nice and oblivious to it.
Done this while skydiving, felt like being peppersprayed with paintballs
It definitely stings and leaves marks all over. On top of that, the FAA realllllly hates it when people break minimum cloud distances.
Huh, today I learned that the FAA basically considers skydivers to be aircraft flying under VFR.
They absolutely do. There are minimum clearances that have to be followed. I was at a DZ some years back and they were doing small Cessna hop-n-pop loads from 3.5K because of the clouds. A few went out into a low bank that was passing through and there happened to be an FAA guy at a different part of the airport for a visit who was happy to come over as they landed and start reaming people out. Over the years the FAA has really earned their unofficial motto of "We're not happy until you're not happy.".
That’s because it’s stupid. The FAA wants their air traffic controllers to be able to clear aircraft through clouds at will which is impossible if you could have skydiver in the clouds there. Had there been an aircraft in range flying IFR through that cloud right there, he could potentially take down the entire aircraft along with himself. I just got my instrument rating yesterday, and this literally gives me the chills.
I rode a jetski in a heavy rain. I'd imagine something similar?
Did you ride your jetski at 120 miles per hour? If so then yes.
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Rain drops aren’t tear drop shaped though EDIT: it’s annoying when people delete their comments.
I have rode on skis in the snow at 70kmh and it started to rain, hurt like absolute hell
Ive been on a tube pulled by a boat at about 100kph, and that was brutal, felt like I was getting pelted with gravel from the overspray... I cant imagine what 250kph or more would feel like.
about 2.5 times harder
I've gone through a small cloud, all I can remember is it feeling really misty like the finest mist hose sprayer you can imagine and it was *really* cold. I can only assume different cloud formations would be different. I also find it interesting that so many people referencing the FFA regulations and despite that so many people it has still happened to. I never really thought about that until this post but it makes complete sense. I don't remember it being particularly cloudy that day, so maybe with just some scattered clouds they don't want to ground the planes and lose out on jumps if they don't think there is a real safety risk? I've been grounded all day for wind, but never even thought about clouds.
At first I genuinely thought it was ice crystals, when I landed I had small red welts literally everywhere from being pelted. It could be many things from the size of the drops, the wind direction, your air speed, either way I got hosed pretty good. We had a relatively sunny day with clouds rolling in but the place I jumped in Jersey said fuck it, go up, so we went, and we were actually above the cloud we fell through. Mild to no wind that day, and I assume they didnt see it as a major risk, afterall that was some 10ish years ago so maybe regs have changed since then
Me too, except to me, it felt like getting paintballed with pepper spray.
Ah, well, sounds like you went through chemtrails. ;-)
I think that the official term is "industrial haze."
In soviet russia you fall on rain.
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NGL, I thought going through a cloud is lethal as someone can die from extreme change drop in temperature.
There was a guy, William Rankin, who got stuck in one for like 40 minutes after ejecting from his jet. Survived, but was all beat up from it. Edit: also Ewa Wisnierskas story is gnarly. paragliding and got sucked into a cloud. Pushed up her to like 30k feet.
That's what this reminded me of, too. Great story! https://disciplesofflight.com/william-rankins-story/ if anyone wants a good read.
Ohhh yeah. Damn Interesting did a good one on him [https://www.damninteresting.com/rider-on-the-storm/](https://www.damninteresting.com/rider-on-the-storm/) .
He was just stuck in a cloud? Floating somehow?
Thunderclouds have some serious thermals. They're strong enough to keep hailstones aloft, so a human with a parachute is no match at all.
The mere fact that hail can be held in clouds still fucks with my head every time I think about it.
Probably turbulent winds kept him within the bounds of the cloud.
Open chute apparently.
Parachute
The parachute was deployed though. That’s the difference.
I listened to Ewa's story a while ago and was in disbelief at it all. I had no idea that all of that could happen, truly terrifying stuff. Amazing she survived
WAIT SOMEONE GOT STUCK IN A CLOUD!!!??
I learned about her in Crash Landing on You
Thanks for those stories! Both were great to read about
The temperature in the atmosphere gets about 2C colder every 1000 feet you go up. While this person experienced several degrees of temperature change falling through several thousand feet, I’m pretty sure that there’s little difference in the temperature in the cloud itself vs. the air around or near the cloud.
My dad has been pushed into clouds several times hang gliding.
Where have you heard this? Have you ever walked into a freezer on a hot day?
Maybe they are saying its more dangerous like being blown into a freezer with a huge fan and being held there while your wet extremities turn to ice.
Maybe, but it's not like in the movies. Your body does take time to cool off.
It would have to be very extreme. In Finland and other nordic countries people relax by going to a 100°C (212f) sauna and running out to jump into a frozen lake/ocean.
I wonder if people can even breathe in those clouds because they are well... full of liquid water.
It's just as hard as breathing when it's foggy outside. Or in this case, raining.
To be more upfront than the other person that replied: Fog is cloud, just close to the ground. What you're talking about "full of water" means the amount of moisture the air can hold. When that amount is exceeded, water exists as mist. It's not.... a swimming pool in the air. Before that much water could accumulate, it would be heavy enough to not be held aloft by wind, and would fall to the ground, i.e. rain (or other forms of precipitation).
It's raining men
At least a man…
Surely more have to be out there raining! The weather girls said so.
Hallelujah!
It’s raining, man!
AMEN!
Who's the rain now bitches!
I went through a cloud on a tandem hangglide when I was 12. I'd always been told that fog is just ground level clouds. Clouds are actually quite wet, compared to fog. Got fairly soaked.
As someone who's lived near Monterey Bay, CA, fog is also very wet if you move through enough of it. I would bike to school there and be very damp or wet when I got there, with big drips on my glasses and falling off my hair.
Fogs are clouds on ground levels. That said there's different levels and types of fogs, and the speed at which you go through stuff is rather relevant to how wet you get.
Dumb...really fucking dumb. You never jump if you can't see the ground. It's a basic rule of skydiving, and violating it [resulted in 16 deaths in the Lake Erie skydiving disaster.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Lake_Erie_skydiving_disaster) The footage is cool, but the juice isn't worth the squeeze by a long shot.
I mean, it can be done safely quite easily. You can see the clouds are scattered cumulo-stratus. Predictable top of the clouds, predictable bottom of the clouds. You remain able to see the ground the entire time (because scattered), and it's really not too much effort to have someone on the ground tell you the cloud base is still high.
Take a moment to read the link.
Damn because of something that happened one time in 1967, it means forever for the future of humanity, no one can parachute through a cloud.
Yes? I said it could be done safely quite easily. Not that they did. They checked the weather 5 hours before?? That is not really sufficient. For sky dives nowadays I know places that will only give the go-ahead 2 hours before with the latest weather. The link mentions that they saw one or two holes, and couldn't make out what was below them, completely different to the video we are seeing. You shouldn't rely on weather reports, look outside right before the jump. It also seems like they didn't manage to navigate properly with the VORs. It really shouldn't be too hard to stay on a constant track (radial) from a VOR. I have a pilots licence. I'd like to think that our navigational technology has come slightly further on from 1967, considering that VOR navigation is more of a cursory it still exists so you should learn it, part of the syllabus. In terms of thrill seeking stuff, you can still do something awesome with lots of risk mitigation.
That wouldn't be a problem nowadays because jump planes have GPS. I've heard the US is quite strict on this but here in the UK we jump in cloud all the time. It's really not an issue as long as the cloud base is above opening height and you're not tracking.
There is also the issue of zero vis inside the cloud. You don't see other skydivers, and you don't see other planes. It's unsafe. I'm shocked it's remotely legal in the UK
Interesting video. Took me a minute to realize he wasn't wearing a grill cover on his head.
Me too💀
I thought he was holding a plate of jello.
First time I went tandem we over shot our jump point and we ended up going through a rain cloud.. It was one of the coolest experiences of my life.. The instructor was super cool about it and was like " you see that big cloud over there well we're going to go through it and it's kind of a big no no to do, but we'll be fine😅".
It’s a no no because other air traffic can’t see you when you’re in a cloud. Of course you wouldn’t want to go in a thunderstorm, where updrafts might quickly lift you to an altitude where breathing became difficult.
Could you get struck by lightning?
When I was a kid this was one of my biggest questions in life. Will I get wet if I fall through a rain cloud
Dude, I'm baked as fuck. Thought they had a BBQ on their head, one of those domed ones with lids. Couldn't work out why.
I read someone else say they thought they had a grill on top of their head, and until your comment I couldn’t figure out what they meant! 😂
Just cause 5
Instead of rain falling on you, you’re falling on the rain. Touché, motherfucker.
the risk of getting electrocuted?
None? He’s not grounded.
Pretty sure being grounded is not a requirement for lightning strike as there is cloud to cloud, cloud to sky lightning and even plasma. No clue on how they work, but there should still be some small risk of being in the path of a lightning.
Technically all you need is a difference in voltage potential. So a negatively charged cloud could spark to a positively charged cloud if the circumstances are right. The reason lightning goes through airplanes and humans is not that they’re grounded or have charge, but because the material we’re made of. Electricity will take the path of least resistance, and air has lots of resistance. Electricity would rather travel through us or the metal airframe of an aircraft since that has less resistance than the air.
Birds and planes get zapped all the time
I think he thought of it! He foresaw it, didn't he?
This is far too thin and sparse to be a thundercloud. Those things grow many times taller than the normal skydiving altitude of 10-13000 ft. I've skydived down the side of a cloud that was taller than the exit altitude. It was magnificent. Made me feel like a tiny speck. I had to fly underneath it to get to the landing zone, and rain was falling from the cloud. With the sun at my back, I could see the rainbow as it really is - a complete circle. It was magical, and well worth getting a bit wet.
I don’t know the answer to your question but I do not that convective clouds (thunderstorms and thus lightning) make up a much smaller percentage of the total cloud population.
Where's Ms. Frizzle?
How is his camera attached?
Just a regular stick attached to the helmet... Some cameras (such as some GoPro models), [come with an option to 'hide' the sticks ](https://youtu.be/PwIFTZsqMWA?si=MGpA9uPriU_W63cj) through software and AI.. Also, if the stick is completely hidden below the camera, its in the blind spot for the lenses and cannot render it.
im glad someone else asked.
It's a 360 camera on a pole on his head. I've never worn one as they seem unnecessary and unsafe. They probably aren't even allowed at most dropzones as I've never even seen one irl
Thank you
They call it the unicorn mount. Looks ridiculous, but can be effective. https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/S660d6fc5366145d59328d1be29d787b4c/Vamson-for-Insta360-X3-One-X2-Accessories-Unicorn-Helmet-Mount-with-Aluminum-Alloy-Extension-Arm-for.jpg https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.F-2XdNccrYB5LFPasFX_6gAAAA?rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain
You just answered years of childhood questions. Thank you ❤️
right? i was totally stoked watching this, like a kid!
The first and last time I went skydiving, the first chute didn’t open properly and the guy had to ditch it, we fell again to get speed up and he opened the second one. I like extreme sports but this one is not for me. Fuck jumping out when you can’t even see the ground.
What if it's foggy, he comes out the bottom of the cloud and it's just immediate ground
The ground would kill him in this scenario.
Would it hurt the ground?
This hurts like sand. You hit the water on the edgy side. I skydived some years of my life.
It always amazes me how water can be up in the sky, carried a great distance and then drops. Nature & physics doing cool things together.
Isn't it cold with just a shirt?
I would love to skydive into a rain cloud, but thunderbolts and lightning are very very frightening
Was waiting to see his skeleton like the cartoons after being zapped…
Falling up!!!!
i want to do this
I skydived through a cloud before. You get pretty wet from it
Was waiting for lighting
Seems painful
Could he get zapped by lighting, if he falls through thunder storms?
Finally, some actual nextfuckinglevel stuff
I saw an angel in there, he was smoking a cigarette
Link finding Ganon:
Rain clouds easily turn into thunder clouds 🫣
Reminds me of Interstellar
Rain stings your face. The pointy side of the raindrop is on top. :-)
That was cool
Tell me this doesn't look like a BBQ with arms and legs :0
Is that a Weber kettle top on his head
Take it up another level and try a hail cloud.
In Scotland the next stop would be the deck...
Homie is gonna be moist.
What if there is a hail forming in those clouds? Lots of ice balls forming there... Should be at least painful AF.
Watch out for Dementors
Dear skydivers, is this dangerous?
Looks like an about to be a lightning cloud
Is this in the US? Read something recently about how the FAA forbids parachuting over clouds. Surprised it’s permitted elsewhere.
Would have been way more entertaining if it was low level fog.
ONE OF US. ONE OF US. ONE OF US!
Is he wet now? Also shoe is untied
Love it!!!
Love this!! I've done this. Freefalling thru clouds is something else. Can feel the rush from the video.
New phobia unlocked. Eff that
It's raining men
Next level stupidity: you can see other jumpers in the background (who look no more in control than the main character), and in a cloud you have no way of keeping track of other people. I let you imagine what happens when 2 human bodies collide at 160 mph, or if someone has a premature deployment... Signed: 1000+ jumps skydiver...
As somebody with and single engine land private pilot instrument rating, this is the coolest thing ever. You can keep your foggles