Skydiving

Tandem skydiving provides people with disabilities the opportunity to skydive with an instructor

Tandem skydiving. Photo: from www.kritto.se
Tandem skydiving. Photo: from www.kritto.se

Description
Stockholms Fallskärmsklubb (Stockholm’s Skydiving Club), skydive.se/en (last checked October 2021), offers tandem skydiving. After brief instructions the individual is hooked up to an experienced instructor and can skydive from a height of about 4000 meters.

Stockholms Fallskärmklubb (Stockholm’s Skydiving Club) has several instructors who have experience in skydiving with people with disabilities. Mention your disability when making an appointment. Those who are unable to control their legs are strapped to the instructor with an extra harness around the legs.

Tandem skydiving. Photo: from www.kritto.se
Tandem skydiving. Photo: from www.kritto.se

Tipsare: Kristoffer

Kristoffer lives in an apartment together with his partner. He is working part time as a driving instructor. He was injured in 2000 and has a complete paraplegia (Th 5).