parasailing

[User6773]

Re: RE: parasailing

It's not hang-gliding.

Parasailing is when you are attached to harness, like rock climbing, which goes around your legs. You are then attached to clips that are attached to a parachute. The boat starts to speed up, and you get lifted up, dangling from straps 300 feet above glassy ice cold water that would shatter you like glass. You sit there, look around, then come down. Kinda boring. Skydiving sounds much more fun.

Actually, this has the potential to be really fun, assuming your driver doesn't suck.

Your body detects acceleration and deceleration, not speeds. Think about it. Right now we're hurtling through the galaxy at thousands of miles per hour, but we don't feel it because we're not accelerating or decelerating.

Now, a change in acceleration can be a change in direction without a change in speed. So, if your driver spins you around a lot and makes significant turns, this could have a powerful impact on your direction - it'd swing you around like a weight attached to the end of a string.

But, going in a straight line, that would just suck. I can imagine the most fun would be going up, though. I'd like to go skydiving someday - maybe I should go parasailing first.

[pntballa18]

Re: RE: parasailing

I'd like to go skydiving someday - maybe I should go parasailing first.

I dont think parasailing is anything like skydiving. You never go down when you parasail unless it's over. You don't really get a adreniline(sp) rush when you parasail.

[ToshX]

Re: RE: parasailing

Your body detects acceleration and deceleration, not speeds.

I learnt something today, and from CHARDISH! WTF!