What Happens Between Arriving and Jumping
The jump takes seconds. Everything before it takes a couple of hours, and most of that time is the part that decides whether you go at all.
People book the jump and picture the fall. What they actually spend the morning doing is paperwork, standing on a scale, and listening to someone explain a sequence. Here is the shape of it, so that none of it is a surprise.
Check in and the waiver
You sign a waiver and a health declaration. Read the health declaration properly rather than ticking down it. An undeclared condition does not just risk your safety — it undermines the document you are signing and anything that sits behind it.
The weigh-in
You will be weighed on site, and the number taken there is the one that counts, not the one you gave when booking. The cord is selected from your weight. This is the single most consequential measurement of the day and operators treat it that way.
If you are anywhere near a limit the operator has quoted, sort that out before you travel across the island. We can confirm the actual figure for the specific venue in advance.
Lockers
Everything loose goes away: phone, wallet, sunglasses, hat, jewellery. Do not plan on holding a camera. If you want footage, ask about the operator’s own arrangements when you book rather than negotiating at the platform.
Harness and briefing
You are fitted with the harness and ankle system and checked. The briefing covers the sequence, the backup arrangements and the countdown. It is short. Listen to it anyway — it is the part where you find out what to do with your arms and what happens after the rebound.
The jump
A few seconds of freefall, then the rebound, then you are brought back. It is shorter than everyone expects and there is no technique for making it last longer.
Afterwards
Some people feel it in the back and neck the following day. If you have any history there, it belongs on the health declaration in the morning rather than in a review in the evening.
Total time on site is a couple of hours for one jumper, longer for a group. More on who can jump.
Written and checked by the desk. Figures are dated at the point of writing — our editorial standards explains how, and what happens when something here turns out to be wrong.
