About Us

Durham University Freefall Club is a small and friendly club of perfectly normal people who enjoy an extreme sport whilst being assured about the stringent safety consciousness and excellent training throughout the sport. We run training courses for novices, regular jumps for those who are qualified and regular socials.

Standing in the doorway of the plane you still feel grounded. The equipment weighs heavily on your back, the floor presses against your feet, and the straps pull on your legs and shoulders. Longing for the freedom of flight, you leap. Ten seconds after leaving the plane the wind supports you, fighting against gravity, holding you at a constant speed.

Touching nothing but air you feel the exhilarating rush of adrenaline as you soar through the sky at 120 miles per hour. You are in control; with the slightest movements of your body you alter heading, speed, and position. You and the invisible element seem perfectly in tune yet the thrill of danger sharpens your focus, slows time, and heightens your senses. That smooth collage of colour miles below may be where you live but this is where you are most alive! For sixty seconds of eternity you are completely free of all worldly concerns; it is just you and the sky.

With only one mile left to fall the land has started moving towards you. You now have a glimmer of the immense speed at which you are travelling. As you fall below four thousand feet the Earth begins to quickly expand, rushing to meet you. Five short seconds later, a scant three thousand feet left, you open that life saving piece of cloth. The mad rush of wind suddenly transforms into the pieceful calm of a parachute ride. Slowly your ears adjust to the new volume and you hear the flapping of that wonderful fabric above your head. Eventually gravity reasserts itself; you are now below two hundred feet and the Earth is charging up ready to swallow you. At a mere twelve feet, with a pull on the toggles, you slow your descent and gently set your feet on the ground.

"You have dared to defy gravity and again you have emerged victorious"
Carl P.E Santos