Is Skydiving an easy thing?

I have been lookign at those pictures of skydivers for hours and always enjoyed hopw great all looked like. But there is one word that also comes to my mind: danhger!

Is skydiving really as dangerous?

The researches and statistics shows that the accident ratio of skydiving is not higher than of the other receational aviation activities. So, in short, skydiving is as safe as the people who practice it care about their safety.

The equipment for skydiving is not expensive, it costs just several hundred dollars. The more problematic part is getting out there on the plane and doing the jump. Typically you would have to pay $100 or more for a single jump which is where the major thoughness in skydiving is. Compared to the other recreational aviation sports, skydiving can be more expensive if you do it often.

Learning to sky dive
There are various schools who offer education in skydiving, but unlike other aviation acitivities you don't need any licenses and there is no too much to study. Finally, skydiving is just a jump so all you have to know is how to open your parachute and some safety stuff.

The Spring and Summer are most appropriate for skydiving because the temperatures on thousand meters can be quite low sometimes. If you live in a country with all year hot climate, then cool - you can skydive all the time.

Have you tried skydiving so far and what are your achievements? Please share!