Iceland from above - Skydiving into the Reykjavík Airport

A few Icelandic skydivers jumped from a helicopter above Reykjavík during the Reykjavik Air Show last week. Skydiving in Iceland is on quite an upswing right now. The local skydiving club’s airplane was damaged beyond repair in a storm several years ago, leaving the club penniless and planeless. Since then, there have been almost no jumps in the country, until recently. In the past couple of years a new skydiving company has been relaunching the sport. This opens the chance for you to experience Iceland in free fall. If you are a certified jumper, you can rent a rig and jump. If you are new to the sport, you can do a simple tandem jump.

I really want to get into paragliding one day. Here’s a video from Tomasz Chrapek paragliding up in the Bláfjöll (E. Blue Mountains) ski area just outside Reykjavík. Nice views on a beautiful day. I was kind of expecting him to get wrapped around that radio tower in the beginning though.

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