27/08/2026
Our Founder Ian Stafford, did something a little different yesterday...
'๐๐ณ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป?
๐'๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐บ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐น๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ I finally got chucked out of a plane from a great height and fell to earth via - eventually - a parachute.
The facts?
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ 13,000 ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐. โ๏ธ
I was in a tandem jump with Fab from the Hinton Skydiving Centre Limited in ๐ก๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
Sitting on the edge of a plane with the door open 13K feet up gave food for thought.
And then we jumped! ๐ช
We reached a speed of 120mph, free-falling through the sky, from 13,000 feet to 6,000 feet, taking around 45 seconds.
๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ'๐ ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐๐๐ฒ.
And the speed feels unbelievably fast!
Thankfully, at 6,000 feet, we deployed the chute and I was given the controls to part steer us down to the ground.
Job done. Box ticked.
๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป๐.
1: Because it was a glaring omission from a list of previous adventures including the Cresta Run, bull-running in Pamplona and various dangerous sporting challenges.
2: I was - and continue - to raise money for Cure Leukaemia. THANK YOU to all who have donated so far.
3: Introduction memory of Tim Downing, a great friend and supporter of The Sporting Club who passed away prematurely last October. It was he who introduced me to his army pal, Sean, and it was Sean who fixed up the jump.
So we live to fight another day.
๐๐๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป.
Next up? The Sir Chris Hoy Tour de 4 cycle ride in Glasgow on 6t September.
No rest for the wicked.'
๐ฃ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ justgiving.com/page/ian-stafford26