Skydiving help - too fat to sky dive:(

Chantelleh97
Chantelleh97 Posts: 7
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Hi! I was offered the chance to go skydiving with friends, once I checked the weight restrictions they were the following including skydiving gear weight :-
13st for females - 182lbs
15st for males 210lbs

Any ideas why the female one is so low:(? I'm really annoyed at the fact I could not attended /:
Any excuses to say why I cannot attended?:/
Thanks

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  • jlahorn
    jlahorn Posts: 377 Member
    When I googled "Why is the skydive weight limit different for women and men?" I got:

    "We have different limits for men and women because differences in build and weight distribution make men and women fly differently."


    And:

    ". As a general rule, height and weight must be in proportion."

    And:

    "BMI should also be taken into consideration, BPA statistics show that if a students BMI is above 27.5 they stand a greater risk of injury (approximately double the risk for a male and even greater for a female)."

    So the top weight restriction applies to equipment ratings, but the female weight limit is probably more about BMI than weight.

    For excuses? "Sorry, I don't think I can attend, but thank you for the invitation" ought to cover it.

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