I would really like to try parachuting. But, it involves more or less free-falling during a period that the parachute hasn't been opened.
I'm not particularly fond of going parachuting. Seems a bit too dangerous for my liking.
Me too! The first parachute jump was back on October 22, 1797 by Andre-Jacques Garnerin. He had guts. lol
I wouldn't have guessed the first jump was that far back. Bit surprising. Do you know if there is much difference between parachuting and skydiving?
I am not sure. But the military developed parachuting technology as a way to save aircrews from emergencies. 
Interesting. On second thought, I believe they're the same thing. Did you know the first type of parachute was made out of two umbrellas?
. Garnerin tested his contraption by leaping from a hydrogen balloon above Paris. Garnerin's parachute bore little resemblance to today's parachutes, however, as it was not packed into any sort of container and did not feature a ripcord. The first intentional free-fall jump with a ripcord-operated deployment was not made until over a century later by Leslie Irvin in 1919. While Georgia Broadwick made an earlier free-fall in 1914 when her static line became entangled with her jump aircraft's tail assembly, her free-fall
Parachuting
Parachuting is a method of transiting from a high point to Earth with the aid of gravity, involving the control of speed during the descent with the use of a parachute or parachutes. It may involve more or less free-falling (the skydiving segment) which is a period when the parachute has not yet been deployed and the body gradually accelerates to terminal velocity.
History.
The first parachute jump in history was made by André-Jacques Garnerin, the inventor of the parachute, on 22 October 1797