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Even Rokne, father of the Innhopp, gives some pointers if you\u2019re thinking of the unique, high-adrenaline experience of an innhopp\u2026<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Author Even Rokne, landing on Cote D’Or beach, Praslin, Seychelles
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What is an Innhopp?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

An Innhopp in its basic terms is nothing more than jumping outside a regular DZ. This could also be called a bad spot, an off-landing or a planned landing elsewhere using the skydiving aircraft as a means of transport. Jumps outside a regular DZ could also be a demo jump, mountain flying or swooping\u2026 and in that sense an Innhopp is like a demo jump without the audience\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 Arriving to set up an Innhopp at Skeleton Coast, Namibia
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What are the qualities of an Innhopp?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The perfect Innhopp location is totally isolated, meaning that your landing areas are your only choice if you decide to join in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ideal Innhopp location has minimum of two, preferably three, landing options in increasing levels of difficulty. The size of the biggest (main) landing area defines the minimum requirement for the jumpers according to the national skydiving regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The landing areas should be within reach of each other once under canopy. The optimal deal is that you need to make your decision as to which to choose by 1,500 feet at the latest (so 1-2 km apart). This gives peace of mind once the decision is made, and full undistracted focus of the canopy pilot on the chosen landing area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Messum Crater, Namibia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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What are the effects of an Innhopp?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sole responsibility<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A common feature of many skydivers is to oppose authority:- or \u2018don\u2019t tell me what to do!\u2019. Innhopps give a great opportunity to make decisions for yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nothing makes me happier than a skydiver choosing not to jump but to stay in the aircraft if he\/she doesn\u2019t feel like making the innhopp. This means this skydiver has maturity and strength beyond peer pressure; it means listening to one\u2019s own feelings; but it also may cause a feeling of failure. This is not the case; this is a good choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember, nobody is forcing you to go, the decision is all yours and you have no-one to show for, nothing to prove \u2013 they are all skydivers, and some of them with probably more jumps than you have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Landing at UNESCO Dunes, Namibia
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You get immediate feedback<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

If your setup is not optimal, you will have immediate feedback on how well you performed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You get connected to the Innhopp location<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Because your sensory apparatus is on \u2018All-Systems-Go\u2019 mode, your brain stores heaps of information as far as the nature and surroundings on your jump. This has the effect that, when you return to a spectacular Innhopp area \u2013 where you have actually felt your fear, your adrenaline has been released, and you have been sharp, focused, concentrated, and in your FLOW \u2013 your body starts to react even miles away from the landing zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You never forget an Innhopp. After doing more than a hundred Innhopps into all kinds of different locations, I realized looking back, I could remember each and every one of them. I couldn\u2019t necessarily list them in a full complete report, but whenever anybody gave me a clue or a hint, I could always relatively easily find that specific Innhopp from my memory bank. The reason for this I later connected to that very same adrenaline-release, making us so much more capable, strong, reactive, and observant (as long as it\u2019s below our stress tolerance level).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Innhopps allow you to attach cultural elements to your memory experience. This means that any cultural input you are able to weave into the Innhopp itself, may later be triggers to unfold the full memory of that particular Innhopp experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Innhopp at Labinje, Cerkno, Slovenia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Adrenaline<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

You will have an automatic high level of adrenaline. Even on big, unobstructed areas, you will feel your level of adrenaline increase, simply due to the fact of not actually having seen the landing area. Your individual stress tolerance level is crucial. The classic \u2018fight or flight\u2019 response may lead to you freezing up, as there is nowhere to \u2018fly\u2019 [escape] to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mental Aspects<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

It is you who makes the decision to attend the jump or not, you may suffer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n