IMAGE: Mike Carpenter by Andrew Lovemore
10 QUESTIONS
(these are not ‘right or wrong’ questions –
use your knowledge to justify and explain
your answers. Either write the answers if
practicing for an exam or discuss them
with a partner
.)
Q 0
1
:
What kind of
personality ‘type’
would take up
skydiving?
THE EXPERT
Name: Mike Carpenter
Age: 25 years old
Born: Somerset, England
Sport: Professional skydiver.
Job: Teaching people how to skydive and coaching experienced skydivers in Freefly.
He’s good!
• British National Freefly Skydiving Champion 2008, 2007 and 2006 Q 02:
• British National Vertical Formation Skydiving (VFS) Champion 2008
• World Championship Bronze medallist in Freefly Skydiving 2008
What would you
• Bodyflight Bedford wind tunnel World Challenge Silver medallist, 2008
expect to happen to
• The British Parachute Association (BPA) Taz Causer Skydiver of the Year 2007
• World Cup Silver Medallist in Freefly Skydiving, Stupino, Russia 2007 your heart rate during
• European VFS Champion, Chalon, France, 2007
a skydive? Explain
• European Freefly Record Formation Holder 2007 and 2005
• British National Freestyle Skydiving Champion 2006
what may be the
causes of this?
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