I'm a skydiver. I have a C license, coach rating and 348 jumps. I can tell you that if this story is true, it's very rare to have things go anything other than smoothly on tandem jumps. Now I'm not going to say it's not dangerous after you get through AFF and you're solo. I've had 4 malfunctions, 3 of which resulted in cutaways where I had to deploy my reserve canopy. But all in all, it's not as dangerous as you'd think.
Wingsuiting is a whole different animal. My wingsuit should be here sometime in August.
Personally, I think everyone should try it just once. It's the closest thing you'll ever get to human flight.
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