Imagine soaring through the air like a bird, just floating and climbing up through the heights........ hang gliding is really the closest you can ever get to flying...... and you actually can go upwards, higher and higher......... until your time runs out (for the money you've paid!)....... The scary part is really the part where you have to run off the cliff. That's when a lot of funny things fill your mind as you hesitate about taking the first step. But once you're off, you'll never regret it.
For tandem parachuting, you're not really given any opportunity to hesitate. Once the airplane reaches the correct height and position, you're more or less "pushed" off....... so it's too late to back off then. It was a long way down, free-falling from 9000 ft to 3000 ft, and exhilarating barely describes it! But it's really great when the chute opens and you start floating down slowly........
Really, life is short, so how can your life be complete if you don't try such things?