
Have you been to adult summer camp?
I guess I haven’t either, but I found the closest thing to it – Summerfest at Skydive Chicago. I mentioned in another post that this was one of my skydiving goals for the summer and what an adventure it was.
Summerfest is a skydiving boogie. For non-skydivers, this means a skydiving event or party – more accurately 10 epic days of skydiving with some of the best load organizers and coaches during the day with endless events and activities at night.

I skydive in Canada, where dropzones are comparatively small. What a culture shock it was to show up to a dropzone that was essentially a closed community. I mean you did not even need to leave this place! The hangar was equipped with its own store, rigging loft, class rooms, restaurant and manifest building, bathrooms, theatre and all with air-conditioning. They have two twin otters, a skyvan, a caravan and a helicopter for the event.
Behind the huge landing area you could find a large pond to swim, disk-golf, cabins, the tiki-hut and endless camping. This was all bordered by a huge row of vendors set up for the boogie. The night’s festivities ranged from obstacle courses, bubble soccer, zip lining, lip syncing contests, flame throwers and Mario cart racing with roman candles. These events cumulated with a night-skydive with lights that ended with a massive fireworks display with a limo being launched off a ramp, complete with helicopter.
I also was lucky enough to:
- Jump from a skyvan for the first time.
- Jump from a helicopter for the first time.
- Participate in my first hybrid.
- Do a sit fly “campfire.”
- Eat donuts in freefall for my friend’s birthday.
- Win a lip-syncing competition…never saw that coming.
That is one heck of an adult summer camp. If you are interested in seeing more, check out Join the Teem for their Summerfest coverage.
Wow adult skydiving camp sounds amazing. Here in Toronto last year someone started an actual adult summer camp where they took people out into the woods to camp like when they were kids. But this idea knocks that out of the park by a country mile.
Thanks Boris, it was pretty awesome! Activities to do all the time. That is too funny, I would totally try adult summer camp too!
Ahh! Sound like MY kind of summer. How fun!!!
It was pretty awesome!
What an amazing adventure!
Thank you! It was such an experience! 🙂
WoW! Guts!!! 😄👊
Thanks! 🙂
Too extreme for me! I’m heading to the Tai Chi Gala & Retreat ( http://taichigala.com ) in the Poconos in June, it’s like adult summer camp for the mind, body, and soul! 🙂
That looks like a fantastic summer cap! Some relaxation for the soul is just what you need sometimes.