I’m Earning Loads Less…But”: 37-Year-Old World Record Holder Laura Hampton on Weaving a Skydiving Symphony in Place of a 9-5 Job

Fearlessly swapping PR roles for a parachute, Laura Hampton embarked on a thrilling skydiving saga. The resident of Bingham has overcome her own fight battling the fear of heights as well as switched her professional career of a 9-5 job in the PR sector with professional skydiving. Refusing to climb the corporate ladder, Hampton added a whole new meaning to her life. In the pursuit of true happiness, her journey is quite inspiring indeed.

Hampton’s skydiving odyssey treading into a new path

While Hampton once dreaded climbing a ladder, she now jumps from an aircraft stalled mid-air at staggering heights. With nearly 5000 jumps under her belt, it was 16 years ago that he started her skydiving journey while she was a social psychology student at Loughborough University. A move for charity had altered the trajectory of her life forever. 

It was only two years ago that Hampton decided to take a detour from her secure job to pursue full-time skydiving. In an interview with Nottinghamshire Live, Hampton shared her thoughts, “I enjoyed my job but it had always been in the back of my mind that I only had it so that I could afford to do the skydiving that I wanted to do.”

Even though initially she was terrified it turned out to be too surreal that she was no longer scared of the height. Hence, the move that she took of giving up her job has left Hampton with no regret. 

Breaking records, Hampton soars high in the sky

Her skydiving journey started with being part of the university’s skydiving team, packing parachutes for extra cash and then embarking on races to secure her spot in solo jumps. Hampton enjoyed every bit of the moment when she was in the air, basking in the birds’ eye view from the top describing the entire experience as unlikely. 

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Hampton shared a note of gratitude stating, “I’m earning loads less. So much less! But it’s absolutely alright because I’m so much happier. I loved my old job and wouldn’t change it but I’m loving what I’m doing now, so the fact that I’m not earning as much money really doesn’t matter. Every morning I get up and providing the sun is shining, I get to go and jump out of a plane for a living, and that’s the best thing in the world.”

She worked hard to earn her license as a coach and took her skydiving passion to another level by co-founding a quartet “formation” skydiving team known as Chimera in 2016. Hampton continued her spree of accomplishments by winning the British national Skydiving in 2022 both for outdoor and indoor categories. In June this year, she and her team secured the recommendable fifth place at the World Championships.

Choosing passion over paycheck, Laura Hampton serves as a promising example of the transformative power of determination that plays an indispensable role in pursuing one’s dreams. In the exhilarating world of skydiving, she found her true happiness and nothing can compete with the joy of jumping out of the plane. 

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