Me too. The pain in my head was so intense and searing I don't really remember much else from the tandem. It started after falling only a few thousand feet. I suppose the faster fall of a tandem equates to a more rapid change in pressure. Others on the forum who've had ear pain said they had been prone to ear infections as children. One said they had either a myringotomy or had tympanostomy tubes put in and had no further pain. I really want to try it again, but I don't think I'd attempt it without a tympanostomy tube procedure. Definitely worth consulting with an otolaryngologist rather than risk hearing loss, or more serious complications arising from the distraction..
BobbyR1990, you had bad pain in a tandem, but no pain on your own?
Anyone with ear pain try not yawning on the way up with any success?
