I did it!
Sara and I visited the world’s very first bungy site at Kawarau Bridge
outside of Queenstown. After watching a
few jumps (and against my better judgment), I decided to take the plunge. Before I knew it, I had swiped the credit
card (nonrefundable) and stepped on the scale.
Then came the long walk out to the middle of the bridge.
Needless to say I was pretty nervous, so my memory is a little fuzzy. I asked several of the folks working on the ledge how many jumps they had done. None would admit ever jumping. They said I was crazy, and I agreed. One girl asked me whether I wanted to touch the water below the bridge, and I said okay, but definitely no more than my fingertips.
The butterflies really started in earnest as I shuffled out to the ledge. I paused just long enough to give Sara a thumbs up, and then I jumped. Perhaps I actually weigh more than 86 kilos, because I was dunked up to my shoulders in the river below the bridge! I was very relieved to bounce back up into the air. I did get a little rope burn on my ankle, but otherwise came through in one piece.
Check bungy jumping off the bucket list . . . I don’t think I will be doing anything so crazy again anytime soon!
-David
Needless to say I was pretty nervous, so my memory is a little fuzzy. I asked several of the folks working on the ledge how many jumps they had done. None would admit ever jumping. They said I was crazy, and I agreed. One girl asked me whether I wanted to touch the water below the bridge, and I said okay, but definitely no more than my fingertips.
The butterflies really started in earnest as I shuffled out to the ledge. I paused just long enough to give Sara a thumbs up, and then I jumped. Perhaps I actually weigh more than 86 kilos, because I was dunked up to my shoulders in the river below the bridge! I was very relieved to bounce back up into the air. I did get a little rope burn on my ankle, but otherwise came through in one piece.
Check bungy jumping off the bucket list . . . I don’t think I will be doing anything so crazy again anytime soon!
-David
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| David at Kawarau Bridge Bungy |
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| David at Kawarau Bridge Bungy |
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| David at Kawarau Bridge Bungy |
Did you not see the video from last week in Australia!?!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome adventure! Glad your wife used better judgment than you. Although I do think it would be a blast - especially once you found out the bungy actually worked s advertised!!!
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