Pt II and III

Our second jump of the day was on top of Queenstown in the mountains. The twist was that the jump was going to be at night in pitch black. We decide to go there a bit earlier while there was still daylight to check out the view and watch the sun set. We also decided to hop on a luge and race down the hill just to kill some time.

As darkness fell upon us, it was show time. The good news was the jump was only 43m high compared to the 134m prior. The bad news was that we still needed to jump. What made this jump more unique (other than the fact it was at night) was that you needed to have a running start before you jumped. What was also different was that we used a chest harness rather than a leg which gave you a bit more mobility in the air.

I decided on the 180 reverse falling back into the night keeping my eye on the wooden treehouse. The only thing I remembered from this jump was how quickly the pod became so small as I hurtled towards the ground.

Our third jump came off the Kawartha bridge (seen on the right) which is the first ever commercial bungy jump site in the world. This also meant the touristiest stop to jump. Some might welcome the crowd as you fell towards the river, but others might not. We really didn’t care as we just wanted to jump. What we do care about is when there are people ahead of you that completely freak out before they jump and end up not even going. The problem with that is you begin to question whether what you are doing is really that safe and normal. In the end we ignored sensibility and reason and completed our thrillology jump with a bang.

If you ever find your way to Queenstown, New Zealand DO NOT miss out on this event!

- the lone asian