Today will be one of those days that will remain in my frontal lobe for the rest of my life, certainly a powerful emotional memory was formed when I jumped off a bridge 43 meters up at the original AJ Hackett Bungy at Kawarau Bridge. This place has been going over 25 years now and has a perfect safety record. That was reassuring. I decided to get in early and be the first one to jump on this Wednesday, Tim had already done this nearly 20 years earlier at this exact same place. This was definitely one of my bucket list items and I’m glad I did it. I was fine the whole time and when the guys asked me how I was feeling after I told them it was my first bungy I simply replied with “Cold” as really it was a bit chilly up there.

Then they keep asking you questions and whilst I knew damn well these were deliberate tactics totally manipulating my emotions my position was that I was perfectly fine with that. So I was all good right up until the guy told me to shuffle forward and put my toes over the edge. I felt this was unnecessary for I had watched previous jumpers and I knew you waved at cameras first, surely you don’t do this with your toes OVER THE EDGE? And so I naturally responded to his instruction to put my toes over the edge with “Are you quite sure?” And his response was “I’m pretty sure, I’ve done this a few times by now.” Quite a patronising little bastard really. LOL.  It was at this point I felt I had moved into terrified but they’re pretty sneaky up on the platform there. They don’t give you a moment to say “Uh…just a minute…I just…” it’s just wave at the cameras, 1…2…3….BUNGYYYYY!!!

Here’s the video taken by Tim….complete with appropriately shocked noises from Japanese tourists: