Monday 15 June 2015

216m Jump!

They say bungee jumping is pretty cray-cray right?!

I can't believe I jump off the highest commercial bungee jumping stop in the world, the Bloukrans Bridge which is right above the Bloukrans river and is approximately (216 m/709 feet. Seems a little frightening but believe me the thrill during the jump is exhilarating (the entire notion of R-Kelly's I believe I can fly definitely makes perfect sense here!).

As we drove to Face Adrenalin I was a bit more quiet as my thoughts took over. I was unsure whether I was anxious or excited. We stepped out of the vehicle to quickly snap a couple of photos of the Bloukrans Bridge before our weighting and registration for our jump. After the weighing and registration we moved on to get strapped up into harnesses, the guys assisting where all such lovely beings and they threw in a few jokes to lighten the mood. Photo here, photo there...off we head to the bridge with Clive one of the guys from Face Adrenalin team. He demonstrated to us how to do the jump accordingly to obtain the best experience. I jumped second and Boy..Oh...Boy was I excited. One of the guys on Face Adrenalin team asked who I trusted the most from my colleagues and I said all of them, he chose my colleague Sofie to strap my feet together. Thereafter I stood up and looked down before I jumped and I thought to myself...THIS IS IT!, I am going through with it. The team had a count down to and I jumped on two, ahhh there I was flying like one of the birds of this earth and feeling the fresh wind on my skin which was super refreshing and mind-blowing (pounding fists in the air and literally high-10-ing myself). You need to do this in order to understand what I am talking about. Finally upon descending just after a minute I was so ready to get back up, it felt like I spent an hour down there. One of the guys on the team came to my rescue and up we ascended to the top of the bridge, with a huge smile of cause. Finally back up on the bridge and I looked down and wow I just jump off here?!

After the jumping experience on to the bridge we walked to get unstrapped from our harnesses by the team and receive our certificates and photos, and yes after receiving that certificate I AM NOW A CERTIFIED BLOUKRANS BUNGEE JUMPER!

One would ask, why go through with it? I always say "life is too short and risks are what life is about", everyday is a risk we take (more like survival off the fittest). You are not living until you take a risk.
  
                                                      What an AWESOME moment!