So, I can fly. As I so often have quoted, "the trick to flying is to throw
yourself at the ground and miss...". So, I thought, I always preach that,
but I have never tried it myself. And, lazying around in NZ with nothing
better to do I figured that now is as good a time as any.
So, today I got picked up by a very nice guy in a very nice van, and taken
to Auckland bridge. After being put into a harness, off we went on the bridge.
It was a bit of a walk, seeing that we had to get to the middle of the bridge,
and also quite windy. But, mere discomfort were soon forgotten when I looked
down on the water, and knew that in not so long I would be falling down
there.
The moment of truth came 40m above the water, and trust me, it is high.
I stood there, looking down, thinking that I really didn't know what the
hell I was doing, and that jumping off this bridge was insanity. But, of
course, that's what we were up there doing. So, too soon, the guys starting
counting down, and before I knew it I had to jump. I cannot tell you what
I was looking at the moment I jumped. I can remember what I was looking
at the moment before, and what it was seeing the water rush towards you,
but the excact moment I jumped off, it was sensory overload, and my eyes
were obviously at the end of the line. The moment you are in free fall,
many thoughts and feelings run through your mind, and one of the feelings
are pure terror, mixed with excitement and disbelief. Disbelief that you
actually jumped. Not fell, but willingly jumped. And then, just pure excitement
is left as you plunge down towards the water. It was the best feeling!!!!!!!!!!
Just before the surface, only inches from touching the water, you start
to fly upwards again. And for a split second you wonder if you gonna smash
into the bridge you jumped off from. But of course, you don't...
Wohooo, I can fly!!!!!!!
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