Exert from Steve's journal 20 mins after doing a skyjump: "OH MY F**KING GOD!!! I MEAN HOLY SH*T THAT WAS GODDAMN F**KING AWESOME!!!" Needless to say I was pretty pumped after the jump.
Started the day with heading to the sky tower to leap off the platform 192m up. I was trussed up in an all in one jump suit and then strapped firmly into my harness. I was lead to the elevator and sent up the tower.
I was met by two of the sky jumps "throwers" who, although they introduced themselves, names I have completely forgotten. I took one look off the edge of the platform and the first words that escaped my mouth were "I can't do this." Luckily the girls had seen this before and began trussing me and strapping me while giving lots of encouragement. Before i knew what was happening I was standing on the edge of the platform facing the building with my heels on the edge. Probably a good thing since it didn't give me time to think about it.
Then they gave me a countdown and I jumped backwards onto open air. I fell around 3 metres before the winch stopped me and the rush just hit me! I was hanging 190 or so metres in air suspended by nothing more than a wire cable looking down at the city of Auckland for a VERY new perspective. I looked up and seen the people all waving on the observation right in front of me. I was so pumped by this point I knew this was gonna be an awesome ride. I gave the crowd a heavy metal gesture and then screamed: "LET'S F**KING ROCK!!!" and BOOM! I was falling at 75 kph towards the ground, the wind flying in my face and the adrenline hitting me like a brick in the face. I landed on the platform and wrapped my arms round my "catcher" and just shouted: "THAT WAS AMAZING!!!" I was buzzing full on by this point.
She smiled: "Enjoy that?"
"Oh aye... that was incredible" I breathed
"Would you go again?"
"Oh yeah"
"Wanna go now... for free?"
"DAMN RIGHT!"
So I was taken back up to the level and told the girls that I was so glad they talked me into that. They trussed me up again and this time there was no pause just a straight fall to the bottom and the rush was just as good.
I spent the rest of the day buzzing and then hit up an All-you-can-eat-pizza-and-all-you-can-drink-wine night. Needless to say it got messy. I don't remember coming back to the hostel but I remember the pizza was good.
