A Leap of Faith

For those of you that doubted... didn't encourage... or tried to convince us otherwise... WE DID IT!!! We bungied off the third highest jump in the world. Third to South Africa and Hong Kong, respectively. The jump was called the Nevis... we plunged 134 meters (that is over 400 feet!!!) off a cable car suspended over a gorge with river rapids below. It was the most terrifying thrilling awe inspiring adventure either of us have even done! It is going to be pretty hard to beat.

The experience of standing on the ledge looking out to one of the most beautiful landscapes imaginable with the kiwi guide counting to three and your mind goes peaceful, you dive off the edge like you're diving into a swimming pool, arms stretched out as you sore like a bird down to the bottom anticipating the pull of the bungie cord... the snap comes and the rest is surreal. We wish we could describe exactly how it felt, but that is all we can explain with words. All we can tell you is... that you have to try it once (although we will probably do it again in our lifetime)even if your knees are shaking, heart is racing, or crying in hysterics (not us... but the girl standing next to us)! It was incredible, enough said! Video to come (if we can figure it out).

As if that was not enough, we finished the afternoon with a level 5 white water rafting trip through the Shotgun river that is known for being one of the most lucrative gold mining sites in the world. The adventure was good, but did not even compare to the one described above. Although the scariest part of our day was the drive down Shotgun Road to the beginning rafting site... let's just say we thought if we leaned to the right the whole van would have tipped off the cliffs... we "enjoyed" this for over 40 minutes.. yikes!

Needless to say Queenstown ended on a high. We now truck 6 hours north west through the mountains to the Franz Joseph Glaciers. We hope to be able to send an update soon.