veni, vidi, bungy
i've been at nearly 5000m in the himalaya and looked down the precipices of various volcanoes without any vertiginous difficulties, but a 50m platform feels like the summit of everest when you're about to jump off it. i had actually been quite relaxed about the whole bungy jumping affair: all you need is a bit of elastic and an understanding of schoolboy physics (hooke's law is it?), and you should be good to go. still, looking down at the shimmering pool beneath me, i had my concerns.i'm not one to hang about, and when my countdown got to 1 i jumped. it's a real rush: the first few seconds you are in absolute freefall, and as the ground hurtled towards me alarmingly quickly i began to think that this escapade might have been a fairly budget decision. then the cord kicks in and jolts you back upwards, which would be a relief if it weren't for the rip it gives your spine. it's the bouncing and swirling around afterwards that's actually the most painful, as your stomach juices get churned up to nausea inducing levels. the actual fall is an amazing sensation, a real sense of liberation from the banality of everyday, lateral, motion. when i came down i was on a real high, but i was shaking like an alzheimers patient for a good few minutes.
the second jump was a lot more enjoyable, you really appreciate the freefall without the doubts that there'd been some terrible mix up and you were about to create a bloody fresco on the floor. still got the shakes afterwards though, pure adrenaline i suppose. and that was it, bicrom does bungy. the excitement was still coursing through my veins, so i took the best cure i could think of: a cold beer and a few hours of test cricket... run an hour stuff, the perfect antidote.
so that was my bungy experience: i don't know if i'm hooked, but it's an amazing sensation and definitely worth doing at least one in your life.
posted by bicrom @ 12:14 pm
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