What a magical feeling, knowing that I have not only
completed something on my bucket list but I have jumped off the Auckland sky
tower. This morning I was full of nerves, excitement, fear and uneasiness; now
full of amazement that I have completed the jump.
Heading toward the Sky tower, I wasn’t that nervous but
it was there, I felt somewhat calm. It wasn’t until I was in the jumping gear,
and in the elevator the nerves finally hit, heading all the way up to 650ft
(192m) just to have yourself jump off all the way down, I was determined to
stop my fear of heights and do something that I would never do normally, and
this was extremely outside my comfort zone! At the top in the jumping lounge
the view out was nice, but the look down felt threatening.
After the few in front it was my turn to jump and getting
myself to the edge was hard and even though I knew I was strapped in tightly
with my harness and the actual bungee, I felt as though something horrible
could happen. Once I was holding the sides seconds before I jump and I feel my
heart racing fast, I was scared to look down and I was scared to jump; so when
I was told to jump I thought I was going to freeze but I just felt myself
jumping like my mind was a few seconds behind the moment and then there was the
fall, something new, something frightening, yet quite exquisite. The landing wasn’t so gracious at all but I
was glad I had my feet on solid ground. I was so shocked that I had done it. 
It had been a thrilling event, now that it was over and
out of the jumpsuit and harness and had been given the chance to head up to the
observation lounges, which was something else but going up the elevator the
second time wasn’t as bad, up at the top observation deck, it was nice just to
look over Auckland, the view was simply superb.
Now the event is over and I am never going to forget this
amazing opportunity that I was given, it was something tat I thought I could
never do, but now that I know I can do that, nothing can stop me now…..
