Skydive Lake Taupo, New Zealand

Today I had the most amazing experience of my life. After waking up and staring at the classifieds in search for a job I decided it would be way more fun to jump out of a perfectly good aircraft at 12000 ft! Its amazing how suck a good idea can turn pretty nerve racking after you book your spot and pay for it. Lake Taupo is the skydiving capital of the world and home to one of the highest tandem free falls a person can do and it is also the cheapest place in the world to do it. The basic sky dive from 12000 ft costed $219 but seeing as I have so much extra money lying around from all the work I have been doing . . . I decided to go for a little extra and spring for Limousine transport to and from th airport (extra$1).

After being picked up from the Limo and pulling up to the airport I began to get a little butterfly's but after I met my instructor and got strapped into the harness it got a whole lot worse. Its strange, you would think that the instructors would say anything they could to make you feel more comfortable but its actually the exact opposite. All of the guys are joking about having the new rookies packing there shoots, and how it is the pilots first flight which was kinda entertaining especially to watch the couple other people in our group who were obviously terrified. So after I was fitted for all my gear we were packed into a plane and speeding down the runway. I was the last person in the plane which meant I got the honor of sitting beside the door and being the first to get out, GREAT! . The flight up to altitude was gorgeous, it was a clear and sunny day so you could see both coast of the country, two oceans, three volcanoes, and there was the odd cloud which proved that yup, I am in fact going to jump from a airplane higher than the clouds. Once we were at altitude and the plane leveled off, my instructor opened the door and we swung sideways so our legs were outside and this is the only time I was truly nervous. The good thing is that you don't really have much choice at this point to weather you jump or not because they basically throw you out. I have to say that the two seconds as we were first tipping out of the plane is the most unexplainable thing in the world, as of course my instructor had to put a little style into it and send us back flipping a couple times before leveling out and enjoying our 45 seconds! of free fall. The whole ordeal takes about 7 minutes from the time you leave the plane till you are safely landed and I can promise thats a 7 minutes of my life I will never forget. I can definitely say that this is the most unforgettable experience and the most andreniline I have had so far in my trip. Now I just have to concur the 137 meter bungy jump in Queenstown to be able to say I have done it all in New Zealand.

"Lets Rock and Roll"


Sara and I After the Jump