Valentine's Day Update
Today I hanglided from Coronet Peak just outside of Queenstown. My tandem guide was named Alex, and was German. Hangliding itself is pretty mellow, but Alex, being German, did a bunch of tricks and junk. It was boss.
Also I did two of AJ Hackett's three bungy jumps in the Queenstown area, the 134 meter one (highest in New Zealand) and the 47 meter one (which is, itself, 400 meters above New Zealand.) I got to do the second one of these twice, as the video they take of every jump got snarled up the first time. The first jump you just sort of hop off, because it, being a normal bungy, attaches at your feet so you can only sort of penguin walk to the edge of the platform before swandiving off. The second one (and the third, technically) you run and leap off. Wheeeee.
Tonight I'm finishing up Queenstown nightlife, namely the two bars I couldn't research properly last night because they don't start hopping until 1am. My rationale last night was that I had hanggliding at 9am and didn't want to be hungover or tired for it. I've decided, after jumping off things, that that logic doesn't apply to Queenstown. My schedule tomorrow includes:
Whitewater rafting at 8:15am
The last of AJ Hackett's three big jumps - the original where you dunk in the river on the hop at 2:15pm
and Canyonswing, mentioned below, at 4:30pm.
To insulate against a hangover, I'm going to go ahead and eat a bunch of curry now.
In two days I Canyon. The day after that, I jetboat. The day after that, I skydive. I'm still waiting to hear about parabungying (150 meters) and this zipline thing with a jet engne attached that's supposed to be wicked fast. I'm also going to see about doing another skydive.
Happy Valentine's Day.
Also I did two of AJ Hackett's three bungy jumps in the Queenstown area, the 134 meter one (highest in New Zealand) and the 47 meter one (which is, itself, 400 meters above New Zealand.) I got to do the second one of these twice, as the video they take of every jump got snarled up the first time. The first jump you just sort of hop off, because it, being a normal bungy, attaches at your feet so you can only sort of penguin walk to the edge of the platform before swandiving off. The second one (and the third, technically) you run and leap off. Wheeeee.
Tonight I'm finishing up Queenstown nightlife, namely the two bars I couldn't research properly last night because they don't start hopping until 1am. My rationale last night was that I had hanggliding at 9am and didn't want to be hungover or tired for it. I've decided, after jumping off things, that that logic doesn't apply to Queenstown. My schedule tomorrow includes:
Whitewater rafting at 8:15am
The last of AJ Hackett's three big jumps - the original where you dunk in the river on the hop at 2:15pm
and Canyonswing, mentioned below, at 4:30pm.
To insulate against a hangover, I'm going to go ahead and eat a bunch of curry now.
In two days I Canyon. The day after that, I jetboat. The day after that, I skydive. I'm still waiting to hear about parabungying (150 meters) and this zipline thing with a jet engne attached that's supposed to be wicked fast. I'm also going to see about doing another skydive.
Happy Valentine's Day.
posted by Jeremy at 7:19 PM
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