This morning we took a nice tour of the city to get the lay of the land and did a fair amount of video dancing. I've been forcing the family to do these utterly retarded dances in front of landmarks during the trip which I plan to splice together and put to music. So far it's hysterical. Grandma is the only hold out but I'll crack her.
This afternoon I had a bit of an adventure. The Sky Tower is not only the tallest structure in Auckland but in the southern hemisphere as well. I just finished base jumping by wire off it. You take this elevator up from the base to the top deck. I was actually having second thoughts while on the elevator because part of the floor was glass and was looking down a huge drop. Once I got out on the deck of the jump point I REALLY started having second thoughts. Base jumping is too dangerous in the traditional sense off this building because of the height and proximity to other downtown buildings so they have you rigged up to this system which allows you to fall but controls the speed at which you do. Either way, once I stepped out onto the platform I felt relatively fine until they made me grab two poles, lean over the edge and start to count down from three. I just had to tell myself to leap out. ACK!! People looked like ants on the streets below but it was such a rush!!! I have pictures and Jake caught part of it on film from the ground. Here's a picture to give you some scale of what I jumped off of. The Sky Tower is that massive needle building towards the right.
This obviously isn't me (I'll have to scan my pictures in off a hard copy) but this is the exact same platform I jumped from.
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