Hackett runs in Queenstown as their whole operations is designed to manipulate you into successfully completing your jump. We signed up for our jump and paid in advance at a city centre location. The check-in process is very quick though: go to the desk, sign in, get weighed, go to the toilet for one last time, then walk out onto the bridge. My number was first, so I was asked to sit down and they immediately started harnessing me up. First I put on a harness, then the bridge guys jump masters?
They also asked how wet I wanted to get one of the benefits of jumping above a river is that you have some flexibility with regards to hitting the surface. Then very quickly I was walked out onto the ledge.
The guy with me was very matter of fact, and I can only describe my feelings as controlled terror. I was terrified, but functional. It took me a really long time to let go of the bridge as you can see in the video below. Now this is where they get very clever with the mind-control techniques.
First of all, the bungee centre is a tourist attraction: coaches arrive regularly and large numbers of tour groups watch the bungee jumps. As I was doing mine there were probably about thirty people watching from the side.
What the staff do is make you look over and see just what kind of an audience you have where he tells me to wave at the other camera, that is where the people are standing. Now on top of the financial commitment you also have a serious pride commitment -there is no way you are going to back out in public.
The final thing is that it is all very quick: you look at one camera, wave at another, then have a five, four, three, two, one countdown and jump. This was slightly surreal. At first, it felt like time stopped like those cartoons where the characters hang in the air before looking down and dropping.
You'll get better views on both the way up and way down. You'll get a longer drawn out adrenaline hit and you'll reach faster speeds than you will on a bungee jump. For these reasons, I usually recommend booking a skydive instead of a bungee jump. There are some points that go to the bungee jump, mostly related to price and the increased fear factor. As discussed above, a bungee experience is usually considered more frightening due to the freefall proximity to the ground and other environmental factors.
It's also worthwhile considering the price benefit it has over skydiving. If you're on a tight budget or have already been skydiving, then a bungee jump is probably a better choice for you.
Cairns is the only location to bungee jump in Australia. Conversely, there are more than 20 skydiving locations across the country, with at least one in each capital city. There are several bungee locations in New Zealand, however. The main reason there are hardly any bungee jumping businesses in Australia is mainly due to high insurance costs. A few businesses have started to eventually close down due to unreachable demand requirements to meet the high outgoings.
Your email address will not be published. You know that horrible stomach drop you feel to a lesser extent when on a rollercoaster — well, magnify that one hundred times. The stomach drop feeling only last for a few seconds as you fall, but it is definitely part of the experience and most people will feel it until they start dangling. How fast you fall when bungee jumping will depend on the height of the jump.
The higher the bungee jump, the more time you have to accelerate to a top speed. The falls take 4 to 5 seconds to complete, as you jump from a height of meters. I felt like I was flying and once I got back down to the ground honestly felt like I could put my mind to anything.
Bungee making makes you confront your fears head-on. Once you leap it feels like you are completely alone. I think my mind went completely blank! I jumped in tandem with my boyfriend and he said I was screaming all the way down, but I have no recollection of this happening. All I remember feeling is the bouncing back up!
Then you step off and what seems like a second just hang there before the fall. As you fall you feel like you are completely free. After a few seconds the feeling is over. Amazing experience. Yes, there are risks involved with bungee jumping, but statistically the chance of injury is quite slim. When bungee jumping you experience only the initial thrill of the jump and fall without any additional time to spend in the air, flying.
It might be hard to believe due to the differences in altitude, but many people feel considerably safer skydiving than they do bungee jumping. When you bungee jump, you are held on by a single cord and if it were to snap there is no backup… and death is likely. When you skydive there are multiple backups in case of a midair emergency. These include a reserve parachute, an automatic activation device to deploy the reserve should the skydiver not do it themselves, a reserve static line, and even a MARD system.
This is totally objective and depends on the experience you are looking for! Both skydiving and bungee jumping are thrilling and fun, but you should take into account what you like. But honestly, nothing beats skydiving! If you have any more questions about the skydiving experience, check out our FAQ page! Ready to experience a skydive?
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