Date: Thursday, December 27, 2007
Mission: Shotover Canyon Swing
Statistics: 360 feet high (109 meters), 200-foot freefall (60 meters), 650-foot arc (200 meters), 93 mph (150 kph)
6 am - Unintentionally awoken by departing dormmates
9:15 am - Evacuate bladder
9:18 am - Shower
9:50 am - Evacuate bowels
10 am - Eat light breakfast - toast w/Nutella and green tea
10:30 am - Check-in at activity office - tell the staff I plan to say famous Bruce Willis line from "Die Hard" as I jump off ("Yippie-kay-yay, motherf*cker")
11 am - Depart on the shuttle to the canyon (making small talk)
11:15 am - Evacuate bladder again (just to be safe)
11:17 am - Walk to on-location office, then ledge
11:23 am - Staff fit me with a body harness
Jump #1 - Backwards (rated at the scariest level)
Watch video of jump #1
Jump #2 - Forward flip
Watch video of jump #2
Pay the piper for extra jump, DVD's and photos
1 pm - Shuttled back to downtown Queenstown
2 pm - Eat a triumphant lamb Fergburger
Later - Get a beer and quietly toast life, liberty, and the pursuit of scaring yourself to death for the amusement
