Before the jump

Skydive part II

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March 17th 2006
Skydiving was awesome! We jumped from 13000ft, which was as high as they go and translates into about 60seconds of freefall. The plane ride up was really cool aswell because it goes over the Abel Tasman park and you can see the Marlborough sound and mount Taranaki on the North island. So for 15 minutes your looking at beautiful senary before jumping out of the plane. It's pretty easy because you a ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Abel Tasman National Park

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more