Greetings one and all. So I went a bit mental the other day and did this (points to first photograph). Yup that's me, 15,000 feet in the air and reaching a speed of 200kmh on the way down. Wasn't actually that scary - as I had figured in my head you're so high up you don't really realise how high you are. Admittedly when you first exit the plan it's terrifying but it's because you experience what the nice people at the company call a "Sensory Overload" and you have no idea what's actually going on. Hence me opting to jump from 15,000 and not 12,000 - extra 20 seconds of freefall you see. Anyway, it was very cool and if I can get a proper job on the south island I may well do the
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