jumping out

Skydiving over Lake Taupo

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April 3rd 2007
Yesterday was a very strange day... I decided to launch myself out of a perfectly healthy aircraft. For some reason I really wanted to Skydive and I was told that it's a much better freefall from 15000 ft. So off I went, attached to Benny the Tandom-master who has done 5000 jumps out of a plane so I felt quite sure about putting my life in his hands! I thought the jumping process would be a lot s ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Taupo

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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