Dont want to meet me on a dark nite!

16,200 ft above the ground and falling

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May 6th 2006
Planes are designed to be sat in. Clearly. So why jump out of one? Really? Well today I found out by jumping out of a plane at 15,000ft. Well, 16,200ft to be precise as Queenstown lies at about 1,200 feet above sea level. The day couldn't have been better for the jump. Hardly a cloud in the sky, the remarkables with a fine dusting of snow and a not-too-cold air temperature. 9 of us p ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

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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