The sky team is back at it again!
[Not to start this on a weird note, but just to address the elephant in the room, as you know, the last couple of years, my life fell apart, and everything was affected – including me starting to do stuff alone on my birthday (as I wanted to be alone for a lot of things, plus my friendships suffered, etc., etc., etc.). But FINALLY, the SKY TEAM is back in business, and I could NOT be happier about it!]
Oh my goodness gracious.
So, Alex and I went bungee jumping off the Bridge to Nowhere with Bungee America. I cannot recommend it highly enough – truly.
Even from the first phone call where I booked the fun expedition, everyone at the company was so fun, helpful, adventurous-sounding, and just all around great.
We did the campout option!
To my knowledge, it’s the only way you can book on a weekday. (Plus, it was fun.) So, that’s what we did.
We got so many jumps!
[Spoiler alert, I only used 3 of mine. (3 was plenty for me! haha). Alex used all 10 of his, because he’s incredible, brave, and so dope.]
So, we start out with this long hike that traverses through a river multiple times.
(Again, thank goodness for Alex, because we hiked back the next morning by ourselves, and if it weren’t for him, I’d still be there. I have no sense of direction at all, and with multiple river crossings, it was not a clear hike that you could just meander back on. You had to know what you were doing. So I’m glad I was with someone who did [pretty much… we figured it out together (but mainly him haha)].)
So, we hike in with a small group of strangers. We only went on a weekday because my birthday fell on a weekday, but we learned that apparently weekdays are totally the thing to do, because on the weekend there are like a bajillion people (or at least that’s what we were told). So, weekdays were chill, and fun, and (from what I hear) a much smaller group.
[They only offer weekdays if someone has booked a campout. So, I guess we kinda, sorta saved the day for everyone else who wanted to come that day. ;)]
Our hike leader was so fast. Our group was huffing and puffing, with her always being a little in the distance. She was ready to get us up there! And we were…. well, we were all not quite as fast as she was, but goodness, did we try our best.
So, we finally get to the Bridge to Nowhere after miles of hiking, and then we get a big tutorial about how it all works – which things are connected to which things, all the safety precautions. And FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, MAKE SURE YOU FACE THE RIGHT WAY WHEN JUMPING.
This is drilled into us a bunch of times. You HAVE to face the right way. You HAVE TO, by golly. Because your trajectory has to be correct to not hit the bridge. So, look to the flag on the cliff across from you and jump!
And this is where I’ll pick up tomorrow (although, I won’t worry you [spoiler alert: we face the right way, and everyone is fine])!