Day 23 :: Canyon Swing

Day 23 - Canyon Swing

Having seen the brochures and even featurettes on television (ala MTV) shows like "Jack Osbourne: Adrenalin Junkie", I knew that the Shotover Canyon Swing was for me. I got up real early and caught the 9:30 am trip to Shotover Canyon. I would be the second person to jump, and selected my "jump-style"... that is, how you jump off. You get your assortment of styles with different scare factors - 5 (soiled underpants) being the scariest. I chose the "Pin Drop", which is a *5* because of the mental factor. You need to make the conscious decision of hopping sideways off the ledge, with your hands clasped behind your back (so as not to dislocate your shoulder on the way down). I will admit that it was harder than it looked. I took almost 2 minutes of meditating and almost allowed the fear to get to me... but I knew I wanted to do this (especially considering it cost almost $200 to do). Check out the video.

Specifications: (Height: 109m), (Freefall: 60m), (Max Speed: 150kph), (Arc: 200m)

(Watch via Google Video.)