Afterthought (LJI7 Week 5)

[theafaye]

They say that when you die, your life flashes before your eyes.  As the ground rushed towards me after I'd jumped off the tall building, all I could think was "what a beautiful view

Comments

[baxaphobia]

You are out of your mind!!!!!

[theafaye]

I'm really lucky that my friend was there with the camcorder. The official DVD (which is still in NZ so I couldn't post it) doesn't have sound, which is a shame.

Ideally, I wouldn't have jumped while I was still exclusively breastfeeding and that soon after having given birth, but I'd passed the six week mark and if I wanted to do it before I left the country, I only had a tiny window of opportunity. I would have regretted it forever if I'd left NZ and not attempted the jump.

[theafaye]

It's actually ridiculously safe. The amount of cables they have you tied to and how much you're trussed up beforehand means that there really isn't any danger. It's safer than driving a car or crossing the road.

That doesn't stop you having to sign a waiver in case of death though!

[basric]

You're either a lot braver or a lot crazier than I am. So you've conquered all your fear of heights. Well done.

[theafaye]

I wouldn't say that it's conquered so much that I can feel the fear and do it anyway! I'm still absolutely terrified of heights but if the reward is great enough, I can push that to one side. So I'm seriously considering a tandem parachute jump at some point in the future. Or maybe a serious bungee jump from some tall mountain.

[gratefuladdict]

You're my hero. ♥

[theafaye]

Ditto!

[comedychick]

Loved the humour when you wrote about getting pregnant to avoid jumping ;)

[theafaye]

Well there was really no other reason to have more babies :oP

[comedychick]

LOL

[sweeny_todd]

very, very cool!! I can't say that I could imagine myself doing it!

[theafaye]

I couldn't imagine myself doing it either! It was totally awesome and completely worth it.