Today was my first orientation/training meeting for South Africa and one of the many topics covered was the opportunity to bungee jump next week. The place is called Bloukrans Bridge and it holds the Guinness World Record for the highest commercial bungee jump in the world! It's 216 meters high and you jump off a bridge with a river running below it.
Pros: how awesome would it be to jump at the world's highest jump, it's a good story to tell the grandkids, if I die it'll at least be a cool way to die, the scenery is amazing, I will regret it for the rest of my life if I don't jump
Cons: I might chicken out last minute and embarrass myself, I could have a heart attack halfway through (probably not very likely to happen, but still...), I am 100% afraid of jumping, I will jump 216 meters and fall through the air trusting that a simple harness and rope will catch me, I am 100% afraid of jumping (I know I already said that, but it's the main thing going through my mind)
I've never really been afraid of heights, but I've never been a daredevil either. I was forced onto a rollercoaster at age 14 by my lovely sister and I was peer-pressured into jumping off a rock into a river in Yosemite which wasn't really that high, but it was still scary. I think the only way I will jump is if someone forces me to do it because that's really the only way I've ever faced my fears, and, since by then I will be out of the country, I highly doubt the possibility of being forced into the harness.
I have jumped from high places before and taken risks for the sake of thrills, but placing myself in the state of fear is never something I have enjoyed and I'm not one to regret things, what happens, happens. So I guess.....I dunno, I have until Friday to decide......
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