We Came, We Saw, We Bungied

Bungy--the last frontier of sending yourself down long distances with just a wing and a prayer. These photos are to supplement the videos that we hope to upload. We bungied Nevis, 134 meter gorge near Queenstown. Kevin wasn't sure he was going to jump (he was going to do a 40 meter bridge bungy) so he signed on as a spectator, but as you can see he did it and with a pretty graceful dive as well! Nevis is the highest bungy you can do in NZ, and one of the highest in the world. In case you're interested, the highest one, Bloukranz, is in South Africa. We've been debating which one was scarier, Skydiving or this...and we agree that it's such a different kind of fear factor that it's really a toss up. Both are scary, both are exhilarating, and both are awesome while they last (and maybe that's why skydiving slightly won out for me...coz it lasted longer and the views were soooo amazing). But for the fear factor, well, in the skydive someone else threw you out of the plane...Bungy requires the seemingly crazy notion of throwing yourself off a narrow ledge and into a deep abyss. So here are the pix--but the video is a better way to experience the jumps.