As some of you may be aware, I went to New Zealand and Australia on holiday for a month in February. As well as having a fantastic time, this was also where my fund raising efforts would begin.
In Queenstown, along with a few of my friends on tour (Sarah, John, Makini, Jess, Monica, Louise, Nicole, Phill and a few others), we went sky diving over The Remarkable Mountains. We flew up to 12,00ft before jumping(tandem) out of a perfectly good plane, plummeting to the ground at a rate of 1,000 feet every 5 seconds at 200 kmph! The free-fall lasted for 45 seconds, followed by a 5 minute parachute flight to the ground while taking in the spectacular scenery.
In Queenstown, along with a few of my friends on tour (Sarah, John, Makini, Jess, Monica, Louise, Nicole, Phill and a few others), we went sky diving over The Remarkable Mountains. We flew up to 12,00ft before jumping(tandem) out of a perfectly good plane, plummeting to the ground at a rate of 1,000 feet every 5 seconds at 200 kmph! The free-fall lasted for 45 seconds, followed by a 5 minute parachute flight to the ground while taking in the spectacular scenery.
My friends and family back home sponsored me to do the jump, and so far I have raised £350 and counting!!!!
Please see my special 'Thank you' page for a list of all the wonderful people who sponsored me! I think they were all pretty suprised that I actually went through with it. Probably more so the fact that I ended up doing it again on my last day in Sydney!
The first set of photos are of the Queenstown jump. I'll upload the DVD soon.
Please see my special 'Thank you' page for a list of all the wonderful people who sponsored me! I think they were all pretty suprised that I actually went through with it. Probably more so the fact that I ended up doing it again on my last day in Sydney!
The first set of photos are of the Queenstown jump. I'll upload the DVD soon.
This is my grin of fear. I was extremely calm until the last minute when we positioned ourselves at the open door.
I was the second person out of the plane following Sarah. I was holding onto my strap and doing the 'banana' position as instructed. I think at this stage I had my eyes shut!
Tumbling through the air. You actually somersault through the air for the first few seconds.
Having levelled out I took in the time to wave at the camera. The photographer jumped from the plane at the same time to film us on the way down.
Taking in the amazing view. It really was quite spectacular.
Silly faces!
From above (thats not the parachute, that just acts as a stabaliser.
About to pull the cord...
Ouch! The harness really dug in at this point. At least I'm not a bloke! I feel sorry for them!
Coming into land. Not very elegant at all!
I survived! This is Kev, my instructor.The pictures below are of the sky dive in Sydney over Wollongong beach on my last day in Australia on 28th February.
Waiting to meet my instructor
On the runway
Heading towards the exit!
Tumbling through the air
Woooohooooo! If only these photos had sound included!
Flying the parachute
Hoping we don't land in the sea. Luckily we had a life jacket with us in case we did.
Safetly on the ground ready to go up again!!!
1 comment:
Heya Sam, great pictures! So in your Aussie skydive you didn't have to wear the cool jumpsuit? Were you cold?
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