Like skydiving, bungee jumping was one of those crazy things that I said I'd do someday but never seriously looked into. Aaron and I were at a local travel agency a couple days ago and saw a brochure. Aaron had done it once in New Zealand and wanted to do it again. Putting my natural inclination to not die aside, I told him it sounded like a good idea.Two days later, I'm standing on a tiny ledge, my feet tied to a giant rubberband, and thinking that quite possibly this was the worst idea I'd ever had in my life.
I hopped out to that ledge and the reality of what I was about to do kicked in, as did a 200 bpm pulse. The countdown began and to combat my cowardice I called upon the mightiest force I could think of at the time. Going temporarily insane, I cut off the end of the countdown and shouted to the heavens, "BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL!" and leapt to my possible death.
The aforementioned force being, of course, the power of Castle Grayskull from which my childhood hero, He-Man, drew his incredible strength. Aaron got it all on video, which I can't seem to post here. We got a certificate and a t-shirt at the end.
Thus ends our time in Chiang Mai. We've had a great time here. We took a cooking class this morning where I made 6 dishes--yum! Last night we played Texas Hold 'Em with some French people. We've been here almost a week though, and it's time to move on. Where, you ask? TO THE BEACH!We're flying to the famed paradise of Phuket tomorrow afternoon. It's overrun with tourism, so we're going to spend just a night there and move on to the city of Krabi, followed by the islands of Ko Phan Gan and Ko Tao. Then we'll head back to Bangkok and take a bus over to Cambodia.
To Do Before I Die:
43) Bungee Jump.....check!
9 comments:
Excuse me for a moment, I have to perform CPR on your mother!! Wow, I am so glad you got on camera the stupidist thing you have every done :). And make sure those local airplanes are safe, will ya? Can't say you aren't packing a lot of thrills into the journey, Kev! Elephants, Bungee Jumping, Texas Hold 'em with the French (They kept folding, right?). heh-heh: To your French readers: just kidding! Take care Kev, thanks for the blogs and pics!! Love you Mom and Dad
Seriously, you're doing one crazy thing after the next. I imagine the last 4 weeks are just you sitting reading a book. Doubtful though ;-)
The thing is, in spite of all these fantastic adventures, all these crazy things in this crazy part of the world, you find time to bring true Kevin-ness to the experience.
"By the Power of Grayskull." I can absolutely see and hear you saying that.
The only thing better would be if Dolph Lundgren was your bungee instructor and he replied, "Good Journey."
-Joe Bananaboat Horton
hahaha, i love your adventures, Kevin. Another excellent tale!
Awesome! Looks like you're truly living it up over there.
Luckily for you, I did not take any of the extrovert or good memory characteristics from the folks so you could get them all. Lucky you! Glad you're having so much fun. You are around a computer an awful lot though....
Hey, keep up the good work over there, buddy. Can't wait to see some of this stuff on video.
By the way, not to encourage you spending more time on the web, but ESPN ran a sweet feature on the Blazers title team today. Lots of stories, pics and videos--and it was on the front page. People are jumping back on the bandwagon.
holy shit
I love how the bungee harness is only attached to your legs! Nothing around your waist or anything like that. You basically entrusted your life to a pair of glorified beer coozie socks.
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