Bungi

Ok so this post has been long coming. Jer said when I started blogging our trip that he wanted to do this post. Well he hasn't so I am. Sorry it has taken this long.

The last time Jeremy was at Victoria Falls was when he was 13. He was living in Zambia and they had gone on a little vacation to Vic Falls when his grand parents had come to visit. At the time he saw people bungi jumping and wanted to do it. He knew he wouldn't be able to do it then, but he has wanted to do it since. No where else would have been good enough. I have to admit that I didn't think that he would actually go through with it. God is funny. I was freaking out at the thought of him doing it. The day before he was set to jump we were at Victoria falls on the Zimbabwe side, and at one point on the trail you could see the bridge and gorge where they do the jump. We saw two people jump. I got excited. I was excited for him. He freaked out a bit but was still going to do it. I was encouraging him. He had to, we were here.

The morning of he was excited. Him and his brother Derek were set to jump first of the day. We were up early and Jer made sure that his contacts were put in so that they wouldn't bug his eyes and that he could see everything. He was bugging Derek about not seeing the view so how could he get scared. lol. He brought this up a lot after the jump. (More on why later).

Well we were really allowed to take our vehicle across so we parked close to the border and then walked to the bridge. We thought it was closer than it was....but it worked.

The guys went to the building where you pay and they weigh you. Jeremy was weighed at 78 kilo, and he was in line as the 3rd jumper of the day, but Derek went before him so he was actually the 4th jumper.

He gets put in a harness. He is not connected to anything on the harness when he jumps.

Sooo excited but yet nervous too. Here he is getting his feet strapped in. They put it on and then got him to stand and then tighten it again. Look at the beautiful view.

The gorge

This is the where the office is that runs all the zip lines, bungi jumps and bungi swings. They also video tape from here too.

"Toes over the edge. Look out to the horizon.

5 4 3 2 1 BUNGI

The shot above and the 3 below he is freaking out and yelling.

That is why Jer bugs Derek about not seeing the view. Jer saw everything. Derek wheres glasses too, but doesn't have contacts, so he couldn't see everything clearly. Derek didn't freak out at all, but Jer said he couldn't see everything either.

He relaxed and started treating it like he was diving into water. It only took him about 3 seconds to get there. So he still enjoyed 3/4 of his jump. He bounced a lot tho after, he said it was soo fun but kind of freaky cause he was bouncing back up to under the bridge.

This is where the harness comes in. Once he is basically done bouncing and just hanging there they send a guy down on a cable. They have a cat walk type of thing under the bridge that this guy is on then he comes down and hooks Jer to the cable with the harness.

They come up to this cat walk and then climb a latter and then come to the top of the bridge.

The walk of satisfaction and excitement. He said he would go and do it again in an instant. I on the other hand would not.

We we get time to figure out how to put a video on here we will of Jer jump. Or if there is someone that want to do it for us...please come and take a crack at it.

Sorry for the long wait. I will try to post more often. I think I may do some real life in between the Africa ones. I have a lot on my mind. So you may hear some of it. :)

Thanks for reading.