Gravity Canyon

Proof, if it were needed, that I can still end up in some pretty bonkers situations.

There I was, slightly jaded from a day's ski-ing up at Ruapehu with Shaz, Ciaran, Hannah, John and Caroline and someone suggests popping in on Gravity Canyon at Taihape so that Ciaran can do a Bungee.

Almost without proper consideration I find myself goaded into agreeing to go on the Swing, a seemingly innocuous sounding thrill event. Take a look at the following clip and tell me if you think its as laid-back and relaxing as it sounds...



That's 160ft vertical drop. About 50 metres I guess. Towards a shallow river, with rock face either side.
But the scary part is simply the falling and the absolute absence of sensation that there's anything at all to stop you continuing to hurtle towards the ground!

I was shaking for minutes afterwards, and I'm still giggling to myself every so often even now...