Kiwi Reviews
Kiwi Reviews
love swings, I always have a go when I'm at the park with my
nephews and nieces, always trying to go that bit higher and a bit
faster. So the thought of doing the bridge swing
was very exciting, because a 80 meter swing must be better than the
kiddy 5 meter ones, right? Surely it will be the same nice gentle
ride that usual swings give me, right?.....
So after we made our way back from the flying fox and crossed the
bridge, which for some reason seemed much higher than when we
crossed it the first time as I looked over....."it's gonna be
awesome" I keep reminding myself, but it started to sound more like
a question. Sitting down back at the Gravity
Canyon headquarters it gave me a good chance to see the bridge
swing in action on the T.V they have on the wall with a dvd playing
footage of all the rides over and over again. All the people were
smiling and looked like they were having a good time, and why
wouldn't they be, it's just a swing..... right?
Finally the time came for us to head along the rather narrow
walkway to the drop point and our harnesses to be put on, again
safety is paramount and all straps and clips are checked and
checked again, I can't say enough how professional the staff are at
it. Once I was rigged up and in a comfortable
seated position in the harness on the platform a
quick run down of what's to come was given. To be honest I didn't
hear much of what they were saying because by now they had swung me
out over the river way, way down at the bottom..... I had now
become that cartoon character who mistakenly runs off the edge of a
cliff and has those few last seconds to have a look around at his
situation before the drop. My heart could now smash concrete with
the way it was beating.
"This is gonna be one hell of a rush" I stutter, not to sure that
this is what I wanted to be doing at the time, which the staff must
of picked up on.
"It sure is" they say "now wave to the camera"
I turned to the camera and tried my best to smile and wave, but
really it wasn't a wave I was just showing the camera how much my
hand was shaking......
CLICK, the pin was pulled, a deathly silence
came over me and I was on my way..... Now I've done a
few rollercoasters in my time,
andthought they were a rush but nothing compared, at the time,
to the bridge swing (I did this before the bungy). Stuck in the
seated positionwaiting for someone to drop you and having no
control is one of the worst yet best feelings you can have, its
hard to explain you just have to do it.
But before you know it you're into the swing
part of the journey and I fully recommend letting
go of the harness and leaning back, the sensation and the view is
tops!
Then I was hoisted back up to where it began.
"You looked like you enjoyed that" I heard "shall we drop you
again?" suddenly my sweat was back on and the
realisation that I was at their mercy hit me like a bat
to the chest.
"Not yet" I said, but I definitely will one day.