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Clubflat in Australia & New Zealand 2009

 


 

One of Hero's aliases is that of 'Adrenalin Junkie' so whilst in New Zealand, the home of adventure sports, he went on a mission to find something very high to jump off.  The normal bungee height is 45-50m.  Having done 15 or more bungees jumping off in all sorts of different ways including into the sea, it had to be higher, much higher.  Unfortunately New Zealand's highest bungee of 134m was on the south island and no north island bungees were higher than 50m.  But then he stumbled across the Sky Jump, www.skyjump.co.nz.  This is a controlled rapid descent from the Auckland Sky Tower from a whopping height of 192m!  Whilst not true freefall like a bungee, there was still a big thrill to be had by throwing yourself off a platform at 630ft up from the tallest tower in the Southern Hemisphere!  Fresh pants anyone?

 

The Sky Tower looms in the distance

630ft? No problem. Gulp.

Some motivation from the Sky Tower girls was required

Super-Hero was ready to save the world

Auckland's suburbs look like a model village from up here

Auckland bridge appears tiny in the distance

A view of the harbour where all the nightlife is... somewhere

Our Hyatt hotel is just a little spec from this high up

You could also do a Sky Walk, but that was for pussies

It's easy for him to put his thumb up, he isn't jumping!

That tiny dot at the edge is Hero dangling

There he is pretending he's flying again

The bulls eye target was where you were meant to splat

Coming down at 83km/hour

Pretty good, even if you were dressed up to look like Flash Gordon

Sky Jump Maori girl is amazed to discover Hero made it down safely

Clubflat cards were extremely heavy to hold in the southern hemisphere

Would you jump off a little platform from up here?