Preview Of A 40m Jump

Last night when we were hanging out at the mall, my soon-to-be bungee jumping partner and I went to the 9th floor and looked down. I estimated one storey to be approximately 3 metres in length, so we’re going to have to jump approximately 14 storeys.

I’ll have to admit, looking down from the 9th floor was no joke. So I can only imagine how terrifying 14 storeys is going to be. In this case it’s slightly different because the escalators and the people weren’t making things look easy. Nevertheless, 40m is 40m no matter where you start the jump.

The real courage will come from taking that leap. I am not generally scared of heights, but we’re definitely going to preview a near-death experience in a way. It won’t be my cup of tea, but I’m sure it will be one heck of an experience.

We were supposed to go really soon but she wants to wait for the weather to warm up a bit. It’s quite funny because the jump will take seconds and I told her that in those few seconds I don’t think anyone of us will be thinking “wow, it is kind of cold today…”. We’re more likely to think “OMG I don’t want to die!” But if she’s not up for it at this temperatures then she’s not up for it, right?

We talked about sharing the jump or ‘flying’ solo. I actually wanted to do this alone, I feel that jumping individually gives you the ultimate bungee jumping experience. It’s a leap of faith that you have to take on your own. My friend wants to jump together, but I don’t exactly know how that would work.

I can’t remember the laws of physics about freefalling but I have a feeling heavier bodies fall faster. So if I jump with her and we’re grabbing hold of each other, it would almost feel as if I’m holding on to something that’s falling faster than me. Also, what about the possibility of our heads bumping against each other? That could end up badly.

Jumping with a friend also eases out the fear, because you have someone to hold on to for comfort. How much of the entire thrill will we be filtering out from this experience if we do this together? My friend only had one thing to say about that: “way I see it, if I die at least I won’t die alone so it’s all good.”