Why l Jumped .

I jumped the world's highest skyjump of 233 metres , from the 61st floor of the Macau tower last week .
And have lived to tell a tale .
Why did I jump ?

Firstly , so I have lifelong bragging rights .
Secondly ,I think its just one of the 100 things to do before you die .
Thirdly , it was part of testing myself constantly - having just about mustered courage for a large ferris wheel ride or the safe as a walk in the park 'london eye ' , a couple of years back I moved into thrill & adventure sports .I first tried parasailing . On the secluded platform in the middle of the sea near Coral Islands in Pattayya , tied to a high-speed boat I let myself be pulled into the sky and then watched the world go by as I circumnavigated the boat for a full ten minutes before being got down . My heart pounded and how . High up in the sky I wondered why I was doing it too . The Coral Islands looked like a spec and the wind flapped the chute vigorously . I lived .

I swam around the coral reef in the Islands - an amazing feel . The spectacular colour added to my joy , except the painful thorn-like jibes that the coral left on my palms . I googled it to find later that Corals are live and the jibes were algae skin ecdyzing !

Next up , a high-speed tube ride attached to a boat was wild in itself and holding onto the thin handles on the tube for your life was a sheer adrenalin surge . The ride lasted all of twenty minutes but seemed like a lifetime . The guy on the aquascooter pulled the four of us across waters at such a high speed that on one of the turns I contemplated letting go . I held on just to test myself . Endure , bugger , endure ; I kept telling myself .

My first free fall was the ' space shot ' in Genting Highlands , the steep fall down in the belted-up chair car with a magnificient view of the mountainside made it an exhilarating experience like no other . A couple of smaller roller coaster rides was the most I was willing to do - not trusting my heart too much .I mean I was sure it will stop for half a sec but it not starting again was my fear . The very next year I did the large and huge roller coaster and the sleeper-twister in Genting Highlands , topping it with a blind roller coaster in Disneyland , Hong Kong . In pitch dark with bats and other scary animation hitting you , it was quite scary .
A bungee jump was the logical next step .
I chickened out of the Bungee at Macau when I realized that the max weight was 115 kilos and I was 114.5 kilos - just about there .My weight surprised myself . I am 108 kilos on the ground and I thought I would be lighter ( Isn't gravity lesser in atmosphere ? Isn't everyone lighter on the moon ? Wondering why the heck I have to gain weight 233 metres above the ground ?) I opted for the sky jump - the world's highest sky jump - instead . I performed the jump to my own surprise .Am now sure that the Bungee jump is also possible to do . So bungee jumping , flying a microlite , paragliding and parajumping will be next .
This jump will remain special . The view of Macau from the 61st floor of Macau Tower is dazzling . As you look down , fear grips you and your bloods races through your veins . For a fraction of a second , your life flashes by - things that you ave done , things that you haven't . It is an amazing feel . The priceless experience of pounding adrenalin at 233 metres can't be substituted for anything else .
The certificate given by the AJHackett company says that I have earned the right to ask the world -'Do you have what it takes ?'
And as the Tees sold by them say - ' why live on the edge when you can jump ?'