The Corin forest bobsled with no brakes

Did the paragliding at Queenstown….great fun until the air traffic controllers told us to get out of the flight path over the lake.

Did the tandem jump at Woolongong (over the beach)….the biggest blast I’ve ever experienced…the freefall from 14,000 feet is the longest 45 seconds of your life, the four or five minutes under the parachute pales by comparison.

100 things to do before you die….tick, tick

Do you want me to fix ’em fer yer, boss?

*chuckle*

I do so love it when Gungahlin Al shows some personality.

Fistworthy.

Don’t think I ever said anything about punching European wasp nests…
Flaming paper wasps sure.

Snow boarding supplies my current adrenalin fix (if you don’t include mixing it up with the government in meetings and the media).

But what I’d really like to be doing is getting back on some cliffs. So where can we go to get back into some medium-grade rockclimbing, and get the kids up some climbs before they get old enough to be scared?

I do so love it when Gungahlin Al shows some personality.
Advocating the punching of european wasps nests, telling people they’re “weak as piss” for not doing it… Calling everyone pussies for not skydiving…

I realise I’m about to bite the bullet and do a “where is the best local…”

But can anyone recommend a local and reasonably skydiving place which won’t result in me breaking my spine?

Now let’s hear from everyone about how he is obviously being unsafe and wah wah what about the speed limit and wah wah where are the crash barriers and the flashing signs and wah wah why isn’t there a bike lane…

It IS Canberra!

> Go skydiving and see what a real rush is like!

I’d love to! Will one day for sure.

Pussies all of ya.

Go skydiving and see what a real rush is like!

Mind you though, I found it a lot harder to step off the bungy platform than step off the plane.

I did the bungy in Queenstown, it was awesome fun….& have done the bungy rocket near Christchurch also. I actually reckon the bungy rocket was more of a rush!

I also remember doing it without breaks when I weighed quite a bit less. Don’t know if I would have the balls to go flat out these days, but I am thinking there is only one way to find out… Must take the helmet cam so that you all can laugh at the footage when I F it up…

I really wanted to do the traditional bungy-jumping in Queenstown when I was there, but unfortunately I’ve had a back operation which could be substantially undone by such a practice.

Also, I then read some information about what bungy-jumping can do to your retinas — as in, detach them from the rest of your eye. (A big hello to anyone eating about now.)

The bungy rocket was mild, though still a rush and a half, by comparison: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FezXTlHpodw (My video is taken from inside the cage.)

Overheard said :

…that feeling you get when the air rushes involuntarily out of your lungs: AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Reminds me of the Nevis High Wire bungy in NZ – Even if you don’t intend to scream your tits off, gravity does all the work for you!

I watched one guy flip the Corin sled once and he wore a silver/black hue all down his bare (yes, bare) legs. He was laughing like a drain. Big fun.

I tried it on the one up at Thedbo last year….tipped over on a corner & ended up with quite a nasty burn on my arm from the metal track. Was nearly worth it still.

I tried this a couple of years ago.
It is the stop at the end that you need to be careful of.
I ended up flipping the bobsled and ended up with a broken hand. No kidding.
needless to say I haven’t tried this stunt again since.

Superb. (Though the buffering and pausing on my system diverts a tad from the impact.)

I really admire that sort of ‘If you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much room’ attitude. I’m getting a bit old and broken down to participate, but will always spectate.

I went on the flying fox out there about eight years ago — that was a rush, especially the sudden drop, and that feeling you get when the air rushes involuntarily out of your lungs: AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Will have to see if I can convert the tape I have of the ex-wife and I on the Bungee Rocket at Christchurch from 1998. I made sounds that day I did not know I was capable of. Ahem, insert your own joke there about making orgasmic sounds with a partner of your choice while fully-clothed and in public (and on monitors being viewed from below).

I recall not using brakes on that thing, however I was about 12 the last time I went on there and barely weighed 40kgs! I want to go back! how much is it these days and are there lots of othwr things to do as well?

I was in a bad mood once.

*chuckle*

9.8

I saw someone once…

Hahhahahahahaaha

Seriously though those things have brakes? Looks like fun but.

Good effort from the lad.

Now let’s hear from everyone about how he is obviously being unsafe and wah wah what about the speed limit and wah wah where are the crash barriers and the flashing signs and wah wah why isn’t there a bike lane…

Hmmmm maybe I am in a bad mood.

I’ve seen people come off that bobsled.

I’m impressed he stayed on. Last time I tried to go hammer and tongs I came off.

Eh?? It’s not that hard. You just need to lean into the corners and remember to brake at the latest halfway around the last bend or you ram into the back of the parked sleds and you get kicked off (oops).

Now the real challenge is doing it after a light rain when the brakes don’t work at all…

I’m less worried about the journey itself, and a lot more worried about the sudden stop at the end … ><

L

The bit I like best is where he breaks out into that wild, exhilarated “I spit on death” laughter ….

Definitely a braver man than I.

*hehe*

maybe a braver man than i, too – but i’ll guarantee also one of lesser mass…

tv4jesus, or die4jesus?? madness – thanks for finding this gem, jb. keep digging.

I’d need to know Jesus was on my team before you caught me doing that- eeeeeek