a touch of adrenalin

A day to remember, certainly!

It doesn't take much explaining, except to say in the morning we did the Tsitsikamma Tree Canopy Adventure experience, where we swung from platform to platform like Tarzan.

In the afternoon we all decided to do a tandem skydive from 10,000 feet out of a twin engine plane.

It was a perfectly clear day and what better place to do it than in gorgeous Plettenberg Bay?

The jump includes a 20 minute tour of the peninsula in the plane.

Though it seems like a cruel joke to me to make those jumping sit an extra 20 minutes with their adrenalin pumping in their veins, just to prolong the inevitable...

Mom and Fiona went first, as the plane could only take two at a time and they were the most nervous/anxious (see their 'before' pic).

But after they touched down safely again, they couldn't stop raving about it. It shows on their smiles, no? (see 'after' pic)

Fiona called her mom in Canada the moment she caught her breath again, she was so excited.

That night we watched her dvd video of her jump, a superb souvenir for such an experience.

Unfortunately the wind decided to choose this moment to pick up force and so the rest of us couldn't jump. A sign or an excuse? Well, next time, perhaps over Niagara Falls!