I am really going after this whole adventure thing and
trying my hardest to never say no out of fear. With that being said, I did the
scariest thing of my entire life and went Bungee Jumping over the Nile. Holy
shit I can’t believe I did that. A few months ago some friends of mine went
Bungee Jumping and I thought how cool, but I could never do that. I was too
scared for several reasons but the main reason being my weight; honestly I
thought I’d be too heavy to jump. But I have been losing a lot of weight since
moving to Uganda so I thought maybe eventually during my service I will do it.
Well,
the company we went rafting with was doing a promo deal, rafting and bungee
jumping for only 140usd. I still said no way I am not doing it. Well, we go to
Adrift the day of rafting and we were all signing up. Several of my friends
decided to take the deal and go bungee jumping and I thought man I really
should do it know, however I was still way too terrified. So I began to talk it
out and I remember what I told myself no saying no out of fear. I knew deep
down that I was safe, so I ran into the office and I signed up before I could
change my mind. I walked out of the
office saying, “What the fuck did I just sign up for?”
Well
bungee jumping wasn’t till the next day, we were to go rafting first, and we
did that which you read in my previous blog that it was truly a blast. I woke
up the next morning got ready and headed back to adrift to jump. I asked to go
first so I wouldn’t have time to chicken out. I climbed up the huge ass set of
stair to the top where we were to jump. I sat down in a chair got all tied up
and secured for my jump still thinking the entire time, “what the fuck did I
sign up for?” Well it was that time, time for me to jump. I hobbled over to the
edge stood there, looked down even though the guy said not to and I froze, I
know longer thought I could do it. Naturally I looked back at the guy and said
you’re going to have to push me or I am not going to be able to do it. Yes, you
read that right I didn’t jump I was pushed and I fell gracefully, or at least I
thought it was pretty graceful. Anyway he said, “three… two… one… bungee” then
he pushed and I took off down, down, down all the way to the water where my
hands slightly touched the Nile than I bounced back up several more times. The
entire time think wow that was so scary, I might die, but I loved every second
of it. Once I stopped bouncing they lowered me down into a raft and I was done.
I’m not
joking when I say that this was the scariest thing I have ever done, but I am
done letting fear control me. I will no longer say no out of fear, unless the situation
is truly unsafe, because at that point I am just being smart and not living
life recklessly. So there you have it a story of a girl who is no longer
choosing fear over adventure. Stay tuned for more stories of just that. Life is
too short to live it in fear.
Comments
Post a Comment