Well from the moment I booked it, I had the greatest fear of doing it. Think about, the human boby is programmed from birth to fear 2 things, loud noise and heights. So knowing that i was about to jump of a bridge that was over 125 feet tall with nothing more than a large amount of elastic bands tied to my feet was going against human instinct for survival. Tom on the other hand didn't seem that bothered. The fear i felt was at least a 100 times greater than the skydive over Las Vegas. The biggest fear factor is perspective. 15,000 feet is a number, looking down at a person in a small dingy makes you know exactly how high it is. When Tom did his first jump I was trying to take photos but i was shaking like a leaf. He loved it. When it was my turn i was so scared. Tom's second jump he turned his back to the drop and lent out. The Welsh man working on the bungy was holding onto Toms waist harness to stop him going, started talking to Tom, winding him up of course, and said "oh one la" (meant to be "oh, one last thing") and let him go. The guy didn't even finish his sentence. When it was my second jump, they welsh guy was abusing me about not wanting to go backwards, "Better role your selves up James, your going to hit the water." Then to make things worse he starts the countdown to me jumping 5-4-3-2-4-3-2-5-4-5-4-3-4, after about 30 seconds he said 5-4-3-2-1 jump. So i did, well sort of stepped off. It's so much fun. If i can work out how to upload the video of me jumping I'll get it on here for you all to have a good laugh at my expenses. I would definitely recommend doing it, but only once, you really don't need to go through with it that many times, i can't imagine it getting any easier the more times you do it.
Me doing my first jump
Note: Flapping you arms like a bird DOESN'T slow you down
Tom getting ready
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