Some say it’s scary, others petrifying. Others still say it’s scarier than a service station sarnie… All of them are in fact correct. They are talking about the third highest bungee jump in the world, located near Queenstown, New Zealand.
Speaking from personal experience, standing on the edge of the Nevis Highwire really will put things into perspective for you. The platform itself is suspended in the middle of a canyon, dangling precariously one hundred and thirty four metres above a rocky, unforgiving river bed. In fact if anyone says that they did the jump and 'didn't find it all that scary' then they are either a liar or mentally insane. Possibly both!
On the short bus journey from Queenstown to the site all the bravado slowly seeps out of you. On arrival at the site after being harnessed up you are taken across to the Highwire platform on a surprisingly flimsy looking cable car. You will see from the model below that it’s called the Highwire as it’s suspended by wire, and it’s pretty high. Clever stuff!
Just before your turn to jump you sit in what I can only describe as dentists chair for the final connection of the cord to your feet. You stand up and try to hop gracefully over to the edge, bearing in mind your feet are now strapped together the graceful part is wishful thinking. You try to put a brave face on things and are desperately trying to keep a smile on your face to show the camera you're not scared, all this whilst your toes are curling round the edge looking desperately for some purchase. Finally, just before you leap. you stare the full one hundred and thirty four metres dead in the eye all you can think is one thing, why on earth did I sign up for this?!
About eight seconds later you know why, as you reach the bottom of the fall and the cord starts to pull you back skywards. The grin on your face will be there for the rest of the week! The feeling is unbelievable; I can’t even put it into words.
Now for the first time you can see the platform in its full 3D glory without having to take the journey all the way to Queenstown, as Cannam Design have crafted a geomodel of the platform. Although after you’ve seen it adrenaline junkies will be rushing to buy tickets to Queenstown! The 3D geomodel is available to download in the Google 3D Warehouse, where you can also click to see the model in Google Earth where the terrain really brings it to life. You can download Google Earth for free here.
Speaking from personal experience, standing on the edge of the Nevis Highwire really will put things into perspective for you. The platform itself is suspended in the middle of a canyon, dangling precariously one hundred and thirty four metres above a rocky, unforgiving river bed. In fact if anyone says that they did the jump and 'didn't find it all that scary' then they are either a liar or mentally insane. Possibly both!
On the short bus journey from Queenstown to the site all the bravado slowly seeps out of you. On arrival at the site after being harnessed up you are taken across to the Highwire platform on a surprisingly flimsy looking cable car. You will see from the model below that it’s called the Highwire as it’s suspended by wire, and it’s pretty high. Clever stuff!
Just before your turn to jump you sit in what I can only describe as dentists chair for the final connection of the cord to your feet. You stand up and try to hop gracefully over to the edge, bearing in mind your feet are now strapped together the graceful part is wishful thinking. You try to put a brave face on things and are desperately trying to keep a smile on your face to show the camera you're not scared, all this whilst your toes are curling round the edge looking desperately for some purchase. Finally, just before you leap. you stare the full one hundred and thirty four metres dead in the eye all you can think is one thing, why on earth did I sign up for this?!
About eight seconds later you know why, as you reach the bottom of the fall and the cord starts to pull you back skywards. The grin on your face will be there for the rest of the week! The feeling is unbelievable; I can’t even put it into words.
Now for the first time you can see the platform in its full 3D glory without having to take the journey all the way to Queenstown, as Cannam Design have crafted a geomodel of the platform. Although after you’ve seen it adrenaline junkies will be rushing to buy tickets to Queenstown! The 3D geomodel is available to download in the Google 3D Warehouse, where you can also click to see the model in Google Earth where the terrain really brings it to life. You can download Google Earth for free here.
To get your very own model of your building, business or other structure to share with the world see the Cannam Design website for further details.
The 3D Geomodel of the Nevis Highwire Bungy Platform
And if you want proof of how scary it really is just check out this video!!
Nice one James. Ive seen some smaller ones in Glasgow city centre, where the person doesnt fall far enough for the cord to straighen out, so when it hits the bottom, they get jerked around like crazy. Something I want to do though! I wonder what the accident rate is...
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