Showing posts with label jet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jet. Show all posts

Thursday, September 4, 2008

the adventure day

last night we went and saw the forbidden kingdom. i liked it cos it had some good fight scenes with jackie chan and jet lee. they know some mad asian kung fu.
we went to bed reasonably early but there are some indian people staying in the room next door. for some reason they started being really loud and woke me up at 1:58am. i heard one of them yelling a bit later then someone came and told them off and one of them said "sorry, its just our friend raja, he cant hold his alcohol".
then at about 3(i was still awake) jarryd started talking in his sleep. i was laughing to myself and wrote down what he said on my phone. it was "everything worked out pretty good, so dont delete it. just leave everything the way it is" haha random!
then i realised i was still full awake so i listened to all the best songs of the high school musical 1+2 albums.
then i listened to jack johnsons newest album, which is hella good.
then i tried to sleep for a bit, but had to get up to have a wee.
i tried to sleep some more, but next minute toms alarm went off. it was 7 and i still hadnt slept from when raja woke me up.
the reason tom set his alarm for so early was cos him and cal were doing the nevis bungy and had to be in town at 8. so they left and then i finally fell asleep, but was woken when the mulks got back.
then we left to the shotover canyons, where jarryd and tom did the jet boat while me and cal chilled.
then we all caught the bus to the canyon swing.
it is a 60m freefall then it swings you round at speeds of 200kmh.
cal went first and the blokes said cos he had already done the nevis bungy he had to go backwards. he did it all smooth and lookede stoked when he came back up.
then i went. the guys rigging it up are constantly trying to scare ya, so when i was just about to jump off, they debated for a few minutes whether or not i needed some extra clip that was just hanging off me, not attached to anything. finally they said that it wouldnt matter, and i asked them if they were sure and one of the blokes looked hell hesitant and just said he didnt know and we will find out once i jump. the bastards.
i did the pin drop, but as soon as i started dropping my limbs were flapping everywhere and jarryd reckons i was trying to fly.
jarryd did the pin drop next and after him tom went backwards. about halfway down tom started kicking his legs and thrashing about so he looked like "a fish out of water" according to the guys.
then i went again and they said i had to do a backwards one this time. they were psyching me out, telling me i had to do an 'elvis cutaway', but it looked crazy so i blurted out "i'd rather do a backflip." they thought that was an even better idea but once i got to the edge i pussed out and said, nah i will just jump off regular backwards. but they said that i wasnt allowed to change so i had to do a backflip. it was cool though, it was hella fun.
then manj went again and they strapped him in a chair and he sat there and rocked back off the edge, doing a backflip then twisting into a sideflip. it looked hell funny. after cal went he raced up and filmed the last five, so we got some good footage.
tonight we are hitting up the town big time.
my hands are still shaking, jumping off the ledge was probably the best thing i have ever done. next time i come to queenstown, there is no way im not doing it.

peace

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

today be the day that i have dreamt about for many a month.
the events that are about to go down, will be forever talked about and relived. we wake up as men, but will sleep tonight as legends, having accomplished a feat that sent shivers down chuck norris's spine. an event that was like a heavy dose of kryptonite to superman. yes, not even Boony could do it, and he nailed 50 beers in one flight(see here)

Today, we are doing 2(not 1).... kilo's and a carton.
two kilo's and a carton.

we are heading down to the supermarket soon. everyone is keen for snaggers, and calum wants to get maybe 1.5 of ham, so everyone is thinking about which meat to go. after that we are heading to the bottle shop to get our cartons. im pretty excited. i have decided to start at 12 and finish at 12, so i go 1 beer every half hour.
for those who dont realise its pretty self explanatory. we have to eat 2kgs of any meat and a carton of beer in a day. i cant wait.

we went and saw hellboy 2 the other day. lame! i thought it was the worst movie i seen all year and apparently it was better than the first hellboy haha
on tuesday i will probably hit up taken and tropic thunder cos its like half price then.

last night we went to jocks for tea. it was awesome to have a healthy meal, and finally one that didnt consist of noodles. it was hell good and so was desert.

on friday we have a few events booked. mulks are gunna do the nevis bungy jump. then tom and jarryd are doing the shotover jet. then we are all doing the canyon sswing. i decided to bail on the jet cos i done it before but we heard off people that the canyon swing is prett terrifying so that should be enough i reckon.
we havent doine much snowboarding since i smacked my face into the ground on friday night. its been bad weather and is pouring right now. i cant actually see good either. when i close my right eye i cant even read with my left, there is just a massive purple blurry bit right where i focus. if its still there when i get back to busso im definately gunna see a doctor i reckon.

theres not much else to tell. happy birthday to my brother.
thats about it. im just getting amped for some serious drinking.

brocky