Dan's Adventure

Victoria Falls Bridge is in no man’s land between Zambia and Zimbabwe, 111m above the Zambezi river. Approaching the bridge I expected my fear of heights to kick in and prevent me from jumping from it. As my ankles were wrapped in 2 towels and a cord was used to bind them together, I still remained calm and listened to the safety guy count down from 5 to 1 before screaming “BUNGEEEE!!” and launching myself myself from the platform, hurtling my body towards the Zambezi. The bungee jump was over in under a minute, but the return to the bridge took far longer and was a far scarier experience. A guy lowered himself to meet me as I hung upside down above the river, attached my harness to his rope and began to pull me back up to the bridge. Once on the bridge I had to walk the length of it on a foot wide platform below it and it was here that the fear of heights kicked in. Probably due to the fact that the only thing attaching me to the bridge was a short rope and a carabina. Overall, it was a fantastic experience, and one that I can most definitely see myself repeating in the future.