Plunging To Our Untimely Deaths...
Today, I went on Sky Coaster with my coworkers, Erica and Colleen. They convinced me to go with them because we get a wicked discount in it. That and I kind of wanted to. For all of you that don't know, Sky Coaster is a 180 foot tall free fall/swing. This is how our adventure went:
First, you get to put on a very fashionable harness:
Then, they harness you together from behind, tallest person in the middle. Then, they drop the floor out from under you so that you are laying completely flat, with your arms linked together. That is when they start hoisting you up into the air:
When you are finally at the top the employee says "1, 2, 3 Fly" through a speaker at the top of the pole and you have to pull the cord yourself that releases you, sending you falling through the air.
There is a moment a free fall before the rope catches you, that is definitely the scariest part. That and when you swing all the way up in the other side you are standing almost straight up and it feels like you are going to fall backwards.
I have never screamed harder or louder in my life. I really can not believe I did it, it was so scary and so intense. But I am really glad I did because now I can tell people about it!! Definitely a defining moment for me and my fear of drops. Maybe I will be able to do tower of terror now. Maybe....
First, you get to put on a very fashionable harness:
We look so cute!
180 feet up in the air to be exact.
There is a moment a free fall before the rope catches you, that is definitely the scariest part. That and when you swing all the way up in the other side you are standing almost straight up and it feels like you are going to fall backwards.
I have never screamed harder or louder in my life. I really can not believe I did it, it was so scary and so intense. But I am really glad I did because now I can tell people about it!! Definitely a defining moment for me and my fear of drops. Maybe I will be able to do tower of terror now. Maybe....
