Jump for your life!

So jumping out of a plane was a cocktail of weirdness, excitement and nervousness. The whole experience felt pretty surreal. We were taken to 12,000ft in a tiny aircraft, packed in like sardines. You had to be strapped to your 'tandem master' on the way up and also had your personal camera man in front of you, creating a video the whole way through! My ears popped when we got about half way, then you could start to feel the altitude sickness nearer to the top. I think my mind switched off a little to the fact that I was about to jump, because it felt way shorter than a 45 seconds free fall. I felt butterflies for about 2 seconds, then the rest was just wind in my face and mouth... it was not pretty! My favourite part was when the parachute ejected and I got to control the cords overlooking beautiful Queenstown.