Over the past weekend, I finally had a successful weekend trip! It was more amazing than I ever imagined it would be. I went to Interlaken in Switzerland and it was such an adventure.
After an eight hour bus ride, we got in around 3:00 in the morning and went straight to sleep. The next morning I woke up with butterflies knowing it was the day of a pre-paid adventure. I'm glad I paid for Canyon Jumping a week ahead of time, because if I hadn't I might have chickened out! A group of us got picked up in the late morning and we drove higher up the mountains. When we got out of the van, our instructors pointed out where we would be jumping. It was so high that we could barely see the platform!
Once there, we hiked for about ten minutes, but it felt like an hour with the nerves building. Once we were at the top of the cliff, my mind and body completely blocked out my nerves and thoughts and I tried not to think of anything at all. I was still excited, and watching one of our instructors go down to help us at the bottom made it look so easy. We got harnessed and took pictures and made our way to the platform area. The fear did not really hit until it was my turn to jump. I was somehow able to look and smile at the camera when I jumped up, and then screamed my lungs out when I started falling. I had no idea it would be that scary! It felt like I was falling for such a long time, and then it became a swing at the bottom which was like flying. It was such a rush!
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