My_Live_Adventure

This was the most adventurous day of my entire life. This entire blog entry is from the same day. It started early in the morning around 8:00am. My friend Tim and I decided to go on a cliff jumping tour! We walked down to the meeting place and met our Thai guide. We took a long boat out from the beach and drove a good 20 minutes out to the side of the island to find the perfect spot. We anchored out boat in the water and jumped in. The interesting thing about this cliff jumping was that we had to do a bit of climbing to get up first, it was a little difficult as the water pushed you into the rocks at the bottom, but the climbing wasn’t all that bad. We started off with a relatively easy 8 meter jump into the water. 8 meters (26 feet) was a little scary but Tim and I managed to do it without much trouble. Next was a 11 meter (36 feet) jump. This one was a little harder because the ground that we stood on before jumping was so uneven and rocky, you basically had to balance with both feet on a different level on very thin rocks. Next was the 15 meter (49 feet) jump. This one was really scary. It took me a little bit to build up the courage for this one, and I was quite hesitant to do it. Eventually I took the plunge, I didn’t hit the water perfectly straight and it felt like I got punched in the eye but I was okay. Before climbing up again Tim and I discussed the next jump in the water. We both had trouble doing the 15 meters so going even higher didn’t seem very appealing to us. We decided we would go up there and take a look and then decide. The next jump was the final one and it was massive! It was a full 20 meters. (65.6 feet) Even the ripples in the water looked tiny from that height. Our guide told us not to jump if we didn’t think we could do it. After debating it for a while, Tim decided to go for it. From my viewpoint it took him forever to hit the water. When he surfaced he was laughing but in a lot of pain, he had sacked himself. He warned me to keep my legs closed! I approached the ledge and was pretty overwhelmed by fear with the jump. Looking over the edge when cliff jumping is actually more scary than when bungee jumping because your legs are strapped in with bungee and in your head you know it’s safe but cliff jumping is not. I asked my guide if anyone had ever gotten hurt doing this jump. He looked at me and said “oooh ya.” He told me just to make sure I hit the water straight like I had been doing. After what seemed like ages with shaky legs wrestling with my fear I remembered the tattoo I had just gotten. “Live completely in the present moment.” I reminded myself when you are fully in the present moment there is never anything real to fear, fear can only exist in anticipation of the future. In the moment I was just standing on top of a cliff there was nothing scary about it. I immediately calmed down completely, my legs became solid and a smile came over my face. I nodded to the guide and then just jumped. The fall was completely exhilarating and it seemed to take me forever before I hit the water. I hit the water perfectly and it was one of the best feelings ever. I surfaced with the hugest smile on my face, I had conquered the 20 meter jump.