July 2006 – Arun's TechLog

Adrenaline Rush ….

Bhalla wanted to go for “Dare Devil Dive” at six flags and initially i was what the heck .. then i thought ok letz try it …

So, we registered @ around 9 pm and moments later I found myself standing on the ‘launch platform’ getting ‘instructions’ from the instructor …. Bhalla was the one who was ‘pulling the plug’ … which basically means once we are pulled to the top with a rope .. we would here someone doing the reverse counting “3, 2, 1 .. go ..” … and then somebody amongst us (bhalla in our case) would need to pull a plug attached to our ‘costume’ to ‘go free’ …

hmmphs … all set and the ground was ‘removed’ beneath my feet and I found myself hanging helplessly .. seeing everybody down going farther and farther and getting pulled up inch by inch up & more up …

i had the courage once to glance around to see how much ‘deep shit’ I have gotten into by agreeing to Bhalla but after this one time I decided not to look around anymore and just ‘prepare’ myself for the fall..

then we heard ‘3, 2, 1 .. go’ and wham swooooooosh … i was coming down @ 9.8 metres per second square … i was sure the rope is gonna break and we are about to hit the ground when we swooshed the ground and started going through other side … then the return swing followed … then one more swing dot dot dot …. couple of swings and then we were back to normal … (did i mention that all this while i was silent in shock as dumb while bhalla was screaming at his lungs :))..

well, u need to do it yourself to realize all of the above … as for me, i think i m a grownup in terms of free fall .. so i look forward for some bigger jump in future …

Update 1 : Picasa Album

Did not take much pictures that day, but here are some ….