Hello All,
Hope all is well with you all. I am very happy to say that the snow has stopped falling in Victoria, but outside of the city, it varies. Also very excited about all the rain that we have been having recently. Some may be confused with me, a cyclist, being happy about rain. Let me explained. The snow caused me not to trust the cars on the road so I decided to not bike around for the last 3 weeks. Tons of salt and sand trucks were on the roads but I just didn't feel safe. Now the snow has melted and the sand remains. Yay, to the rain to wash it away and then, knock on wood, the sun will come next week for an adventure that I am planning.
A friend of mine from back east is coming to Victoria, she wants to have an 'adventure' before she goes to New Zealand to have many more there. I have joined in on this beginning. We started by looking for things within Victoria. Thought of paragliding, skydiving, whale watching, but none of them are working out. I even suggested a bike trip to Salt Spring Island and back but it still has snow. So we looked outside of the city. Maybe go spelunking(caving) in Port Alberni, but it is way too far up to do that. Then we thought Nanaimo. What is there to do up there? Short train/bus ride there. Ok what to do.....?
Well here is what we found. I cut out the description.
King Swing
Some foolishly believe this adventure is less incredible than Bungy Jumping. It doesn't matter how many times even our most experienced staff watches the free-fall of the King Swing, they still moan a bit in sympathetic tension.
Strapped into an "ultra cool" paragliding harness, designed for the intense forces that this incredible ride generates, our bridge crew will clip you securely into a cable that extends up and above the sandstone canyon cliffs. The cables tighten as you are cinched up like a slingshot, pulling you ever closer to the 150 foot abyss.
You launch in seconds and drop like a meteor entering the atmosphere! Start your scream with a near free-fall towards the river. The thrilling speed of up to 140 km/hr and "feel it to your core" g-force, stick with you as you scream past the canyon walls on the rocket ride of a lifetime!
Whether you do it by yourself, or together with an adventurous friend on a tandem ride, this is quite possibly our most breathtaking activity!
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What do you guys think? Can I truly do this? Stupidly I'm not sure, but we are going soon. I'm terrified. We shall do the other activities that Wildplay offers, Tree rope course, zip line. And if I am going to be myself I'll probably say fuck it lets do it and we will. :)
I have attached a link to the video section of their website, check it out.
http://www.wildplayparks.com/galleries/video-galleries.php
PS: Am I crazy? If so, anyone want to join in? Still vacancy at the asylum.
4 comments:
Was the italics a quotation? No source... Tisk tisk.
This quote opens with "foolish," so the reader--who may have had a previous explanation of what king swing is--knows right away where it's leading; the association with "foolish" and king swinger is automatic, or dominant if you prefer that venacular. But then the reframing occurs--foolish believe it's not the same as a bungee jump--that's not where my mind went first, so it was reframed in a logical fashion: yes perhaps it is foolish to think they're different.
This was quite clever on the author's part because he has made use of a classic trick known to comedians and joke writers. Reframes bring positive responses, at least at first. For example, the classic "grasshopper walks into a bar, bartender says 'we have a drink named after you' (you know the drink the association is automatic), grasshopper says 'you have a drink named Bob?' (reframe)."
This brings a positive response, laughter or an amused affect on the first hearing--it becomes boring once we know the joke well. So, the king swing author has tailored the script to bias the reader towards positive responses (didn't work on me: consumer manipulation 0, me 1 ;)), and distract from the main issue, mentioned at the beginning of this comment: king swingers are foolish. I will conceed, however, that that uncited author does have a point. Bungee jumpting and king swing are not so different, with equal fervour toward each, fools rush in.
woops... you're still logged on on my computer nick... LOL. OK everyone--that wasn't Nick commenting. He was showing me his blog and I dunno how to use this thing, so I commented, apparently, in his name... Nicholas wrote the original post. I wrote both these comments. Do you know who I am? I'm told i have a distinctive writing style... Mwa ha ha
Wow. Lesson learned. Do not log on to other peoples computers to show them your blog and then save such blog in their bookmarks along with automatic signing into the blog as the creator, Nicholas. Lesson learned.
Nicholas
Hi Jeff, yes you do have a very distinctive style that is dramatically easy to figure out. Nick, I would lovvvvvvveeee to do this! I am so jealous and excited that you have this chance though. And as for whether I think you can do it or not, hm....to be honest, my main worry is the quesiness. Especially if you are going to be swinging back and forth instead of ging straight down, i think that might make you quesy. I am not sure if you have done this already, but I want to know how it was if you did! Sounds ridiculously fun though!
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