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Visit to the Victoria Falls has given
us a huge collection of scenic photographs that we'll cherish
forever; but there is a set of photographs in the collection that
gives us an adrenaline rush each time we see them. Heights, depths
and adventure sports have always fascinated me and my husband and we
do have our 'to-do' lists; one in my husbands 'to-do' list was to
become 'have-done' here.
The Victoria Falls has been one of the
worlds renowned bungee jumping sites, the 111m jump, from Victoria
Falls Bridge over Zambezi river, between Zambia and Zimbabwe, has
been a haven for adventure junkies.
The very step towards the bridge makes
one's heart skip a beat or two upon the screams of jumpers scaling
down the canyon walls, so did mine, specially knowing that my man
would not miss the chance to do it. Fighting the constant conflict
between difficulty, danger, desire and dare, the decision was taken,
and there we were at the registration desk signing the indemnity
bond. Craziness had taken us over; I am not sure who was more
anxious, I or him, but we had eyes fixed and fear hidden to live a
dream of 'being-there-done-that'.
I get exactly the same goose-flush
every time I recollect the moment when my husband, clad in harness,
was held by the instructor to step out of the platform and fall free.
My heart didn't beat until the rope was full stretched and recoiled;
that was the first moment I regained my conscious and clicked a
photograph, the one that makes me feel a high of his desire being
fulfilled, of having jumped 'the Jump of Life'.
Everybody clapped and enjoyed the jump,
and I ran to the other end of the bridge to welcome my King who had
just conquered the Victoria Gorge from Tip-to-Toe.
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