falling from 160 feet...

...if the German's were naming Bungee jumping that's what they would call it, except all the words would be stuck together. Anyway, this post is about the bungee jump that we did for Tim's bachelor party last week. I guess we figured, Tim's taking the plunge, so why shouldn't we all? I will not be writing about the rest of the weekend (ha!).

Luckily for everyone there is documentation of the event.



I've decided that I will provide a little commentary for everyone:

Opening
The setting: Whistler, Canada. Not sure who's jump this is, maybe it's not even one of us. The important thing is the music. Thank God "The Final Countdown" by Europe. It's without a doubt the greatest song of all time. I was watching MTV once (this must have been like 5 years ago at least) and they were doing a thing on one-hit-wonders and they started talking about Europe. I guess they relied on this song so much that they both opened and closed with it at their shows.

Now we have the run down of the participants looking at the site of their impending death (in order of appearance): Evan, Tim, Julian, Brian, Mike and Verwest. Ross didn't jump because he busted his knee playing lacrosse (surgery is tomorrow so think good thoughts for him). However that did allow him to be the Steven Spielberg of our jumps.

Quick montage of all the jumps
Maybe my favorite part of the video. What good use of foreshadowing!

Verwest's jump
Being that Eric is the only one of us to take the figurative plunge so far it made sense for him to take the literal plunge first. I'm actually impressed by his jump. It's smooth and clean. Definitely the Nastia Liukin of the group. The only bad thing is we don't get a Jersey Fist Pump out of it (here is some background). The Jersey Fist Pump makes many appearances in the video and definitely was the theme of our weekend.

Tim's jump
Now it's time for the bachelor to go. First off, his picture definitely shows an epic fist pump, well done. As for the jump, hopefully Tim isn't as nervous for the wedding as he was for this jump. I wish we could have tied a cat to his cord, he definitely would have lost it then. With that said, Sandra has nothing to worry about. When faced with the figurative plunge Tim stands tall and takes care of business. He also invented a new pose for the jump. I also love the timing with the music when Tim returns into the picture after going into the bridge, brilliant! Finally, excellent fist pumping on the rebound.

Mike
Don't worry everyone, that's apple juice Mike is drinking. For starters, we see another good fist pump. I'm glad everyone kept their wits about them when facing the jump and represented The Shore. Unfortunately for Mike, something got caught. He just barely averted disaster thanks to his cat like reflexes. Luckily, the second attempt is better. I gained a lot of appreciation for Mike's swimming abilities during the weekend. It turns out he swam and played water polo in high school. He was swimming circles around us when we went down to the lake. His experience shows in his jump. A perfect dive. Mike is the Greg Louganis of the group.

Evan
Well, that is a sexy picture. I was trying to do my best Jersey Shore Guy imitation in the picture. Erin saw it and said I looked creepy. I guess I accomplished my goal. Before my jump I pictured my self running off the plank and jumping out as far as I could. I was really trying to psych myself into that. However, when faced with the reality, I was happy that I made it off without any delay. It looks more like I just ran off the board. I'm not a fan of heights. I had never done anything like that before so I was trying to relate it to something beforehand. I though maybe it would be like the weightless feeling in a pool. Well, it's not. It's the exact opposite. Falling with nothing below you for an eternity is terrifying. I was very happy when the cord took my weight (my groin was not). I redeemed myself a bit with a good fist pump on the rebound.

Brian
I'm speechless after that montage. He really got into the whole Jersey Shore thing. Maybe a little too easily. I'll let it slide though because he did the most acrobatic jump. Brian is the Shawn Johnson of the group. He did have experience on his side though. I guess he did a bunch of jumps when he went to Auz for a semester. The flying squirrel jump is awesome. Even the workers liked it. Hats off to Brian, he was the champ.

Julian
The picture of Julian before his jump is from his failed attempt to tackle me the night before. Apparently being out of SD for a couple years caused him to forget how much taller than him we all are. On our way back to the cabin after the jump (before we saw the replay) Julian was telling us about his jump. He said his body just went limp and he had no control over it . You can really see it in the video too. He's just a falling mass. Fortunately he regained control of his body and pulls out a Fist Pump on the rebound.

All in all it was epic!