A Blog detailing the adventures of 9 friends on The Otter Trail
Friday, September 11, 2009
Day 4 - Hazzardous Drop
The most risky section of the walking trail on Day 4 was this sheer drop over a slippery rock. If one slipped, one would fall about 80m onto jaggered rock and sea.
Now here is a story to tell. BTW I am afraid of heights (guess not so much now after the otter)! I was the third person on the trail. Ameeth and Ashley are like mountain goats. They just jumped across (we had some Olympic long jumpers with). I come to a dead standstill and say "Absoluely NO way". Ashley says "give me your hand and i will pull you" (forgetting my 16kg), his hand does not even reach me. I say "no way Ash both you and I will be lying on those jaggered rock below, splatted!" Then Rishee jumps across and hands me a stick not even 30cm long telling me "just hold the stick and I will pull you, just trust me!" Yeah right?! But this was the only way across. I just closed my eyes and leap into the air and I was safe on the other side. Simply unbelievable. For me this was the scariest moment of the entire trail! You can see for the picture how unsteady I was.
Now here is a story to tell. BTW I am afraid of heights (guess not so much now after the otter)!
ReplyDeleteI was the third person on the trail. Ameeth and Ashley are like mountain goats. They just jumped across (we had some Olympic long jumpers with). I come to a dead standstill and say "Absoluely NO way". Ashley says "give me your hand and i will pull you" (forgetting my 16kg), his hand does not even reach me. I say "no way Ash both you and I will be lying on those jaggered rock below, splatted!" Then Rishee jumps across and hands me a stick not even 30cm long telling me "just hold the stick and I will pull you, just trust me!" Yeah right?! But this was the only way across. I just closed my eyes and leap into the air and I was safe on the other side. Simply unbelievable. For me this was the scariest moment of the entire trail!
You can see for the picture how unsteady I was.