My Virgin Skydive Experience At Franz Josef, New Zealand

Finally, I had my first skydiving experience at Franz Josef, New Zealand. It was… an amazing amazing experience.. and one that I learn something from…lol..

Quit frankly, I was so looking forward to it when I did my holiday trip down to New Zealand.

I actually booked my skydive package at Lake Wanaka. Upon arriving at Sky Dive Wanaka at about 1.30pm, I was told that due to the wind, the jump could not be continued. So.. I had to call them back again at 4pm to see if any jump is available at 5pm.

So.. I did.. and sadly.. the wind was still too big.. and had to be canceled. They did gave me a glimpse of hope however, that I can still do my dive tomorrow at 11am. Well.. at least its not too bad. Sadly.. it rained the next day… and I couldn’t wait till later as I had to pack and head for the glaciers.

So.. I canceled the skydiving package.. with much regret.

Arriving at Fox Glacier… I asked if there was any sky diving package available… but to my dismay… the weather wasn’t too good and we can’t jump due to that…

Oh well… guess its just my fate that the almighty didn’t want me to do my jump. So.. the very next day… we travel down from Fox to Franz Josef. I remember it was like 5pm or so… and as chances of my skydiving experience was becoming slimmer and slimmer by the minute, we happen to walk pass a book shop that offers the skydive package !

I only got 1 shot.. because me and my wife had to go for a heli-hike at Franz Josef Glacier the very next day at 11am. So.. I booked the dive at 4pm… hoping that everything will go well.

and it did…

The journey up was amazing… the views and all… no words ever can explained that. And yea… I did get a little bit of nervous as they climb higher and higher.. despite me being a “adrenaline junkie”… and as the door opened, I felt like I was almost being blown away by the wind above… then…

The rest was history… I did my “virgin dive”… IT WAS AWESOME !

I said I learned something from the start of this post… yes… I realize that I shouldn’t have went so “high” off my head… shouting “wooohoooo” through my way down… the wind speed, gushing in at 200km/hr choked me… and when the “free fall” was done.. I actually remove the goggles.. and the wind just gush into my eyes…poor me… I was teary on my way down… haha..

So.. lesson learned for my next sky dive experience.. probably at Las Vegas…

For now.. here is a video to share my skydive experience over the Franz Josef Glacier… amazing amazing view… enjoy..