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And if you haven’t done anything exhilarating, what is the most exhilarating thing you would like to do?
Mine was a bobsleigh ride around the Innsbruck/Igls Olympic Bobsleigh run, I watched a programme on telly last night that brought it all flooding back to me.
We did it at night, the start of the experience being all herded into what can only be described as a cattle truck for the drive up to the start – all standing, and I wasn’t tall enough to reach the handstrap from the ceiling but we were packed in like sardines so it didn’t matter. The truck lurching from side to side and hearing gravel sliding off down the side of the mountain whilst you’re in pitch darkness…
Then at the start point, listening to the instruction, getting more and more nervous as we were standing there waiting our turn, me volunteering to sit behind the driver – after all he knows what he’s doing and he’s gonna keep himself safe, so being behind him is the safest place to be, right? An eerie hush as we were getting ready to go, everyone wrapped up in their own thoughts and too scared to speak other than occasionally reassuring each other.
Then off we went, and I was torn between wanting to close my eyes cos it was so scary and keeping them open cos I didn’t want to miss a thing…I kept them open and wow! We were nowhere near olympic speeds, this is a tourist bobsleigh ride after all, but still the G-force, being jolted around, and not really knowing which way up you were. The scrape of the runners on the ice, the wind stinging your eyes.
Then the finish line, getting off, shaky legs, taking your helmet off, a grin from ear to ear, everyone talking all at once as the adrenaline takes effect…me the only one quiet (for a change!), the instructor saying to me how was that…and me saying can we do it again please?
If you ever get the chance, do it, the roller coaster will never be the same again!
Sailing right up as close as possible to Niagra Falls before the force pushed the boat back the view was absolutely amazing but I was drenched to the bone! Thats one of them :lol:
ummm nope would get banned :lol: :lol: :lol:
not necessarily exhilirating but absolutely awesome . . watching the sun set in the sahara desert and then watching it rise again . . best holiday to date :D
Riding as a passenger round the full-length Le Mans circuit in the back of a 1927 Bentley 4.5 Litre that actually competed in the 24 Heures du Mans when it was new. The car touched 90 mph on the Mulsanne straight and the wire wheels creaked a bit in the chicanes.
In the back of an old open car like that you have no protection and the exhaust noise from the thumping great 4-cylinder engine was very loud
At the time, the full circuit was closed to normal road traffic in readiness for the main Le Mans race that was due to start later that day.But…what I really want to do is a driving day at one of the preserved railways on a mainline diesel locomotive.
in no particular order…
1) Climbing Dunns River Falls in Jamaica and falling backwards into a pool
2) Snorkelling on a reef in the indian ocean then suddenly swimming off the ocean shelf and seeing nothing but a black abyss below me
3) Attending a road traffic accident with a vehicle on its roof and being able to administer first aid… that certainly got the heart thumping!
4) Kenyan safari and sleeping at a watering hole
I once dated a BASE jumper too and he wanted me to climb a pylon and tandem with him but having seen him get tangled in the past I declined.
oh and when I was 15 I stood up in the car with my upper body out of the sunroof while my then boyfriend drove down a country road at 100 mph… now with hindsight very stupid but omg what a rush…. couldn’t even breathe!
@melody wrote:
2) Snorkelling on a reef in the indian ocean then suddenly swimming off the ocean shelf and seeing nothing but a black abyss below me
I did that too, but rather than exhilerating it was terrifying…at the time I was afraid of heights, and although I was in the water and I am a strong swimmer, my brain seems to interpret the deep abyss as being a drop and the vertigo kicked in. A panic attack whilst snorkelling in deep water is not a good experience!
@jen_jen wrote:
@melody wrote:
2) Snorkelling on a reef in the indian ocean then suddenly swimming off the ocean shelf and seeing nothing but a black abyss below me
I did that too, but rather than exhilerating it was terrifying…at the time I was afraid of heights, and although I was in the water and I am a strong swimmer, my brain seems to interpret the deep abyss as being a drop and the vertigo kicked in. A panic attack whilst snorkelling in deep water is not a good experience!
omg no you could have drowned! It took me a while to go against my nature and take breaths under the water… my brain was telling me i couldn’t
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