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WE SKYDIVED!!! lake taupo and our skydive. we were staying at a nice hostel in town and had organised to do a skydive. the day came and it looked a bit cloudy so we thought it might not be on, we rang the company to rearrange the date...but oh no, the driver was on his way to pick us up! arghhh! we quickly got ready and we were off to the airport. we were scared!
we got kitted up in jumpsuits and hats (nice!) then we all crammed into this tiny plane! we went high, very high, 15 0000ft high!! at that height you we had an oxygen mask on, the views were breathtaking though and you could see for miles over the lake. almost forgot we had to jump out of this perfectly good plane, are we mad!! then....the door opened....stevie was right next to it so guess who had to jump first? he told me to put my legs out the plane, we shuffled towards the door, smiled to my cameraman.....and then it started!! i (holly) was next to jump, so we moved towards the door, the ground looked so small, tried to smile to the camera, thought oh my god what am i doing...then we fell!! and fell and fell. we freefalled for 1m30secs at 200kmh but it went in a flash! the views were great if you managed to look around and the feeling was amazing!
 then after our freefall it was time to put up our parachute. you waved goodbye to your cameraman then the parachute shot you back up then it all went quite, we floated back down to earth which was surreal. the sheep got closer and closer then feet up for landing and we were back on land! wow what an amazing experience! we want that job!  still talking about our skydive now, something we;ll never forget. if you can definetaly try it!! check out the pics!! awesome (excuse my strange faces (holly)) !! xx
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