Ever looked down, dangling from hundreds of feet by a few strings? Just in case you are curious: it is like a bad dream that becomes an exhilarating reality as soon as you pull the ripcord!Little Matthew celebrated his 11th birthday this weekend at a race car amusement park called Speed Zone. After eating pizza, cake, playing video games and racing go-carts, we decided to have a little adult entertainment!
Across the street from the park sit some very intriguing, stomach-turning, breath-taking adult rides at Zero Gravity. My little brother decided to get away from KU for the weekend and headed south. Since Nick had been racing all afternoon he felt like Ryan should participate in the terror instead of him.
It took me a while but I talked Ryan into this stomach-dropping ride. We were wrapped into this lovely gear and cranked up to the top of the yellow tower you can see in the photo.
Wow was it terrifying! We were tied to a ripcord and Ryan did the honors. We got to the top and both froze. It took Ryan a few delayed seconds, but all of a sudden, without warning, my stomach was no where to be found.
We dropped like a brick so fast you could barely process any thoughts. I was gripping Ryan's arm so tight and screaming pretty loudly. I'm surprised we didn't fall out because it sure felt like we were going to. It was so liberating.
We had a strategy for Fred & Ginger. What if the speed was to fast and we lost my prosthetics? Can you imagine? I really worked through the process and there was a foot pedestal that locked everything in.Albeit, it still felt really unstable. I highly doubt the staff has ever had a quadruple amputee conquer this ride!
Never give in to your skepticism in the face of a terrifying challenge! Everyone needs a little shock like this just to remind ourselves that we only live once.
We were able to get some great footage, so we will try and get that uploaded as soon as we can. Too bad Fred & Ginger didn't detach and take flight themselves. That would have been a great news story if they ended up on the highway. :)
Love,
Jen
