Thursday, June 12, 2008

thoroughly amused/back on the horse

Haven't spent a lot of time on roller coasters in last few years. Got my fill today. Used to be absolute daredevil, nothing scared me. Today? Scared as the most scaredy-scaredy-pants could be. Instead of hands-up, eyes-open, I was eyes scwintched, hands palsyied. Even on the easy ones, I started off SCARED. A totally new me.

Most memorable: Kingda Ka. This shit is absolutely sick. I can't believe i am still alive. WOW. This footage does not really depict it's fright factor. Throughout the one minute ride I just kept screaming, "NO, NO, NO..........................................!" And my whole body continued to shake for about 20 minutes after. Awesomely terrifying.

http://www.sixflags.com/greatAdventure/rides/Kingdaka.aspx

8 comments:

mamalizza said...

i think motherhood makes you more fearful. or more cautious? i used to (attempt to) surf without a care in the world. now i obsess about being attacked by sharks.

Gina said...

i think that also happens as we age. the fear of falling. breaking a hip. i live about 15 minutes from Kingda Kong and have never seen the monster. You are a very brave soul.
Used to fly small planes and had a friend take me up in his experimental 2 seater. Flew over the ocean, close to shore at about 2000 feet when he started practicing his stall maneuvers, taking it to a unflyable pitch until it goes into a dive and then correcting. I dare say...never again.

Gina said...

your kingda ka, your will be da...in Great Adventure as it is in heaven.

that's what I'd be praying on my way up.

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