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We've driven about three hours south of Auckland to rolling green hills of the Whytomo. It's a beautiful area of the country, and there's lots of caving activities to so around here. The particular one we've chosen to do is the Hagas Honking Holes, which again involves ridiculous outfits and hard hats.
Ok folks. Welcome to the Hagas Honking Holes. You've picked the trip that involves two and a half hours of abseiling down waterfalls. A bit of gravelling, a bit of mud, a bit of getting wet. Now that we've checked your gear a couple of things most importantly please don't play with it. If it feels uncomfortable, it's working perfectly. The other thing we ask you not to touch because they're quite easy to damage is stalactites stalagmites, those little pointy dangling things you see in the cave, and all going well we should have lots of fun.
Now what.
Stick your thumb up your bum, that's it, now let go with your left hand, that's it, that should keep your balance. Pretty good? Leaning back. Terrific.
All the way down.
All the way to the bottom mate.
Oh am I glad to get down here….right what's next then.
Get on your knees on the edge.
Well now I'm dry again, back up above ground. Today glorious weather, I'm preparing myself to be thrown out of an aero plane.
These are not designed for comfort, they are designed for safety. Put your feet into the loops on the ground. That's it, pull them all the way up your legs. That's it, ok, and your arms through here like a jacket. That's cool. Ok, Anna, your harness is exactly the same as mine. Ok, except mines got the parachute attached to it and you've got me attached to you. Pretty simple really.
The essential really. Is Tappo a good place for sky diving?
Oh yes. I think we've got the best scenery in the country. As you can see, the mountains are right there, so you'll get an awesome view from your free fall.
I'll have the lake presumably as well.
Yeah. The lake is completely amazing.
At what height then do we leap out of this plane?
Well it should be about 10,000 feet and I open the parachute at about 5,000 feet above the lake or the ground, so it'll only take five minute to get down from there. It should be nice and easy, no worries.
I'm thinking I'm ready for this?
Just follow me and it will be easy. All right.
Deep breathe. Prepare to be thrown out of a plane at 10,000 feet.
Oh, slide all the way in, all the way back up the front.
See you later.
So when do you start to get nervous?
No, I don't, no I'm not.
I mean me.
It's not till later we get nervous.
Yeah it's when the door goes up that's when I get really nervous.
Oh my God.
Can't go back now.
Go.
All well, feet up feet up.
You ok?
Yeah fine. I tell you I mean to do that
I've got to get the line over your head. Excellent. Great. How was that?
Back on terra ferma, it's time to see what the river Ragatigi has to offer, and as you probably guessed white water rafting. I'm a little scared of this, I've never done it before, but I'm sure if you've got a good guide you've got nothing to worry about.
I'll call a back paddle before we hit it. We need a back paddle as long as we can and then I'll say hold on before we hit that big wall or I'll say crash, ok and then you can hold on if you want to. Ok every one forward paddle, ok stop and hold on.
Here goes, back paddle, go go go.
Crash.
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我们从奥克兰向南驱车大约3个小时,到达重峦叠翠的怀托摩山区.这里是新西兰的一个优美景区,许多洞穴探险活动都在这里进行.我们选择的这个地方是哈加斯雁鸣洞,还要穿戴这可笑的装备和硬壳儿帽.
大家好! 欢迎光临哈加斯雁鸣洞,你们选择的旅行是25小时的沿瀑布向下探险活动.有时还要匍匐前进.有时泥泞, 有时还会浑身湿漉.
现在我们先检查一下你们的装备,这些东西都很重要, 千万别当儿戏.如果它使你感觉不舒服, 那就对了.另外我们希望大家不要触摸石笋.因为它们太容易损坏了,你们在洞里看到的尖尖的小东西就是石笋,如果一切顺利的话,我们会玩得很开心.
现在该怎么办呢?
用拇指顶在臀部, 就那样移动一下你的左手, 就这样.这样可以使你保持平衡,向后倾斜一点, 太棒了!
径直下去吗?
径直下去到底部.
真高兴, 我到这儿了.
那么下一步该怎么办?
用双膝顶住岩壁.
好了, 现在我的衣服干了.回到了地面上.今天的天气真好,我正准备去跳伞.穿这个可不是为了舒服,而是为了安全.请把地上的两个圈套到双脚上,然后把它们拉到大腿的位置,就像穿夹克一样,双臂从这儿穿过去, 很酷.
安娜,你的背带和我的一样.惟一不同的是我的是与降落伞连在一起,而你的则是与我连在一起的.
真的非常简单,真是这样.
陶波湖是跳伞的好地方吗?
是的.我想我们能看到新西兰最美的景色,你看看那边的山峦,当你自由降落时, 会看到令人叹为观止的魅力景象.我大概还会看到那个湖.
是的, 那个湖好看极了.飞到什么高度我们才跳出飞机?
大约1万英尺到离湖面或地面大约5000英尺时,我得打开降落伞.因此从那儿只需5分钟就能着地,整个过程非常轻松, 有趣 ,不必担心跟着我做就是了, 真的很容易.
深呼吸,准备在1万英尺时跳出飞机,往里挪, 背向前方.
再见.
你会在什么时候开始感到紧张?
不, 我不紧张 一点儿也不紧张.
我是说我还不到我们开始紧张的时候呢.当机舱门一拉起, 我就感到紧张了.现在可回不去了,脚抬起来点.
你还好吧?
是的, 很好.我说过我适合做这项运动.我得抓住你头上的绳子.
好极了,感觉怎么样?
回到陆地上, 又该看看在拉加蒂基河上能玩些什么了.你们大概猜到了是乘皮筏激流勇进,我还真有点害怕.因为我还从来没有划过皮筏,但我肯定如果有个好指导的话,就没有什么可担心的.
发生冲撞之前, 我会叫你们向后划,只要有可能我们就向后划,在撞到那个巨大的峭壁之前,我会叫你们坚持住.
或者我会说 要撞上了,如果你们想坚持的话 就能坚持住.
全体向前划.
停下来, 抓住了.
向后划, 加油 ,要撞上了.
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