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The Ledge (47m) - company websiteThe site for this jump is just above Queenstown and has a great view over the town and mountains. It's not an especially high jump, but the slope of the mountain tricks you into thinking that it's higher than it really is. It had been 4 months since the Nevis jump where I broke my ankle, but I was still keen to do another jump. Clearly doing a jump with a cord tied around my ankles would be a bad idea as I was enjoying being able to walk again, so I opted for the waist attachment.
I managed a rather dashing backflip despite the cast on my leg, and succeeded in keeping all my bones in an unbroken state. All in all it was a pretty damn fine experience, until I went back to the registration office to sign out. What followed really spoiled my day and my relationship with the Bungy company.
In the reception area I spoke to the staff about the jump, saying
that I'd really enjoyed it, especially since it'd been a long time
since I'd been able to do anything adventurous due to my ankle. Most
of the staff had heard of my incident and were interested in all the
gory details which, being the insufferable show-off that I am, I happily
regaled them with it!
One woman became really snotty with me though and got all defensive. I wasn't sure why she did as I never said it was the companies fault or anything. Fair enough I thought, she can get pissy if she wants too.
What I didn't expect though, was for her to run off to the senior
management the next day saying that I'd gone up to the site, badmouthed
the company to staff and clients, and said that it was the companies
fault that I got injured. Hey? When did that happen exactly?
So I went and explained myself to the head honchos to clear things up (I met up with them regularly anyway as they're decent Kiwi blokes who popped in when they could to see how I was doing - they always came across as being concerned for my well-being rather than concerned for the company image; something I was always impressed by as most big companies wouldn't give a toss).
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