Dont Look Down

Pause this video at 0030 and observe the direction of my gaze. This was the second biggest mistake I made when bungee jumping in New Zealand. I should have been staring at the horizon, of course, and concentrating solely on diving towards it like Tom Daley would. But I was too fixated upon the void below, and too scared to jump into it as a consequence.

The alternative is to close your eyes and stare at the back of your eyelids, shutting down your most stimulated sense and freeing your mind to concentrate on more important things, like the heart attack thats fast approaching, or the legs wobbly enough to make a trifle.