I am zipping again today. I can't resist. I feel guilty going again because it means someone else can't go since they only take 8. But isn't that true of anything that I sign up for here? There are only so many spaces. They only take so many people for every challenge. I guess I feel bad about this one in particular because it is new and popular. I was going to cancel and see if there was still a space this morning and then sign up last minute, but the guy I was talking to in guest services when I went to cancel was like just go - don't feel guilty. So I am going.
I wanted to go again partly just because it is fun. But also because unlike a lot of the other challenges on the course, I think I will actually get more out of this one the second time. The first time I was so caught up in the safety of it and whether I was going to end up on the desert floor I sort of missed that moment of really being in it meaning I think I missed the fun of it. You are present as you climb the 50 foot tower and you are as you stand there in the wind (it was really windy yesterday) and you think about falling off (even though you are tethered), but you aren't present in that moment when you jump unless you really try to be. So many things were running through my head before I jumped. I had that hesitation. I guess I was present right up until that moment and then when I jumped I wasn't present anymore. My head was elsewhere - probably still wondering if I was going to some how end up on the ground. I forgot to really enjoy it to fullest extent.
It goes so fast that it is easy to miss it.
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