Cornelia's adventures

"We take these risks not to escape life... but to stop life from escaping us!"

Yup, this is me bungi jumping off the Victoria falls bridge in Zimbabwe. It is a 110m drop which amounts to 7 seconds free-fall. It's a spectacular experience, as with it being in a gorge, there's an accelerated experience of wind, gravity and speed. After this I went white water rafting down the Zambezi River, which is a grade five difficulty (Grade 6 = impossible to do rafting on). What a rush! Surfing up and down walls of water... I admit it - I am an adrenaline junkie. I love danger and adventure. I've done a couple of crazy things in my life... and it's just the beginning!

People's hair stand on end when I tell them what I get up to, especially in view of the fact that a have a little heart condition. But I guess that's half the thrill for me - flinging myself at death, feeling the fear, knowing that I'm ready to leave this life and then to survive. It drives my mother crazy! I guess I also rely a lot on my Sagittarian good luck. In the back of my mind I guess I believe I'm invincible... I just can't relate to being personally handicapped and seriously ill. Sure, I know my limitations. But I can feel in my gut whether I'm about to cross the line or not. "Two roads diverged in the woods, and I took the one less travelled by... and that's made all the difference!" - Robert Frost. This quote refers to all the choices I make in life, even philosophically.

"Live free or die!"

I'm always off on some kind of adventure, even if it's in my own back garden. I crave freedom, open space, solitude, a change from routine every now and again. This picture to the right was taken on a spontaneous trip I took to the mountains of the Eastern Transvaal. I was so stressed out at work one Friday that I just left work in the middle of the day, threw a tent into the car and called up a girl I'd met only once to join me on an unplanned trip. We were both broke, the car I had at that time was on it's last leg, we took no food (only munchies for the road), yet hit the road - not even sure where we were going.

It turned out to be a magical weekend. We drove around the mountains, meeting interesting travellers, playing in rivers and waterfalls, and finding our peace. Everyone, of course, were sick with worry, as I refused to let anyone know I'd even left town. This picture shows us exploring a dirt road to who knows where...

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