A perfectly good bus drives you up the mountain to AJ Hackett's legendary home of Nevis - the world's second highest land based Bungy jump. Located just outside of Queenstown, in the south island of New Zealand, the world capital of adventure, this place is one you must visit to appreciate.

In my life, I have been to well over 30 countries, have jumped out of perfectly sound airplanes, spent countless nights in the wilderness surrounded by bears, dived with bull sharks with no cage, have been caught in flash flood while canyoning through treacherous terrain in remote mountain regions, have skied icy steeps from jagged peaks that most people would cringe just looking down, and even cycled across a continent and two mountain ranges without any support - yet no where has been as nerve racking as this place in New Zealand.

As you approach, all you see are two massive mountains that tower above a river below. The road to the top is steep and there is little to stop your vehicle from going over the edge. Should this happen, kiss your bungy experience goodbye, you won't stand a chance.

Once you arrive and receive your safety brief, you are walked to edge of one of the mountain tops. It is here that you get your first really clear view of the Gondola that suspends across the massive expanse. The Gondola is suspended by nothing more than two cables - not unlike the cables that carry a Gondola up a ski hill. The difference: in order to get to the main 30 passenger fixed position Gondola, which is your jump point, you need to ride a mobile gondola across the cable - usually in high wind conditions.

After a ride that makes your regret having that Red Bull, you leap across to the main platform gondola. Once inside the fixed gondola, you now wait your turn to get tied in and prepare for your jump. The winds howl through this canyon at speeds in excess of 60 MPH and this wreaks havoc on your jump. Luckily, these guys are pros - they invented the sport in fact - so they know the timing of the wind and initiate the jump when the wind slows temporarily.

If you are in New Zealand for an adventure of any sort and are not planning on visiting Queenstown, you might want to rethink that decision. If you think you have what it takes to experience the true meaning of the word "fear" - then try Bungy.

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