Healthy dose of fear is good

I decided to end the year by taking a great leap of faith, strap myself to a stranger and jump from a plane about 11,000 feet above the ground.

- Marizka Coetzer

While my initial answer to the invitation was no, I started considering it, until I agreed to the invite this coming weekend.

I have never needed to jump from a plane, bridge or anything, which meant suicide and bungee jumping were out for me.

I am not that scared of heights and wasn't against the idea, I soon realised.

In the past three weeks, I have been soul-searching and wondering about skydiving versus bungee jumping, which brought me to an amateur but logical conclusion that the two weren't the same type of fall or adrenaline thrill.

The thought of jumping from a bridge with a rope around my feet and body swinging across some cliff was not my idea of an adventure.

However, the more I thought about jumping out of that aeroplane, the more I started considering it and the more it ceased being that crazy after all.