• Skyline Gondola & Stratosfare

    January 26 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F

    I really am afraid of heights. I look at that little cable holding all the gondolas and it freaks me out. I see the people standing at the edge of an overlook and I freak out even more. It's mind over matter and deep breathing to get through it. The views are worth it. Before coming back down, I sat at the Stratosfare and had a dirty martini while I plotted my evening and got up my nerve to go back down.

    There is a restaurant, overlook, luge rides down the mountain, and the mountain bikers ride up the gondola with their bikes and then bike down the mountain.

    "Old Farts (over 50) get $50 off on indoor skydiving. Better than Bingo Night!" Not this old fart. I'm gonna keep my feet on the ground.
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