Taupo Bungy is probably the most famous bungy site in the North Island of New Zealand, so I had to give it a shot. It was less than two weeks after my first ever bungy jump and I was itching for another. Taupo Bungy is higher, prettier, cheaper, and scarier than Kawarau. You jump off a platform that's 20 meters out and 47 meters over the Waikato River.

It was much, MUCH scarier than my first jump. I think on my first bungy jump I didn't realize how scary it was going to be. I got to the site, paid, got geared up, went out, and just jumped. I didn't think about it. But it really was scary as shit. So the second time I knew it was going to be scary as shit even before I jumped.

When I got out on the platform, I looked down at the water below and I almost backed out. I wasn't sure if I could do it. The fear from my first jump was still fresh in my mind. Maybe I hadn't looked down before my first jump, I shouldn't have this time. I knew the longer I waited the more I would want to back out. So when they counted down from 5, I didn't hesitate but just went for it.

It was still scary as shit for the first few seconds during free fall as I saw the water below me and the cliffs all around me. As I left the platform my legs got all jelloey and my knees just gave in.

So the second jump was an interesting experience. Bungy jumping is the only "extreme" activity I have done that I think was scarier *after* doing it than before. I actually don't think I could do it a third time, at least not for a while. That drop is scary as shit so it's best to just jump and not think about what's coming.