Ninth Day 18 June 2014

Yay! We called the skydive company this morning and they said that it is possible to skydive! We quickly prepared ourselves and rushed to the company to skydive. When we were in the van sending us to the dropzone, we signed a formand selected the package that we wanted, 12000 feet. It was a forty minutes ride out of Queenstown. After twenty mintues, we were told that we could not jump as the wind had start to pick up and they have to drive us back. We were very disappointed. We requested that they dropped us back at our hostel where we rest for awhile, trying to calm ourselves down before heading out for lunch. While walking to Queenstown we saw people skydiving! We quickly went to another company to check if we could skydive. They said YES! Once again we were driven out to the dropzone to skydive. Again, we were driven back. The weather changed and it was terrible. Crestfallen, we went to i-site to check if they have skydive at Christchurch as we will be leaving Queenstown two days later and we cannot skydive tomorrow as we have already planned to ski. My sister met us at i-site and she brought me a present. She bought a sheep soft toy and gave it to me trying to cheer me up. It seems that it was my good luck charm. As soon as I hold the sheep, the lady at i-site told us that there is one more company that we can try out but no promises. She called the company and the company agreed to open another dive specially for us.We were extremely fortunate as the driver of the company happened to be at Queenstown which he usually isn't. We took an hour and twenty minutes drive out of Queenstown to Lake Wanaka. Not holding high hopes, we sat quietly in the car. Upon reaching the dropzone, they told us that we could skydive but we have to hurry as the weather seems to be changing. Quickly we changed into the jumpsuit and got ready to skydive. We managed to skydive! The feeling was beyond words. The view was beautiful, the crew was amazing and it was an excellent experience. I really appreciate what the company had done for us. This amazing company even personalize our videos for us by allowing us to select songs that we want to use. Skydive Lake Wanaka, you guys are amazing! Without you, I would never be able to skydive in New Zealand. Thank you so so much!

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