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Looking down at a seemingly small creek from 150 meters on a platform with nothing except a cord restricting your walking abilities as it is tied around your ankles might seem like somewhat of a risk. With three other people 150 meters above sanity, telling you not to look down, and just generally chattering away making the height seem ten times higher, your heart starts to thump and climb into your rapidly drying throat. As the people tying you up look to be about 18, you then begin to wonder how safe you really are. You glance down 150 long meters to a river so shallow you can see the bottom. You bring this up to the “supervisors” who reply that the river is really quite deep, and is just very clean and clear. So you shuffle towards the edge of the platform where you will launch yourself into the wild blue yonder and hope and pray that you