{"id":2125,"date":"2014-08-28T02:17:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T02:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/2014\/08\/28\/bridge-swing"},"modified":"2017-09-17T06:49:17","modified_gmt":"2017-09-17T12:49:17","slug":"bridge-swing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=2125","title":{"rendered":"Bridge Swing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">I was feeling pretty good after my zipline across the Victoria Falls Gorge. As I was making my way across the bridge to it&#8217;s center though, my heart starting beating like a jackrabbit. My true test of adrenaline style adventure was about to begin&#8230;<\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/f456e-img_3903.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/f456e-img_3903.jpg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">As my number was photographed and logged, the men running the bungee asked me if I wanted to do the swing first, or the bungee jump. Never having done either before in my life, I felt like the Bridge Swing would be the less stressful and scary of the two.<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">All I focused on was my breathing as the straps were being tightened around my waist. I could hear nothing around me as I inched my way to the edge of the platform.<\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/86e35-img_3921.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/86e35-img_3921.jpg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Three&#8230;.Two&#8230;One&#8230;.<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;ll let you be the judge of how it went.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/104572402\" width=\"665\" height=\"445\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was feeling pretty good after my zipline across the Victoria Falls Gorge. 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