Adventure in Auckland

by Ollie Barstow on 14 February 2012, 15:02PM There is nothing like an adrenaline rush to get your mind racing at a ferocious rate of knots… And leaning over to nervously glance at the 190 metre plunge beneath my toes is enough to send my brain into frenzy. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on where you stand on extreme sports), the rush is such that there are so many thoughts in my head – probably numerous questions as to how I ended up here -, not one is coherent. In such a moment, it means the only thing you can do is breathe, relax, momentarily enjoy the view… and jump! I’m at the Sky Tower in New Zealand’s largest city of Auckland, the tallest free-standing building in the southern hemisphere, one that presides over the skyline and, I hear, has a very pleasant restaurant at the summit from...