Thinking
I’ve loved jumping off things ever since I learned how to climb. Early on I figured that jumping on to the ground- no matter how soft – isn’t all its cracked up to be – bending your wrist backward trying to land a big leap smarts. However, water is much more forgiving. Though it’s a bit deceiving sometimes- you can take a leap that would paralyze you if you hit something solid, into water with good confidence that you’ll survive – however, one of my most vivid memories is leaping off of gok rock on the Santa Ynez river after spending 10 minutes thinking “the water looks lower then when I was a kid – na you’re just getting old – jump, you climbed all the way up- its really not safe to climb down anyway—OK GO” and taking a big jump out (cuz there are rocks just below- and during the long fall I had time to see that, yes, the water was to low, and that slopping rock was only 2 or 3 feet under the water and OH SHIT – better bend my knees – bounce out of the water and swim away with smarting ankles and a smile.
Samoa has water jumps- Climbing the walls at the sua trench is a great example- when the rock gets flaky you can just fail/push out and end up in the water. Sliding rock has great slides but also has some good jumps. The ocean caves have good leaps and people to watch too.
The real trick is getting up the rock- here is a creative method- jump out of the water
Pull your self back toward the rock
Push the air away
And stick the landing!
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