Going a bit mad

I think the fresh air has gone to my head and I've decided to do a bit more of the extreme sports! I went to the Franz Josef Glacier and went climbing on it for a day. It's really fun. It's huge. In the group picture the glacier is actually 2.7km away, I though it was about 500m. We had to do a bit of climbing to get to the good spots, but then you could go through loads of really narrow gaps between the ice and go past crevaces which was great fun. You didn't actually feel in much danger, though there were a few spots when if we'd have slipped there would have at least been broken bones. There are a few of us who have been travelling together for a while - me, Mike, Craig and 3 dutchies (their name not mine) Marijke, Maryuline and Tjerek so all of us did the climb together which was cool. The next day we headed further south and got some good views of Mt Cook which is the highest mountain in New Zealand. Apparently you can only see it about 1 or 2 days out of 10 so we were lucky to have really good weather.
This morning for some reason I decided to do a skydive by Lake Wanaka. I really don't like heights nad am not a big fan of little planes, but strangely I thought it would be a good idea to go. In the end I was not that nervous when we went up in the plane but got a little worried when they opened the door at 4,000 feet for a guy to jump out. I don't think I could have jumped out of the plane by myself, but luckily I was strapped to a divemaster called Grant so he got us to the edge of the plane at 12,000 feet and having smiled for the camera we jumped out. It's really cool, I have a nice DVD of the freefall bit and the landing. The views up there were amazing as we were flying near mountains and lakes and it was a reallly clear day. I only wish I'd gone for the 15,000 feet jump, but it was another $90. ah well, it was still great and I might do another one when I get back to Oz. Am currently in Queenstown but am going to down south for a few days for some scenic views then come back here and go a bit more mad!