Once all the paying jumpers were on the ground floor Troy leapt spectacularly from the roof to the ground – 100% faith in his son to stop him before he hit the ground. The sight was awe-inspiring in the truest sense.

Another nervous jumper and I received wonderful hugs from Troy, as a congratulations and well done. I will be honest – it felt great!

Then it was back up to the roof for jump 2 of 3. I was looking forward to it.

Until Troy told us he was upping the ante!

Jump 2 we were given the option of jumping off a standing position, on top of the wall, toes hanging over, leaning forward 45 degrees… oh my goodness!

Then, we were told we could walk down to the first of 3 flags then push off from the wall, loosen our hands and jump to the next flag!

This time around I waited further back in the group, until I realised my nerves were getting worse.

Troy must have sensed my fear as he called me up. To my shock he didn’t ask if I was going to stand, we laughed about the fact that there was zero chance of that happening. I also decided not to do the jumping. It seemed like a complexity I didn’t need!

Round 3 was the fun round. Nothing new to learn. I applied my learnings – don’t wait too long (I went third) and I also decided to do a couple of jumps. It is possible I was motivated by having sore hands from holding on so tight, but regardless of why – I jumped down a section of the wall! Twice.

The high from all the adrenaline lasted longer than the hour Troy predicted.

I apologise publicly to everyone I spoke to in the few hours following – I may have been a bit hyper and spoken a few too many words per minute!

If you are thinking about stepping out of your comfort zone may I suggest Rap Jumping? The feeling of achievement when you have done it is amazing – but doesn’t beat the joy of walking down a wall!