Bungy jumpmaster Darryn McClutchie flies at up to 160km/h as he tests the Mokai Gravity Canyon. Photo / Glenn Jeffrey
A massive flying fox said to be the world's largest and "most thrilling" is about to open near Taihape.
Slung 180m above the river bed in the Mokai Gorge, riders of the 1.1km wire can reach a giddying 160km/h.
The thrillseekers may feel like birds but they sound like airplanes
as they rapidly gather speed, the screeching swoosh of the high wire act echoing back and forth between the 80m-high cliffs that define the Rangitikei River below.
Buckled and strapped into harnesses, which disturbingly resemble body bags, the riders are attached to the flying fox with "never fail" karabiner hooks.
Feeling more like a crying foxy baby than a flying foxy lady, I found the worst part of the ride was the anticipation.
