Event: Awesome Foursome Experience at The Abyss, on Saturday 20^th February in Sheffield.

Hello,

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. The media agency I work for, OMD, started this new great initiative for OMD employees.  Each month they will pick 2 names out of a hat and will give £250 to these employees to do something new, different and exciting. But there’s a caveat: It has to be done within a month and the chosen ones will have to present to the agency and report on what they will have done with the money!!  

You've guessed it - I've been picked!

I thought, if I didn’t have a 7 months old little girl, I’d go bungee jumping somewhere sunny, go on an island and learn how to water ski or go to China and brush up on my Mandarin.  But within a month, it isn’t feasible.  My husband Steve then said, why don’t you still go bungee jumping but in the UK?…trying to get rid of me is he? :)  

So I still can’t believe it, but I have booked myself for an Awesome Foursome Experience (intriguing, I know!) at The Abyss, on Saturday 20^th February in Sheffield.

Also, I’ve always liked to do my part for a charity and here’s my chance.  The remaining cash from the £250 from OMD and all your additional contributions will go to Haiti Hospital Appeal. Unlike others they were on the ground in Port-au-Prince within 48 hours of the earthquake. They took their ambulance into the ruined capital city and gave out the aid they had carried with them on their seven hour journey from Cap Haitian.  

What does it mean for me I hear you ask? In one day I will be experiencing the following:

1 -  Zip Wire
Starting from the steps of an old overhead crane capable of lifting 100 tons and standing at 70ft in height, the Zip Wire stretches out 250ft down the length of the building, you’ll find yourself flying over old melting pots from a bygone era while spectators watch you the whole way from a parallel walkway.

2 - Abseil (free abseil)
Abseiling is an extremely exhilarating and testing activity requiring the participant to control their own descent to the ground. Climbing the steps in Magna’s 150ft Face of Steel Building can be a daunting challenge in itself. Note – this is a free abseil meaning that you abseil into free air and not down the side of a wall

3 - Powerfan™
The POWERFAN® is currently unique to The Abyss being the only one in the world from this height. Powerfan is a highly engineered machine that is able to provide the freefall adventure of your life; it is a device that will safely and repeatedly control a person’s descent, dissipating the potential energy by means of a fan. With you fully kitted in a safety harness and attached to the Powerfan’s chord, in essence it enables you to step off the platform high up in the150ft face of steel building and make a very rapid descent towards the floor before the fan system above you kicks in ensuring you float to a soft landing.

And finally
4 - Bungee Jump (!!)
Picture the scene: You are enveloped in semi darkness, spot lights whirl around Magna’s breathtaking structure, the Face of Steel, standing at 150 feet; you start the 143 steps climb to the jump zone music pumps out of a wall of speakers, dry ice fills the air, and 7 huge video screens project images of what you are about to experience …and that’s before you’ve even taken the plunge!  

Our Managing Director said to me “Do something brave!”.  JA, I hope this is brave enough for you! :)

Thanks in advance for your contributions. Haiti needs our help.

Cheers

Marianne x

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