A few years back a few friends were talking about this huge bridge where we live & how nobody had the balls to jump off of it.
It was February & around 5 or 6 AM. Needless to say it was fucking freezing outside.
Me being the dumbass that I am, jumped up & said "How much you guys wanna bet that I'll jump off of it right now."
They checked their funds & replied "We've got $300.00 that says you won't do it."
I said "I'll put up my $400.00 Joss Pool Cue against your $300.00."
They said "Cool."
I said "Let's go."
A little before this I had taken a few Klonopins & had been smoking weed all day & night as always & I was pretty toasted but I thought I'd be ok. After all, I had jumped off of numerous bridges with no problems, but never one this high.
I hopped in the back of the truck & a large group of us took off towards South Carolina. I think we had about 4 car loads & the truck.
We got there in 30 or 45 minutes & parked close by. I stood up in the back of the truck & fell back down. Clearly I was more fucked up than I thought! I got back up & all of us waked to the bridge.
We went to the middle where I thought the water would be deepest & I looked down. Way down. I'm not sure exactly how high it was but trust me... it was plenty high enough to get my ass killed.
Anyway, I saw some guys in a boat fishing & asked them if I jumped off the bridge would they take me to the shore. They said "Sure!"
I climbed up on the cement siding & looked back at my friends with a shit eating grin. I could feel the cars driving over the bridge because it was shaking. Without hesitation I just leaped off & immediately saw the guys in the boat take off at full speed! Assholes!!!
It took a couple secs to hit the water & when I did I went all the way to the bottom & hit so hard that my knees went up to my chest. I pushed off the bottom & surfaced to all my friends cheering!! hahaha! They knew I was the craziest S.O.B. in town after that!!
Now for the hard part... swimming back to the shore.
I started swimming & there were these huge pillars under the bridge & I'd swim to one & hold on so I could catch my breath. I think it took me about 20 minutes to swim outta there.
I walked up the trail beside the bridge & got up on the road & there were my friends shaking their heads with my $300.00 in hand.
I laughed my ass off & asked if they really didn't think I'd do it.
They got the last laugh though.
I had to ride in the back of the truck all the way home, soaking wet at 7 AM in February, FREEZING MY ASS OFF!!! hahaha!
Sorry the post was so long but I thought you guys might get a kick outta this one!!
Just in case you wanna know... I've never jumped off a bridge since!!
