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Dropping into Taupō
Some of the motor racing personalities in town for the Giltrap Group Historic GP took the chance to do some of the other adventure activities on offer in the town.
Is it falling or flying?
Sitting on the edge of a plane door, 5km in the air, with a guy called Gareth strapped to my back, I’m thinking ‘How the flying fox did I get myself into this situation?’
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