Big Red Excitement

Queenstown’s Shotover Jet is described by Washington Post reporter Barbara Bradlyn Morris, as one of a number of thrilling tourism activities available for kicks in the “Home of Extreme Sports and Hearty Sun-Bronzed Young People in Denim Cutoffs.” “The adventurous atmosphere was infectious. It dared us to abandon our cafÈ-sitting ways,” Morris writes. “The first minute of the 25-minute ride was truly terrifying … Then something extraordinary happened. Suddenly I was hit by the natural high described in the Shotover Jet brochure: ‘a sense of euphoria as your brain takes in a cocktail of  oxygen, sugar, adrenaline, cortisol and endorphins.’ The 25 minutes flew by. We left the river feeling as vigorous as Kiwis and, like a thrill-crazed kid. I wanted to do it again.”