A MOUNT Gambier man has ticked off another wish on his bucket list, describing the experience as a massive “adrenaline rush”.
Anthony Schulz is working through his lifelong list of wishes given he continues to battle serious and ongoing health issues.
Anthony leapt out of a plane at 13,000 feet and parachuted to the Mil Lel Hall during a skydive on Saturday.
While for many of us this may be a mere thrilling adventure, for Anthony it is about making the most of every second of his life.
The self-confessed adrenaline junkie said he was overjoyed with being able to skydive to mark his 40th birthday.
During the free-fall section of the skydive, Anthony plummeted towards the ground at a speed of more than 200kph.
“It was exhilarating – it was a huge adrenaline rush,” Anthony told The Border Watch yesterday.
Conceding he was a nervous when he dangled his legs out of the plane, he explained he was mostly excited.
“When I landed, I only felt a small bump,” said Anthony, whose family was there to watch his adventure.
He was one of a string of people who took to the skies over Mil Lel for a weekend of parachuting, conducted by SA Skydiving.
Anthony continues to live with renal failure and over his lifetime has endured more than 20 surgeries.
“After I got sick and nearly died I said it was ‘about time I started living’ because I never know what might happen,” he said.
Anthony – who lives with 20pc kidney function – is kept well with medicine and will eventually need a kidney transplant given his low renal function.
