Why would anyone want to go cliff diving? I remember seeing Elvis Presley diving off a cliff in one of his films and thinking how cool it would be to have a go.
When I went cliff diving.
The reality of cliff diving was less fun than it looked in the film, and I would advise everyone not to try it. I have done it, although it could have been the last thing I did.
I was on holiday in Jamaica in 1992 and had gone to Ricks Cafe with a couple I had met at my hotel. They were a lovely couple, and he was a goalkeeper for Plymouth Argyle. We sat having lunch and a cocktail, watching the locals diving off the cliff. We decided to jump off the cliff from the lower platform. After we did it, a few locals helped us out and gave us some good-humoured banter about going from the lower tier, telling us that the men went from the top platform.
Unable to resist the challenge, I walked to the top of the cliff, edged out to the diving platform and jumped off. As I was going down, I started twisting in the air and ended up belly-flopping into the water and knocking myself out. Luckily, my new friends dived in and pulled me out. I was badly winded; the Jamaicans helped me climb out, cheered, clapped me on the back, took me back to the bar and bought me a cocktail and a beer.
Cliff Diving, been there, done it, don't advise anyone else to give it a go.