It's located next to Magnum XL-200 in Challenge Park, an adjacacent recreational area with water slides, a slick track and lakeside pathways. The steel beastie cost $1 million to bring to the park and delivers a thrill more potent than any other themed attraction known to man.

Don't fear the tower, take a buddy. Up to three riders can don their flight suits for an exhilerating journey into the "drop zone". It was time to put up or shut up. I looked over at the big archway and said "Okay, but I want to get video of this and the battery is dead, can we bump this down about 90 minutes?"

He probably thought I was stalling, trying to get my nerve up. But like I mentioned earlier, I was strangely drawn to this destiny, and believe it or not, I went willingly.