Bungee jumping is quite a rage with adventure sports enthusiasts.
People jump from bridges, towers, hills and even helicopters !
Why do they bungee ?
Here is an excerpt from Yahoo Answers :
Why do people..bungee jump, camp around active bears, have sex with a hooker?
Best Answer:
well people who have sex with hookers obviously have them because they want to have sex and probably can't at the time with someone who isn't a hooker. As for bungee jumping, and camping around active bears, some people just want to die, but realize how hard it is to find a murderer in this economy.
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How Wikipedia describes bungee Jumping:
“Bungee jumping (also spelled "Bungy" jumping) is an activity that involves jumping from a tall structure while connected to a large elastic cord. The tall structure is usually a fixed object, such as a building, bridge or crane; but it is also possible to jump from a movable object, such as a hot-air-balloon or helicopter, that has the ability to hover over one spot on the ground. The thrill comes as much from the free-falling as from the rebounds. When the person jumps, the cord stretches and the jumper flies upwards again as the cord snaps back, and continues to oscillate up and down until all the energy is used up.”
Risks
A Recent mishap in India: For 25-year-old Bhargava V, a marine engineer from Chennai, that single string snapped, sending him plunging to his death in a shocking bungee jumping accident. What's even more shocking is that there was no safety net or ambulance, nor even a first-aid kit available with the organisers.)
According to fettke.com a site about Bungee information on the internet::
Statistically one bungee jump is about as dangerous as driving 100 miles in a car. (About a two in one million chance of death) There have been millions of safe bungee jumps, and only a few accidents. Almost every accident was caused by the jumper not being properly connected to the cord or the cord not being properly connected to the jump platform.
History (fettke.com)
Indigenous people of the Penecoste Islands in the South Pacific have jumped off of bamboo towers with vines tied to their legs for thousands of years. England's Oxford Dangerous Sports Club started the modern version of the sport on April 1, 1978 from the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England. In 1988 the Kockleman Brothers in the US and A.J. Hackett in New Zealand started commercial jumping for the public.
