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Bungee jumping (/ ˈ b ʌ n dʒ i /), also spelled bungy jumping, is an activity that involves a person jumping from a great height while connected to a large elastic cord. The launching pad is usually erected on a tall structure such as a building or crane, a bridge across a deep ravine , or on a natural geographic feature such as a cliff.
William Kitchen, founder of Sky Fun 1 Inc., and Ken Bird originally came up with the idea of the Skycoaster in 1992. [7] They wanted to find a way to let others experience the thrill of jumping out of a plane or the thrills of bungee jumping, but with the safety factor of a merry-go-round.
Scad, name for various fish in the jack family, Carangidae. the common name of the genus Alepes. Herring scad, a species of tropical marine fish in this genus; Razorbelly scad; Smallmouth scad; the common name of the jackfish genus Decapterus. Round scad ".scad" file format used by OpenSCAD
Bungee jumping was treated as a novelty for a few years, then became a craze for young people, and is now an established industry for thrill seekers. The club also pioneered a surrealist form of skiing, holding three events at St. Moritz , Switzerland , in which competitors were required to devise a sculpture mounted on skis and ride it down a ...
The Dangerous Sports Club was co-founded by David Kirke, [3] Chris Baker, Ed Hulton and Alan Weston in the 1970s. They first came to wide public attention by inventing modern day bungee jumping, by making the first modern jumps on 1 April 1979, from the Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, England. [4]
The night before the big jump, the soldiers went out on the town for drinks, a movie, and more drinks. ... a bungee-jumping cliff, a deck into a large pile of leaves. You’ve probably said it ...
In the early 1990s, bungee jumping and parachuting off the bridge gained popularity, but was still against the law; [16] [17] by the end of the decade, BASE jumping was legal. [18] In July 2006, Dan Schilling jumped off the bridge 201 times in 21 hours to raise money for charity; [ 19 ] Schilling was hoisted to the top of the bridge by a crane ...
President Donald Trump campaigned on the promise of tariffs. He followed through on that pledge within days of re-taking office, making many Americans concerned about their already-strained ...