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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.
Bloukrans Bridge Bungy is one of the world's highest commercial bungy jumping sites at 216 metres (709 ft) above the Bloukrans River. [1] It is situated at Bloukrans Bridge on the N2 Highway at the border between the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape in the Tsitsikamma area of South Africa's Garden Route. It has been operated by Face Adrenalin ...
Bungee operations under the road deck of the bridge. The Bloukrans Bridge is an arch bridge located near Nature's Valley, Western Cape, South Africa. Constructed by Concor between February 1980 and June 1983, the bridge stands at a height of 216m above the Bloukrans River. [4] Its central span is 272m and the bridge is 451m in length in total.
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Francois-Marie Dibon has trained for five years to beat the current world record of 430 bungee jumps in 24 hours.
1988: Jumping off the Auckland Stock Exchange Tower, claiming the title as being the world's first bungy off a building; 1990: Jumping 380 metres (1,250 ft) out of a helicopter for the first time; 2000: Jumping off the Royal Gorge Bridge, also known as the highest suspension bridge in the world; 2006: Opening and jumping out of the Macau Tower ...
A diver preparing to jump. Except for the vines, land diving is performed without safety equipment. Land diving (known in the local Saa language as Gol and in Bislama as Nanggol) is a ritual performed by the men of the southern part of Pentecost Island, Vanuatu. [1]
Francois-Marie Dibon completed 765 leaps at Garry Bridge in Perthshire to earn a place in the book of Guinness World Records. Flying Frenchman smashes world bungee record by more than 300 jumps ...