History of Bungee Jumping

Bungee Jumping is an activity in which a person jumping from a high place ( usually a few hundred feet / meters ) with one end of the elastic cord attached to the body or ankles and tied them to the end of his rope jump point . When a person jumps , the rope will be stretched after taking energy from the jump , and the jumper will be thrown back when the rope retracts . Jumper will oscillate up and down until the energy of stepping out. The word bungee ( read latticework ) was first used in 1930 and is the name of a rubber eraser.

Bungee jumping or also known as bungy jumping , the sport is one of the most sought after adrenaline boosters . Imagine if you were dropped from a height of hundreds of feet from the ground and your body weight just in the crutch by a rope tied at the legs and waist . But the interesting part of this exercise is not when you make the leap , but when you are bouncing back several times by an elastic rope tied to energy rope had actually stopped .

The word bungee appeared around the year 1930 which is the name of a rubber eraser . Whereas once , the first time instead of jumping is done using a rubber strap , but the strap is made ​​of ivy .

Chris Baker of Bristol , England which inspired the film footage made ​​in 1950 by David Attenborough and the BBC crew of " country divers " of Pentecost Island in Vanuatu , which features a young man who jumped from tall wooden stage with ivy tied to their ankles as a test of courage ; then replace the sweet plant into elastic rubber .

The first time this is done in modern bungee Clifton Suspension Bridge , Bristol with a height of 250 feet by 4 members dangerous sports club , led by David Kirke . Unfortunately, shortly after the action they later arrested . But the incident was not deterred them , they instead moved to the U.S. and commit horrendous acts at the Golden Gate and Royal Gorge Bridges which then spread throughout the world the concept of jumping . Even in 1982 they were desperate jump from a hot air balloon !

The operator first bungee jumping , AJ Hackett from New Zealand to make the leap premiered at Auckland 's Greengithe Bridge in 1986 and the next few years he did a variety of different bridge jump scene even other structures such as the Eiffel Tower . This then raises the forerunner bungge as one of the sport and also makes Hackett as bungee largest commercial operators spread across several countries .

Despite the danger , jumping the highest ranks , does not stop millions of successful jumps since 1980 . This resulted in tighter bungee operators perform his ritual before doing jumps , such as adjusting the weight and length of rope , and even power cords and keelastisitasannya .

Unfortunately accidents in this sport tend to be weird and amazing . Accident occurred is relatively rope is too long . Enough rope should be shorter than the height of the stage springboard for stretching space .