No Limits

Bungee jumping is quite a dangerous sport and quite the adrenaline rush as well. You can jump from all kinds of places you just need to learn how to jump before you make your move. To make your jumps even more insane you can jump from moving bases like a helicopter, hot air balloon or something like that. There are no limits really when it comes to bungee jumping.

The word bungee came around in the 1930s but the first bungee jump didn’t happen until 1979. They used some kind of vine to do there bungee jumps with but I would figure that would hurt their feet as they fell and then were snapped back up that would sound like it would rip there ankles away from there legs. I don’t know how it is supposed to work but I guess it did.

A J Hackett of New Zealand was the first one to do a commercial bungee jump. Even though many other people had already done many jumps he was the first one to jump from monuments like the Eiffel tower. There are many places that you could make a jump from but you must learn how to jump before you just go and do it.

The whole point of the jump is the rubber rope or whatever you want to call it. When a jumper is falling when he hits the end of the rope the rope will snap back causing the jumper to go back in the upward direction and that will happen until all of the energy that came with the jump is neutralized. After you jump the first time and get to the bottom you will be snapped back towards where you jumped but will not come even close to the platform in which you jumped from.

The first question that comes to mind for this particular extreme sport is, “Why.” Why would you jump off a perfectly good bridge? Or crane? Or why would you jump off a platform? Or hot air balloon? The question that follows closely behind in the observer’s mind goes something like this – “Is that a rubber band tied to their feet?” The answer to the first is simple: To fly, bounce and fly again. To we land based humans, the desire to soar through the air has been with us throughout history. Bungee jumping offers the sensation of flying from the initial free-fall to the repeated rebounds. And, the answer to the second question is, well, yes. It’s a rubber band!

Bungee jumping, or some non-elasticized form of it, has been documented for centuries. As far back as the Aztecs people have been plunging headlong into space with some sort of lifeline tied to their bodies. Back then it was vines – not much give I imagine. Today, the “rubber band” is actually much more that. It is thick pre-stressed braids of latex shock cord. Most jump companies have added a body harness to the attachment fittings for added security. There have been injuries and fatalities, but they are very few considering the several million jumpers since its modern beginnings in 1979. All equipment is provided at the sites whether on a bridge or at a commercial jump site. Just bring your confidence!