Bungee-jumping
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Bungee jumping was inspired by the vine jumpers of Pentecost Island in the Pacific Ocean Vanuatu group (formerly the New Hebrides). Each year, the men of the island's tribe construct huge wooden towers, over eighty feet high. They then carefully select vines from the jungle which they then tie to their ankles before throwing themselves off the top of the towers.
Modern bungee jumping was invented by members of The Oxford University Dangerous Sports Club. Using nylon braided, rubber shock cord instead of vines, they performed a four man simultaneous jump from the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, on April 1st 1979.
The decision to jump is sometimes an instantaneous one, but always based on the conviction that the system will work.
At first, it feels as if the cords are not working. The plunge goes on and on, the cords stretching to the maximum....the rebound is powerful, swift and indescribably fun!
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