Archive for the 'bungee jumping' Category

Five Bungee Jumping Questions

There are five bungee jumping questions that you need to ask when you decide to go jumping.
Here’s what they are, and why they matter.
# 1 - How do I want to go bungee jumping? This question will help decide how high off the ground you will be when you do your bungee [...]

The Discovery Of Bungee Jumping

The discovery of bungee jumping may have taken place back in the 1700s by European explorers, but it was not until the 20th century that bungee jumping really made waves around the world.
The current public awareness and concept of bungee jumping stems from a BBC documentary that aired during the 1950s on the [...]

Types of Bungee Jumping

There are five major types of bungee jumping.
Everyone knows the first type of bungee jumping.
This is the plain old bungee jump (if there ever was such a thing).
Based on the natives from Pentecost Island in the South Pacific, this is where you jump off from a platform or other [...]

Bungy Clubs Around The World

If you are a newcomer to the sport of bungy jumping and wish to find others who share your likeminded interests, or if you’re a seasoned jumper who considers this sport to be one of your main passions, you may be interested in connecting with bungy clubs and their members.
As the popularity of [...]

How Did Bungy Jumping Become So Popular?

Some people love anything that is new.
Some people love anything that is adventurous.
Put both of those key elements together and it is easy to see how bungy jumping very quickly went from being one individual inventing an elastic rope and tossing himself off high structures to a legitimate sport which has [...]

Where To Bungee Jump

Bungee jumping has taken the extreme sports world by storm.
Over the last few decades, millions of people have completed successful jumps.
So now, it is your turn.
You are getting ready to jump and you are excited.
But where do you jump from? What are your options when it [...]

Bungee or Bungie Jumping

You’ve seen it, but perhaps are still unaware of the controversy surrounding bungee jumping.
No, I’m not talking about the obvious discussion surrounding the safety of this sport.
What I want to present in this article is the origins of the word ‘bungee’.
Actually, there is some controversy as to whether it [...]

Bungee Jumping Culture

There is something about an individual that is willing to jump from a high place, attached to a rubber band.
This modern extreme sport, known as bungee jumping, seems to have it’s own culture attached to it.
It’s almost ethereal, hard to put your finger on it, but it is there.
Perhaps [...]

Bungee Jumping Accidents

Bungee jumping is, by it’s nature, a dangerous sport.
There is no denying that fact.
However, modern manufacturing methods and safety practices have made the sport much safer over the past decade.
It is certainly safer than the land diving of the South Pacific natives.
Unfortunately, even with all of these [...]