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The
histoiry of Bungee
For thousands years, the natives of Vanatu have launched
out in the vaccum starting from wood tower 25 meters
height, retained by a liana tied around the ankles. This
initatory rite makes it possible to the young boys pass to
adult age. Is the Gol Jump. |
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| "Legend
has it, that a young woman from Vanuatu (a small island
country in the south pacific) was pursued by her furiously
jealous husband. In desperation she climbed a very tall
tree – but he just followed her – as she reached the
top and still found him in hot pursuit, she jumped from
the tree – to, what would seem certain death. When her
husband saw this, he cried out in grief and jumped after
her. Without her, he did not want to live.
The
woman, however, had cleverly cheated. Without her husband
seeing it, she had quickly tied jungle vines to her ankles
and, whereas her husband jumped to his death, these vines
saved her." |
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the mid 1980’s, AJ Hackett was approached by Chris
Sigglekow an old friend, who at the time was very keen to
further pursue the concept of jumping with elastic ropes.
They contacted a professor at the Auckland University to
assist in the initial laboratory testing of rubber in the
hope of establishing a predictable formula that would
enable them to manufacture their first Bungy Cord.
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Currently, the jumps are doing
in which site provided that the vacuum is below: bridge,
crane, cave, montgolfier, helicopter,.. The jump in the
vacuum in full safety, of the feelings out of the commun run,
the most beautiful victory which you can gain over yourself,
the emotion, the joy, the wellbeing and especially the
desire to start again; c'est all that the "Benji"
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Chronologie
du Bungy
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| 1985 |
Tests and first
Bunge Jumping |
| 1986 |
A-J Hackett
jumping at 90 m teleferic |
| 1987 |
First mediatic
Bungee Jumping A-J at the Eiffel tower |
| 1991 |
A-J did the firts
helicopter BungeeJumping |
| 1995 |
250 metres at an helicopter |
| 1996 |
World record 136 mètres
at a crane |
| 1997 |
First Bungee
Jumping at the Spider Bridge in Niouc, The highest
suspended bridge in Europe (190 meters) |
| 1998 |
Didi Wenger (The
park director) did the telecabin world record. 300 m
at Leukerbad in Vallis. |
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