Bungee Jumping

Bungee Jumping has a very interesting, very old origins. The idea of ​​this mode of expressing feelings, primarily jumping comes from an ancient ritual "Gkol" which was performed on Pentecost island in the Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu. Legend has it that the village Bunlap man named Tamalie got into an argument with a woman and a lot of upset, so much so that she left in anger and climbed the banyan tree, which is also one of the largest in the world in every way. Getting back to the woman, imported vines around his feet and waited to come Tamalie poor and jumped. When the video woman free fall not knowing that tied his own feet and he jumped. Tamalie is of course died, but the woman survived. Since then, the men from Bunlapa began to practice the jump in case you come and a similar situation, also were impressed by jumping.

  Modern bungee jumping emerged first April 1979th A group of people from Oxford University, members of the "Club of extreme sports" Klifton jumped off a bridge in Bristol, England. They performed four simultaneous jump, impressed the world and ended up in jail. Thus, the new adrenaline rush began. "The club extreme sports" is after this jumping with anything and everything. The first commercial bungee jump was opened in 1987. year in New Zealand. Today there are many towers, cranes, bridges and even a balloon from which it is possible to jump, so the bungee become one of the most simple and easy to understand extreme sports. Of course, the most important piece of equipment is the rope. The rope is made of special elastic materials that are resistant to different weather conditions. An interesting feature of the rope due to the constant stretching and change is the length of elongation-lengthening, for example elongation of 200% at 50 meters long rope stretched rope for another 100 meters - a total of 150 meters. Pay attention to not use this rope for towing cars.
 

The place from which the jump and equipment system that is binding / shackles with which jumps are the key to success. The most common system of binding feet. The links are placed on the legs around both the article and attaches to belt. Between the legs to attach the rope. The system links and belts is made of special materials, and of course only binding for the fortunate jumpers requires a special technique. Before you set up the system puts a special tag / towel / sponge to make it more easier tightening around articles. Others also popular binding system is a combination of chest and around the waist. The system is attached to the body, and can be used with foot binding for reasons of safety and comfort.
 

At most locations from which to jump today everything is so organized and prepared to not have to think about safety and how to land after a jump, etc. Of course the sport is very safe and accidents are rare. Most platform from which jumps are located above the water, which bridges the cranes. The reasons are psychological in nature, consciously and subconsciously people think it's easier to jump over water than over some rocks, etc.