Popular Bungee Jumping Sites around the World
Several years ago that bungee jumping become an extremely recreation that is popular among people who like to try on exciting activity for having new experience. Typically, the performance of bungee jumping requires an elastic cord to connect the jumpers to prevent death or injury while they are jumping from an elevated point. An original of bungee jumping started in the ancient times when certain tribes in the Pacific islands and in Mexico jumping from a platform and they use vines to support their bodies.
After that time, bungee jumping had done by some daredevils in somewhere in the world though this were considered illegal because of the dangers that can poses to anyone who does it, especially in the United States. In the 1980’s, bungee jumping was became popularity again when the daredevils attracted some attention around the world through television that can spread the thrill and adrenalin rush experience. Even though bungee jumping is not a recreation for everybody, especially the faint-hearted, it has become a popular outdoor activity in current. People always try to have jump over anywhere they found it allow to apply for playing bungee jump.
Most bungee jumping sites in the world provides other functions more useful than being jumped from like bridges and dams that are allow the jumpers have a great deal of fun and exhilaration. The Verzasca Dam is one of the famous Bungee Jumping Center in Switzerland because in the movie Golden eye in 1996, James Bond-the hero plunged into this site. With the highest point about 722 feet of this site, the jumpers have time 7.5-minute free fall before reaching the lowest point.
Victoria Falls Bridge – the bridge amidst one of the largest waterfalls in the world – the Victoria Falls is another one of bungee jumping site that is popular. Unless the jumpers will have thrill experience of the jump and the enormity of the waterfalls, but the spectacular views of the two African countries - Zambia and Zimbabwe is available at the same time.
Puerto Vallarta in Mexico is others jump sites were specifically and structurally designed for bungee jumping alone. The site located at the Banderas Bay have a permanent structure was opened in 1993 with 120-foot plunge towards the emerald green waters, so the jumpers have a free fall time about 15 minutes before reach to the lowest point. This site open in Puerto Vallarta plunges in the Pacific Ocean over a bunch of rocks allow the jumpers to see the clear water while most jumping sites have rivers or gorges below them.
It luckily that the company that operates this bungee jump serious about the perfect guaranteed safety that is very important for running the jumping of the jumpers so that nobody have a death or injury from bungee jumping. However, the jumpers should not relay on the performance of the operators and equipment used for jumping too much because everything have a chance to have an error. Once it have something wrong during the jumpers are flying, it mean that they have no change to continue their life.
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