If adventure is the name of the game, there is nothing more
adventurous than getting a high from falling from a height.
Bungee can be classified in the category of sports, which,
to put simply, is the name of courage under fire. Falling
from a height of around 120 to 700 feet and bunging up and
down is only for those who have no love lost for their life!
However, on a realistic plane, there is only an iota of risk
involved in this game as most of the organizations that hold
such events maintain high quality of professionalism. And
if you won't die of fear, you would be okay after all.
Bungee Jumping There are great debates among the bungee
jumpers as to the origin of the game. Some of them say that
bungee jumping started with the people of Vanatu in the
Pacific who used to throw themselves down from the towers
with their ankle tied with vines. The Oxford University
Dangerous Sports Club took inspiration from this ritual
and started few experimental jumps in the 1970s. A. J. Hacket
(owner of the bungee jumping company by the same name) saw
the video of these jumps and thought of developing it as
an adventure sports. He tested the latex rubber cords in
the extreme conditions and jumped first at Tinges, France
and a new game was born.
According to legend, the sports got its first jumper around
1,500 years ago. This happened when a tribal ran away from
her enraged husband who tried to kill her. However, when
she saw her husband gaining in speed, she climbed a tree
and perched herself at the top. But the husband was behind
her even there. As a last resort, she tied her legs with
few vines and jumped on, thereby giving birth to a new and
exciting adventure sports.
The sport was commercialized in the mid-eighties, and within
a few years, became quite popular in Europe and North America.
In India, bungee jumping came in the early 1990s. Today,
most of the Indian metros have bungee jumping sites and
more and more people are taking to this adventure sports.
