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The Bungy
jumping is one of the activities you can practice in Queenstown,
New Zealand. The Kawarau Bridge is a well known bridge for this
jump in New Zealand. If you are someone looking for adventure
and adrenaline then that’s the right thing for you. The bungy
jumping is also known as Bungee jumping, it consists of a person
who jumps from a very high place, which are often bridges; it
may be of several hundred meters high. The person has an elastic
cord tied with one end to the body and the other to the point
from where they are jumping. When they feel ready they take a
good breath and jump. The cord will just stretch when they let
them fall down. All those who have done it will just tell you
that it is a great feeling. You feel free, like flying. The word
bungee was used in the year 1930 for a rubber eraser and bungy
has been used by AJ Hackett. In New Zealand AJ Hackett is a
popular entrepreneur known for extreme sports. In 1970 the first
modern bungy jump was made by a group of persons from the
Dangerous Sports Club, it was made from the Clifton Suspension
Bridge which has a height of 250feet. The first to commercialize
the bungy jump was AJ Hackett. His first jump was made in 1986
from the Auckland’s Greenhithe Bridge, after his first jumps he
made a large number of jumps including the Eiffel Tour. AJ
Hackett is one of the most well known extreme sports operators
in the world. While doing this type of sport you need to be
quite careful, there are number of precautions to be taken. |
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