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Bungee Jumping

Jumping from a high elevation while tethered to a stationary object by a bungee cord

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Where can you bungee jump in Tennessee?

The only Bungee Jumping club in Ohio, or in the Eastern U.S. for that matter is Over the Edge Adventures-Bungee Jumping club, based in Cambridge Ohio. They do bridge bungee jumps from bridges from 100' ft - to 700' ft high -in Ohio as well as in Pennsylvania, West Virginia,New York, Kentucky, and Tennessee. They have been in business since 1989, and have done jumps from Hot air balloons and cranes as well as over twenty different bridges in 9 different states over the last 20 years.

they can be reached at their e-mail, it is 321bungee@gmail.com their new website is temporarily located at www.webstarts.com/bungeejump

Where was the first bungy jumping completed?

Bungy jumping was invented by the Oxford Dangerous Sports club and first performed from the Clifton Suspension Bridge on April 1st 1979 after an alcoholic lunch in a Clifton restaurant.This and other jumps made by the same group inspired jumps in New Zealand by AJ Hackett and Chris Allum and friends. The same group from Oxford celebrated in the same restaurant exactly 10 years later.

A man did a backflip in mid-air then did a front flip how did he do it?

If he did both flips without touching ground he defied the very laws of physics. If not, see basic backflips and frontflips.

Where can you bungee jump on Prince Edward Island?

Toronto wonderland http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzQEmzHZsuU&feature=related

There is currently no where to bungee jump in Michigan, but you can jump nearby, .........

The only Bungee Jumping club in Ohio, or in the Eastern U.S. for that matter is Over the Edge Adventures-Bungee Jumping club, based in Cambridge Ohio. They do bridge bungee jumps from bridges from 100' ft - to 700' ft high -in Ohio as well as in Pennsylvania, West Virginia,New York, Kentucky, and Tennessee. They have been in business since 1989, and have done jumps from Hot air balloons and cranes as well as over twenty different bridges in 9 different states over the last 20 years.

they can be reached at their e-mail, it is 321bungee@gmail.com their new website is temporarily located at www.webstarts.com/bungeejump

Where can you bungee jump on Cape Cod?

USA has many Bungee Jumping Locations .Here is a website listing various places of US for Bungee Jumping :-

http://www.tourstounitedstates.com/adventure-tourism-in-usa/usa-bungee-jumping-and-extreme-sports.html

http://yellowpages.yb.com/yellow-pages/categories/Bungee+Jumping/Sports/MA/P/select-city.html

Where in new zealand would you go bungy jumping?

i think you can go rock climbing pretty much anywhere. You can go on a normal mountin that you have found or you could be on holiday were there are rocks. Even if you go to a rock climbing gym or club you can go there and get good at it and make It a living.

How many people can bungee jump at one time?

in Norway they mostly say 100kg for tandem, but i know that's no absolute, youll have to discussit with the guy youre doing the tandem with, i think it has to do with his skills, and what landingconditions they have at the dropzone, and what wingload ( canopy to wheight of the jumpers ratio) . if you want to do a skydiving- course i think you can weigh well over 100kg as long as they have a good canopy for you and you are otherwise healthy.

What is the form you sign when bungee jumping?

Most bungee places require jumpers to sign release forms and waivers before they are allowed to jump. You should also check that the site is certified and safe before plummeting to the earth.

What is the price to bungee jump?

Depends on the Location and the depth of height , In London it costs around 49 £ for 160 ft High and 79 £ for 360 ft high

Which force is happening during bungee jumping?

probably the g-force, or gravity
when you jump, you experience weightlessness, in a sense, and your internal organs will pull or push towards your feet (if jumping headfirst) or back (if horizontal) but with a reduced pressure than from say, walking or standing around.
when you suddenly decelerate, the g-force is multiplied
a short explanation would be it's like the high speed start roller coasters or taking off in a jet, except in a different direction. So lets say you go face first: provided you don't eat dirt or concrete or whatever your jumping over, when you slow down, all of your body fluids and organs will go from a normal position (standing before a jump) to a neutral position (the moment in air where your jump-force or how high you jumped counteracts by a ratio of 100:100 with gravity and you are weightless for a few milliseconds) where your body and it's organs and fluids will be neutral in air and float randomly, to a slight pull towards your feet (magnitude depends on your velocity:when your begging to descend towards the earth) and finally a large pull on your organs and fluids from rapidly decelerating (this will be similar to if you were strapped on the hood of a car going 80 miles per hour and all of the sudden slammed on the brakes; it is not unpleasant to most, but if you can't stand to have the blood rush to your head, maybe bungee jumping isn't right for you)

What is the longest tandem bungee jump?

The record was held for a very long time by Colonel Joe Kittinger who managed a staggering freefall time of 4 minutes 36 seconds jumping from an altitude of 102,800ft (also an altitude record).

Since then, wingsuit skydiving has taken over the record setting. The discipline still involves freefall so is applicable, however it changes frequently. Adrian Nicholas set the first of these wingsuit records in March 1999 with a freefall time of 4 minutes 55 seconds. Currently, a trio of Spanish skydivers (Santi, Toni and Alvaro) hold the record at 6 minutes 47 seconds, but this will undoubtedly increase as time goes on.

Making a wingsuit record like this requires quite a few things:

  1. An experienced skydiver with thousands of jumps.
  2. Positive-pressure facemask oxygen systems and the training to go with it (practice jumps and barometric pressure chamber tests).
  3. An aircraft capable of taking the skydiver in an unpressurised aircraft to an altitude of at least 30,000ft. This is expensive.

Why should a bungee jumper use elastic cord not a steel cable?

The answer: Small stretch means small stopping time means greater force. Ouch!

What is the record for the worlds highest bungee jump?

http://www.faceadrenalin.com/bloukransbridge.asp

Bloukrans Bungy a Proud Guinness World Record Holder for the Highest Commercial Bungee Jump in the World at 216m! This is incorrect. The highest legal bridge jump resides in Canon City, Colorado, USA. The Go Fast! event team does a 1000+ft jump there at the Royal Gorge Bridge. A select amount of individuals who get the commercial reservation before the big day during the fall are the lucky few who get to set their own world record.

http://www.gofasteventcompany.com/

What equipment do you need to bungee jump?

Absolutely nothing!!! Now to jump out of a plane and land safely on the ground... that is a different story.

Or you would probably use a para-shute and a trained professional to help you

Where can you find bungee cords?

Bungee cords are made. Usually, depending on where you live. By aspecialist who specifies in bungee cords. There are 2 types of modern day cords. Spec cords and the NZ cord. Spec cords are a military type of cord and only stretch to twice there length. Meaning if you want to jump 20', you need a 10' spec cord. Also spec cords are not very forgiving. Usually the sheath that surrounds the rubber in the cord has a stop distance that is twice the distance. Once its been reached it stops abruptly. The second and most commonly used around the world, the NZ cord is a tight bunched of elastics that are specially made to stretch 400% there size. Meaning if you have a 200lbs person and they want to jump 100'. You would need 25' of nz cord, that has at least 200 wraps in it. The science of the cord is very specific. The number of wraps in the cord very, depending on the weight of the person jumping. The larger the cord the more weight is needed to stretch it.

What Kind of harness types are there for bungee jumping?

There are a number of types of climbing harnesses available. There are gym and competition harnesses for practicing sports, multi-purpose harnesses for starting out climbing and alpine harnesses for mountaineering.

How much does a bungee jump instructor make?

This depends on what you want to do. You can do tandem rating, videographer, packer, reserve packer, master rigger, pilot, instructor etc. Lets talk about tandem first. You can earn anything between $25-$60 per tandem jump. Depending on the dropzone on quantity, but there are always perks. Some DZ's do about 700+ jumps per season(6 months). Calc $40x700/6months=$4600p/m. Then you can go to another side of the world to catch the season there, or chill out. This is a very stranious job though. Videographer, would get about half that, but a lot less stress in the air. Packer. I am uncertain about the current rate, but if you are at a busy DZ, do a good pack job consistantly, you will sure as hell survive, and normally get some free jumps/accomodation. Reminder here, it is NOT cheap to get to that level of tandem master, so you will have to probably sell your house to get there, and loose the wife, since you are going to be on the DZ every day.

Does bungee jumping cause hair loss?

Only if you tie the cord to your hair before jumping.

Bungee jumping deaths?

Death caused by bungee jumping can happen if the ropes that tied your legs are not strong enough or it's not tied strong enough, but that's not likely to happen in commercial bungee sites with certified instructures. What's most likely to happen in that situation is the jumper is not ready to jump and he/she grab the instructure who's standing behind him/her.

How old do you have to be to go bunjee jumping?

The answer to that is somewhere around one, to infinity. Depends on your local provider though.

What is jumping?

Having an extra affair with a person on the side.