Comments on: World’s Highest Bungee Jump

By: Gavin du Plessis

Gavin du Plessis — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:58:10 +0000

Have jumped the 216m Bloukrans bungee in South Africa! Was awesome, exhilirating and such a adrenalin rush…plan on doing as many different bungee jumps as I can get to!

By: Tozé

Tozé — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:20:25 +0000

I live in Macau and I’ve done the jump. I did it back when it was the Sky Jump. Instead of a bungee it was a controlled 70 km/h descent on a steel cable. It was only scary for half a second then you just sort of hung there going down.
This one is pretty fun though and because the bungee is so long it slows down rather gracefully and doesn’t yank your spine violently.
The hardest part is about the minute or so it takes to lower you down to the air cushion during which your blood starts rushing to your head so you have to stare at your feet.
You also get a card so your second and third jumps cost something like 60% and the fourth one is free.

By: chandler

chandler — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:25:02 +0000

cheapskate - “Could it be any cheaper?”

“Bungy Jump (includes certificate, membership card & exclusive Bungy Jump T-shirt)

$1,088″

By: joey

joey — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:47:10 +0000

w-e-i-r-d, not wierd

By: Christophe

Christophe — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:35:07 +0000

With this music I would have jumped too!

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:03:10 +0000

That’s amazing. AJ Hackett is quite the adventurist (new word to be over used in 2008 maybe). I was in New Zealand in 2003, and did the AJ Hackett Nevis Highwire bungy jump - 134 meters, which at the time was the highest bungy in the world. It was terrifying, more so than the sky diving I did a few days earlier on the trip in Rotorua. I can’t believe he’s added another 99 meters to that! If you like adventure I recommend going to Queenstown NZ. The free fall on the Nevis is said to be 8.5 seconds. The added fun with the Nevis is you’re over a canyon, so on the second bounce you have to pull a cord to release your feet, which turns you up right, so they can pull you the 134 meters back up to the gondola…also pretty scary.

By: MrsBug

MrsBug — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:39:51 +0000

Oh. My. God. It’s like suicide without the messy ending.

By: Chris Grooms

Chris Grooms — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:30:23 +0000

You can fall for as long as you like. I’m a skydiver. I fall for 45-60 seconds multiple times every weekend. It doesn’t hurt. It isn’t uncomfortable. You can breath, though a lot of us prefer to use closed-face helmets with a shield in the front. Using those you breath no differently than standing on the ground. Though I guess most of us actually use them for face protection when jumping with others.

By: Jason E.

Jason E. — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:59:28 +0000

First: I’m with “TwoDee.” That made me nervous just looking at it.

Second: Am I the only person on the planet that gets “irked” when people flash the sign language sign for “I love you” when they mean to flash the horns of rock?

Tuck that thumb in! You look ridiculous!

By: Algonkin

Algonkin — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:59:18 +0000

@ ChrisM70

The highest freefall was from Colonel Joe W. Kittinger who jumped out of a helium balloon at nearly 103,000ft (that’s the edge of space) and attained the spectacular speed of 614mph. The project was called project ‘Excelsior’

More from this here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Excelsior

By: ChrisM70

ChrisM70 — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:44:19 +0000

Isn’t it true that if you fall for a certain amount of time (like falling from the Empire State Building) you will either lose consciousness or actually die before you hit the ground?

How far can a person free-fall safely?

Or, am I wrong?

By: TwoDee

TwoDee — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:40:44 +0000

I felt scared just watching that video