Bungee Jump? No Thanks.

Crocodile · 05-10-2009, 01:34 PM

If ever you needed a reason NOT to bungee jump, here it is:

My bungee nightmare: Briton hits water at 80mph after elastic cord flies loose | Mail Online

psjylife · 05-10-2009, 01:51 PM

Hum, I wanted to try that in Macau... Will think twice about it now

Claire ex-ax · 05-10-2009, 02:10 PM

The only thing stopping me from doing a bungee jump is a bad back.

BenderBends · 05-10-2009, 03:15 PM

ive always said that i would try skydiving before bungee...why? Because with skydiving you get 2 chances...primary 'chute and backup 'chute. with bungee...you get a single chance...and you are entrusting your life to a rubber band. how many times have i snapped a rubber band by doing normal stretches with it? way too many to entrust my life with one.

Fiona in HKG · 05-10-2009, 03:35 PM

....and had that not been over water.....

Dreadnought · 05-10-2009, 09:02 PM

Originally Posted by Fiona in HKG:

....and had that not been over water.....

Yeah, he would have cratered.

Out of interest, like the one in Macau, is this jump also managed by a Grant Hackett team/franchise? Would it give you more confidence if it were?
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wtbhotia · 05-10-2009, 10:10 PM

i've been to that place in Phuket but didnot have a good on that, went go-karting instead. That guy is lucky to be alive.

PDLM · 07-10-2009, 08:21 PM

Originally Posted by shakermaker:

Yeah, he would have cratered.

Out of interest, like the one in Macau, is this jump also managed by a Grant Hackett team/franchise? Would it give you more confidence if it were?

It isn't, and a quick look at the Hackett website shows that they use much more secure harnesses than this one in Phuket - if the things round your legs come off then you simply held by the secondary attachment to the full-body harness.