Talk:Bungee jumping/Archive 1

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Just an interesting coincidental trivia. The word "bungee" sounds like (笨豬) and Bungee Jumping is translated to "idiot pig jumping" in Chinese.

The heights of the bridge in feet and metres (245 feet, 11.5m) do not correspond at all. Which is the correct figure? Was the bridge in fact Clifton Suspension Bridge?

Just seen that height in feet corresponds with the suspension bridge article. Will link to the article, and correct the height in metres.

--Trainspotter 13:22 12 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Danube Tower

From http://www.aboutvienna.org/sights/donauturm.htm: "The more daring of you can enjoy a spectacular view while plunging into the sky of one of Vienna’s highest buildings: Since 2000 the Danube tower features the highest bungee center of the world!"

The tower is 352 metres tall, but I'm not sure how high the jump itself is. Any thoughts? gaylegoh

Spelling

Should not the main spelling in the article be Bungy, as I believe that's the most common usage, with bungee being the lesser used. This is backed up by considering that AJ Hackett is the most widespread operator, and they used the version Bungy. Does anyone know how many operators use either version? MartinRe 10:26, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Spelling

It depends on where in the world you are, in Ireland and england we use the spelling Bungee, I have seen such spellings as Bunji in the states [User:theguru] 10:55, 7 April 2006

I'm from the States and have only seen it spelled as Bungee. I didn't realize there were different spellings till I came to this page Pnkrockr 15:46, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Are you from the Malay States?--Tumadoireacht (talk) 11:33, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Macau Tower

The Macau Tower doesn't offer true bungee jumping. As noted on its site, and on the Guinness records site, it's a "Commercial Decelerator Descent," which is slower than bungee's free fall. I think this means that it shouldn't be listed as the highest bungy jump, but should best be placed in the Variations section. Anyone disagree? Larry 14:31, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Never mind - I see that they have now added bungee jumping as well. --Larry 00:51, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Questions

The question and multiple-choice answer in the first section of the article is not good style for an encyclopaedia. Would be good if someone could change that. MadMaxDog 11:37, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

In addition, the answer is, in rare cases, incorrect. For some extremely long jumps, the jumper reaches terminal velocity before the cord's natural length is reached. In this case, even the slight amount of force produced by the initial stretching of the cord will cause the jumper to start to slow down. Larry 17:05, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

I removed it. The Pelican 17:53, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Longest

The article talks of the highest jumps, but what of the longest? To me the more relevant thing is how far down the person falls, not where they jump from. Is there any info? --Howdybob 01:19, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

This could be a world record (though its not commercial), by some Russians at Kjerag, Norway: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNXS9L-GWjM. Anyone seen a longer free fall than 280m? It says rope jumping in the video title, but they definitely use a bungee. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.208.164.170 (talk) 21:26, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Redirect

one needed for "Bungie Jump" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.156.11.1 (talk) 11:50, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

I think the article needs to be changed from 'Bungee Jumping' to 'Bungy Jumping', the proper NZ spelling, since it of course a NZ sport, then redirect from bungee to bungy. (♠Taifarious1♠) 02:05, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Of course a NZ sport?... It was created by people from England. The word bungee has been around for decades meaning an elastic cord. The spelling Bungy is an acceptable alternative, but Bungee is the original spelling.

Also the article mentions "Commercial bungee jumping began with the New Zealander, A J Hackett", however the John and Peter Kockleman started commercial jumping in May 1987 and AJ started at Kawarau in November 1988. Was AJ jumping commercially before that? to answer that NO he was not and as for the rest of your question:Kockelman was jumping in may of 87- He just did not have a bridge given to him so the world at large didnt hear about them as soon. They did it the old fashioned way- the funnest way!- Elasticaddict Oct 19 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.68.115.166 (talk) 22:00, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

It was created in England, true, but the spelling bungy is widely used internationally. And the elastic cord is usually spelt "bungy cord", surely. Grutness...wha? 09:53, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

Perhaps that's how the cord is spelled where you live, but in most of the world "bungee cord" is the normal spelling. Google shows more than 11 times as many results for "bungee cord" as for "bungy cord". (And don't call me Shirley.) Mnudelman (talk) 23:16, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

Hackett introduced bungee jumping to the wider world?

This is not true and needs to be changed! As the article goes on to say (correctly), modern bungee jumping was invented by the Oxford Univesity Dangerous Sports Club. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.104.228.170 (talk) 19:58, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

dates?

This bit needs changing:

In December 2006, AJ Hackett added a SkyJump to his Macau Tower facility in Macau S.A.R. China, making it the world's highest commercial descender jump at 233 metres (760 ft).[citation needed] http://www.macautower.com.mo/eng/press/award02.asp. The SkyJump did not qualify as the world's highest bungee as it is not strictly speaking pure bungee, but instead what is referred to as a 'Decelerator-Descent' jump, using a steel cable and decelerator system, rather than an elastic rope.

In December 2006, The Macau Tower started operating a proper Bungee Jump (as opposed to the "cable decender" SkyJump which has been operating for a couple of years longer) The Macau Tower Jump became the official "Highest Commercial Bungee Jump In The World" according to the Guinness Book of Records on December 17th 2006.

At the moment it says December 2006 is a couple of years later than December 2006... CheesyBiscuit (talk) 09:45, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

HOW DO THEY GET YOU OFF THE BUNGEE? DO THEY LOWER YOU TO THE GROUND OR REEL YOU BACK UP? AND HOW LONG DOES THIS TAKE

HOW DO THEY GET YOU OFF THE BUNGEE? DO THEY LOWER YOU TO THE GROUND OR REEL YOU BACK UP? AND HOW LONG DOES THIS TAKE — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.96.46.187 (talk) 13:02, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

No need to shout! In my limited experience, they lower you to the ground. It takes a couple of minutes.