Bungy Jumping

INDIGENOUS people of the Penecoste Islands in the South Pacific have jumped off of bamboo towers with vines tied to their legs for thousands of years. This sport attraction is originated from New Zealand's Maori tribes for every getting adult youth courage test, by binding his feet at tree's twig then jump down to the river valley.

England's Oxford Dangerous Sports Club started the modern version of the sport on April 1, 1978 from the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England. In 1988 the Kockleman Brothers in the US and AJ Hackett in New Zealand started commercial jumping for the public. The sport is rapidly spread from New Zealand to whole Australia then to Indonesia with more modern and safer equipment standard.

Bungy jumping took Bali by storm in 1995 when several towers opened. The attraction to the sport here is it is much cheaper and just as safe as in the west. You can get shot into the air in just over one second, and they have an overhanging climbing wall, too. A professional crew will take you through the preparations or as a spectator, sit back and relax, take a swim, have a drink at the pool bar or a snack, and just watch the jumpers.

The elevation of bungy jumping tower is around 40 m and should be based by an at least 4 m deep pool. This challenging attraction is liked very much by foreign visitor or domestic visitor either male or female, but not allowed for pregnant woman, high blood tension, and suffer heart disease.

Tips for taking a bungy jump:
BUNGY jumping is the original test of courage and southern Bali is just the spot if you are game enough to take the plunge on a rubber rope. Before you start planning your bungy jump, check out the tips below:

• It's always best to call a club first and check what age limits they have. Generally though if you are over 18 years of age you can jump. If you are under 18 years of age you will probably near a parent or guardian's signature on a release form.
• If you are under 18 years of age it is likely you may have special requirements equipment wise - you may need a smaller harness and also special cords to deal with a smaller weight. It's always best to call ahead to the club you plan to jump with.
• There are some ways to jump such as: body harness, leg harness, arm harness, swallow dive, back dive, railing jump, top of cage, bat drop, thrown, cutaway, sandbagging, and tandem.
• In Bali you jump from a crane. The cage is on the ground, jumper is connected to cord which is connected to cage. Sometimes jumpmaster holds the coils of the cords. The crane lifts up the cage and jumper. Jumper jumps from cage and bounces crane slowly lowers cage until jumper is close to ground. Ground crew catch jumper crane lowers cage to the ground.
• Many bungee equipment is available in the club, i.e:
  • Cords
  • Leg harnesses
  • Towel and a bit of webbing
  • Body harnesses
  • Putting at all together