David Kirke, a flamboyant thrill-seeker who performed — and, more important, survived — what is widely acknowledged as the first modern bungee jump, died on Oct. 21 at his home in Oxford
The term pendulum bungee technology means that the bungee cord is rigged and attached to the back of the bridge, looping underneath to the jumping platform. So instead of jumping straight down and recoiling back up once you reach the end of the rope, the bungee cord pulls you out of a straight free-fall into a smoother pendulum swing motion
Bungee jumps are usually only just a few hundred feet but the Empire State Building stands at 1,250-feet-tall with 102 floors. There have been 5 bungee jumping fatalities recorded between 2015 and 2018, according to Outdoorasaurus. On a clear day, you can see six states from the top of the Empire State Building: New York, New Jersey
The bungee jump can then be divided into three phases: (i) a free-fall (with acceleration of gravity g) of the jumper, when the rope is still slack; (ii) the stretch phase until the rope reaches its maximum length; and (iii) the rebound phase consisting of a damped oscillatory motion. Several assumptions in this model of bungee jumping can be
A New Zealand man says he has reclaimed the world record for the most bungee jumps in a single day, after jumping off a bridge in Auckland a whopping 941 times while raising money for charity. Key
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