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Bungee Jumping. It's as safe as houses

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Created by pweedas > 9 months ago, 9 Jan 2012
pweedas
WA, 4642 posts
9 Jan 2012 3:38PM
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Lucky there was water in the river.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8399970/terror-bungee-fall-like-being-slapped-tourist

In fact, if you don't believe it then see it on U choob. (so it must be true)




"Felt like being slapped" eh?
I might just hop and and insult somebody until they give me a good slapping.
That way I'll know what it felt like without paying for the bungee jump.
Are slappings fatal?

doggie
WA, 15849 posts
9 Jan 2012 3:51PM
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I sh@t myself just watching it!!

pweedas
WA, 4642 posts
9 Jan 2012 3:53PM
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Ahhh,.. cleanup crew required at doggies office!

Pugwash
WA, 7733 posts
9 Jan 2012 4:40PM
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Glad this chick is OK. She is real lucky... Looks like the cord broke after she'd already slowed a fair bit... Could have been all over for her otherwise.

The reporting (NINE) around this is so dumb:

- Icy cold water

- Crocodile infested

Errrmmmm, it's the Zambezi... It was like a bath when I was there in mid-November. Oh, and any crocodile infestation means that they have survived the >100 m drop off Vic Falls.

doggie
WA, 15849 posts
9 Jan 2012 4:51PM
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pweedas said...

Ahhh,.. cleanup crew required at doggies office!


saltiest1
NSW, 2575 posts
9 Jan 2012 9:44PM
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that was only about a 3.2 second drop after the snap.

Stuthepirate
SA, 3591 posts
9 Jan 2012 10:18PM
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^^then the raging torrent of water and rapids she gets sucked down while her feet are tied together

[edit] they'll probably make it a new sport now where they attach a shearpin which breaks on a certin amount force and you freefall the rest of the way to the water

BulldogPup
6657 posts
9 Jan 2012 7:51PM
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still cannot believe the gal survived it all

Dr Funk
NSW, 348 posts
9 Jan 2012 11:10PM
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Been there and gone down the rapids on a bodyboard. All i can tell you is that it is a hell of a long way down from that bridge and the rapids are grade 4-5 most of the way down. Very very lucky girl!

Stuthepirate
SA, 3591 posts
9 Jan 2012 10:44PM
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Dr Funk said...

Been there and gone down the rapids on a bodyboard. All i can tell you is that it is a hell of a long way down from that bridge and the rapids are grade 4-5 most of the way down. Very very lucky girl!


NZ or Saffa?

GreenGriff
SA, 137 posts
10 Jan 2012 10:18AM
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She is was a thrill seeker I reckon she got her moneys worth

Skid
QLD, 1499 posts
10 Jan 2012 9:42PM
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GreenGriff said...

She is was a thrill seeker I reckon she got her moneys worth


I wonder if she paid the extra $ to get the video as well?



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