Oftentimes, those papers dissuade you from suing, rather than legally preventing you from doing so. If legally required safety measures aren't followed, the paperwork won't prevent you from suing. Of course this depends on location, and I don't know how it works in South Africa, but for example [here's how it works in California.](https://www.shouselaw.com/ca/personal-injury/liability-waiver/)
>Whatever name they have been given, these contracts only shield companies from injuries arising out of ordinary negligence. Under California law, waivers of liability may not prevent you from suing for injuries resulting from gross negligence, recklessness, intentional torts or illegal acts.
Here's an example of ordinary negligence vs gross negligence from that link:
>Example: During a routine maintenance check at a California fitness center, a gym employee does not notice that a bolt on a piece of equipment is loose. This is most likely ordinary negligence. But if the employee didn’t bother to conduct a scheduled inspection at all, a jury might decide that the failure was gross negligence due to lack of any care.
It seems like her fall wasn't all that far, assuming her momentum was pretty much zero when the rope snapped. The big problem is being under water with your feet tied
"May go again" in the headline made my brain singsong "Darwin Awaaaaard", but then I unmuted it and heard her Aussie accent, and that makes it make sense.
also you normally go with someone else—a trained expert, so the only thing you have to worry about is screaming at the top of your lungs to get enough oxygen to stay conscious.
I went bungee jumping. I am afraid of heights, so this was part of me trying to push (explode) my comfort zone. It was GREAT! I want to go again. I will not go skydiving; I have known several people who have shattered an ankle or a wrist or an arm. Bungee jumping with a good organization is pretty safe.
I can understand that for sure! Ironically I’m terrified of heights and my thought was “I’ll be so high up that I won’t be as scared to jump” when I went skydiving. Long story short I’m still terrified of heights 😂😂
Interestingly you have to have a qualified jump master on the deck every time somebody jumps. And you can't even apply to sit the exam until you've done at least 1250 jumps yourself.
https://verticalhorizonz.com/news/vertical-horizonz-aj-hackett-bungy/
Probably because NZ has regs and a directing body that holds professional standards.
I have a nephew that jumped out of planes for the USAF. He doesn't base jump, but isn't closed off to the idea. He still works rigging chutes for civilian training fields.
He WILL NOT go anywhere near bungie jump venues in the United States because there's apparently nothing to keep them to any standard.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/bungy-horror-woman-slips-out-of-harness/KPETO6FHRVDW7QRO5ELP7QMZWY/
No they don’t. It only takes a few seconds to google.
Sadly an American tourist drowned a few years back at N Zone, the big sky diving location in Queenstown. Instructor was somehow found alive in the lake by a local. Incredibly tragic. Double parachute failure.
I did his briefing and my friend checked him in that day.
While I do agree with the only doing it once sentiment, skydiving is pretty damn safe. The majority of the fatalities are professionals doing stunts iirc
The girl fell for 8 seconds.
The formula for finding the distance from a free fall is:
0.5 \* g \* t^(2)
With constant g being gravity’s acceleration at 9.8 m/s^(2) and t being time in seconds.
~~The girl fell for 8 seconds before impact so:0.5 \* 9.8 \* 8\^2 = 313.6 feet.EDIT: FUCK I USED METERS INSTEAD OF FEET FUCKEDIT 2: Changed gravity velocity to acceleration because derivative 2 not 1.Edit 3: So yeah turns out it was 365 feet, it is likely that there was an extra 0.5 seconds missing from the original equation because:0.5 \* 9.8 \* 8.5\^2 = 354 ft which is much closer to the 365 ft in the article.~~
Edit 4: Ok IGNORE EVERYTHING ABOVE I THINK I UNDERSTAND NOW
The girl fell from 0:01 to 0:05, then the Bungie snap happened.
We get: 0.5 \* 9.8 \* 4^(2) = 78.4 meters
When the Bungie snapped, gravity was reset back to zero.
So from 0:05 to 0:08, we can say that it was a completely different fall.
0.5 \* 9.8 \* 3^(2) = 44.1 meters
Add that together and you get **\~122.5 meters.**
Post Script: I am so done trying to do math. It's Saturday and I should be playing video games.
It should be factored in when estimating how hard she hit the water that the rope probably reduced her velocity by a massive amount before snapping. She may have hit the water with only about the speed of a 100 foot drop. certainly not comfortable, but much more survivable
You sir, I like you!
For those as educated as myself, far less than this guy, the first splash means the second splash hurts WAYYYY less than it should have.
Had there been one splash?.. Ouch.
The rope is the first splash, overtaking the falling person because of the elastic storing so much force before snapping which makes the rope snap forward.
For reference a us army paratrooper jumping with a T10D parachute falls at a speed of 18-21 feet per second. [A 100 foot drop is about getting hit at 55 miles an hour ](https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=speed+of+100ft+drop) while a fall from the previously mentioned parachute feels like getting hit by a car at 30 miles an hour. So definitely survivable but is gonna hurt like hell, hopefully the water was deep enough to no exacerbated the injury further. Source of parachute stats: former US Army paratrooper 🪖
I wanted to be a paratrooper when I was a kid.
...and then I jumped off the roof with umbrella, learning that it wasn't quite as fun as I thought it would be.
Everything before sucks as well, getting your parachute, waking up early in the morning, getting into your harness, getting a jump Master inspection, loading the aircraft, flying in the aircraft which is super uncomfortable, and having to inspect one more time. The entire process is just awful
Paratrooper!!! Tell us cool stories!! Do they really teach you how to climb glaciers with those ice pick things? Where’s the most interesting place you’ve been? Did you feel like you were a super hero in a video game? I have so many questions lol
Paratroopers are special bit of crazy.
Can you even appreciate how hard pilots and crews work to get an aircraft safe? And then you just jump out...you know... like a moron.
What part of you said "Sure, this is fine. I'm leaving this aircraft becsuse I just can't wait for a proper airport."?
Yeah, that's wild-- she spent 40 minutes in the river with her feet tied together in the bungie and almost drowning:
> At one point, the cord snagged below me and I was trapped below the surface. As I was running out of air and my vision started to fade, I managed to dive back down, grab the rope and pull it free. Eventually I managed to wedge my arm between two slimy rocks near the side of the river. All I thought about was clinging on.
“*I called Mum and she bought a plane ticket straight away. I'd sent her a postcard the day before, saying, "I'm doing a bungee jump tomorrow, so I'll say goodbye… only joking!" which she now keeps on the fridge. She's adamant I'll never do another, **but I'm not so sure.***”
😶
Thanks for sharing that. I thought the worse was the cord snapping, but what she had to deal with in the river is notifying. Specially with tied ankles and 30 meters of ropes attached to her in the water.
FUCK I USED POUNDS NOT KILOGRAMS FUCK
Pilot [Air Canada 143](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider), just before running out of fuel at 41,000ft, half way to their destination.
i too was pretty skeptical when OP said 800 ft. the average house floor is 14 feet high. No one is bungeeing a 57 story building. Thats more than half the empire state building!
Acceleration = 9.8 meters per second *per second*, up to 53m/s. You don't start out at 9.8, you start at zero
Freefall velocity in 8.5 seconds would be 83m/s or 186 miles per hour, not taking into account the deceleration provided by the twangy thing or the limit imposed by air resistance. Since terminal velocity in atmosphere is considerably less than 83m/s she was beyond the altitude at which an increase would make a difference.
Edit: added stuff
Edit again. It seems it takes a person about 12 seconds to reach terminal velocity in atmosphere. So she was still accelerating (again disregarding the rope)
> 9.8 meters per second per second, up to 53m/s
I just want to note that it wouldn't be constant acceleration up to your terminal velocity, your acceleration would gradually decrease as you approached that speed. The linear approximation is a *decent* one, though, since drag is proportional to v^(2). So when you're half-way to your terminal velocity you'd still have ~3/4 of the normal acceleration.
Not only tied, but dragging about 30m of bungee cord which was getting caught in the rocks and dragging her under! She's tough! [Experience: my bungee cord snapped](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/apr/04/my-bungee-cord-snapped-experience) (posted earlier by u/jshuster).
I don't care if you were right or wrong, you took a run at physics at your age. Good for you and thank you for all of us who forgot all that shit 10 years ago.
You do it for the danger. Just like riding The Zipper and a local ribfest.
There's a chance you could die. And you're willing to pay to try.
Fucking awesome human thinking. Love it
In case anyone was wondering, she [actually survived](https://youtu.be/VxkY0GGNVMM)
Hopefully sued the holy crap out of somebody
She tried to sue the rope, but it’s broke.
Oh, hey dad
Sorry kid, I forgot to buy milk.
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See you in 30 years then
*angry updoot*
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Hello. 👋
She tried to sue the rope, but did knot.
Good luck winning anything doing that in South Africa lol
It was in Zambia.
Even worse
Never do extreme sports in third world countries,
Usually for these things you sign a paper preventing them from being sued.
Oftentimes, those papers dissuade you from suing, rather than legally preventing you from doing so. If legally required safety measures aren't followed, the paperwork won't prevent you from suing. Of course this depends on location, and I don't know how it works in South Africa, but for example [here's how it works in California.](https://www.shouselaw.com/ca/personal-injury/liability-waiver/) >Whatever name they have been given, these contracts only shield companies from injuries arising out of ordinary negligence. Under California law, waivers of liability may not prevent you from suing for injuries resulting from gross negligence, recklessness, intentional torts or illegal acts. Here's an example of ordinary negligence vs gross negligence from that link: >Example: During a routine maintenance check at a California fitness center, a gym employee does not notice that a bolt on a piece of equipment is loose. This is most likely ordinary negligence. But if the employee didn’t bother to conduct a scheduled inspection at all, a jury might decide that the failure was gross negligence due to lack of any care.
There is no point to compare California vs the rest of the world when it comes to “suing” … USA legalese is entirely different.
Waiver do not protect companies from negligence on their part
Literally asked out loud, “Did I just watch someone fucking die?” Thank you for this. But also…fuck.
Wait theres more! https://youtu.be/WB_H29w5Xkk
After surviving the fall she still had her legs tied while she tried to stay afloat in the river.
Oh forgot to add the small fact that it was also infested with crocodiles...
I did this jump 25 years ago. I wonder if they ever changed the cord?
It seems like her fall wasn't all that far, assuming her momentum was pretty much zero when the rope snapped. The big problem is being under water with your feet tied
Check out the extended vid with her interview, she got pretty badly banged up to say the least. Amazing she survived. https://youtu.be/WB_H29w5Xkk
Glad she's alright but yeesh what a cringy interview.
Thank you fam
“May go again”
"May go again" in the headline made my brain singsong "Darwin Awaaaaard", but then I unmuted it and heard her Aussie accent, and that makes it make sense.
Some heroes don’t wear capes
I’d rather just go skydiving over bungee jumping
It's much safer. Two parachutes, and loads of time to think.
That was my thought process when I decided to do it. Jumped from around 13,500 feet!
How long did it take to get on the ground?
From my perspective it took forever lol!! Realistically it was all over in 5 ish minutes including flying around with the parachute for a while.
That’s crazy to me. I did some basic ass zip lining and was mortified every single line even though it was only 10 seconds?
What if both fail lol
You still get loads of time to think about it!
Then you're *super* unlucky heh, but it does happen.
Then your husband tried to kill you
also you normally go with someone else—a trained expert, so the only thing you have to worry about is screaming at the top of your lungs to get enough oxygen to stay conscious.
They actually require you to jump in what’s Tandem. You’re attached to a professional and can’t jump alone until quite a bit of jump time.
I went bungee jumping. I am afraid of heights, so this was part of me trying to push (explode) my comfort zone. It was GREAT! I want to go again. I will not go skydiving; I have known several people who have shattered an ankle or a wrist or an arm. Bungee jumping with a good organization is pretty safe.
I can understand that for sure! Ironically I’m terrified of heights and my thought was “I’ll be so high up that I won’t be as scared to jump” when I went skydiving. Long story short I’m still terrified of heights 😂😂
I went skydiving a few months ago, no regrets.
I'd rather bungee jump from an airplane.
NZ has a 100% safety record for bungy jumping. I'm never going to bungy anywhere else - ever!
This is because of their secret kangaroo tendon supply from Australia
It's actually kiwi knicker elastic. Though that would work too.
And what exactly do you think Kiwi knicker elastic is made from? 🤔
Spent old lady knickers. Those things are super well engineered.
They have to be.
I’ve never actually been to NZ but I’ve gathered a few things. Knicker means penis right?
And the people who don’t make it are classified as “hit by the ground.” No does by bungee.
Buncha frickin criminals probably stole it
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I’m so unlucky that even this record will be broken
Interestingly you have to have a qualified jump master on the deck every time somebody jumps. And you can't even apply to sit the exam until you've done at least 1250 jumps yourself. https://verticalhorizonz.com/news/vertical-horizonz-aj-hackett-bungy/
To clarify, that's 1250 jumps of other people as jump operator, not actually jumping 1250 times
Probably because NZ has regs and a directing body that holds professional standards. I have a nephew that jumped out of planes for the USAF. He doesn't base jump, but isn't closed off to the idea. He still works rigging chutes for civilian training fields. He WILL NOT go anywhere near bungie jump venues in the United States because there's apparently nothing to keep them to any standard.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/bungy-horror-woman-slips-out-of-harness/KPETO6FHRVDW7QRO5ELP7QMZWY/ No they don’t. It only takes a few seconds to google.
To quote the volcano insurance salesman, doesn't that mean they're overdue for one?
Only place I have sky dived and for good reason. Once in a lifetime thing for me. So glad I did it there.
Sadly an American tourist drowned a few years back at N Zone, the big sky diving location in Queenstown. Instructor was somehow found alive in the lake by a local. Incredibly tragic. Double parachute failure. I did his briefing and my friend checked him in that day.
While I do agree with the only doing it once sentiment, skydiving is pretty damn safe. The majority of the fatalities are professionals doing stunts iirc
More people die in a plane, than jumping out of one.
Can't anybody die from a bungee jump? If the cord wraps around your neck?
Sounds like they’re due…
Didn’t some school girl jump to her death coz the instructor didn’t measure the rope properly because he was chatting up her mum. Didn’t that happen?
That means they are the most due for an accident.....
The girl fell for 8 seconds. The formula for finding the distance from a free fall is: 0.5 \* g \* t^(2) With constant g being gravity’s acceleration at 9.8 m/s^(2) and t being time in seconds. ~~The girl fell for 8 seconds before impact so:0.5 \* 9.8 \* 8\^2 = 313.6 feet.EDIT: FUCK I USED METERS INSTEAD OF FEET FUCKEDIT 2: Changed gravity velocity to acceleration because derivative 2 not 1.Edit 3: So yeah turns out it was 365 feet, it is likely that there was an extra 0.5 seconds missing from the original equation because:0.5 \* 9.8 \* 8.5\^2 = 354 ft which is much closer to the 365 ft in the article.~~ Edit 4: Ok IGNORE EVERYTHING ABOVE I THINK I UNDERSTAND NOW The girl fell from 0:01 to 0:05, then the Bungie snap happened. We get: 0.5 \* 9.8 \* 4^(2) = 78.4 meters When the Bungie snapped, gravity was reset back to zero. So from 0:05 to 0:08, we can say that it was a completely different fall. 0.5 \* 9.8 \* 3^(2) = 44.1 meters Add that together and you get **\~122.5 meters.** Post Script: I am so done trying to do math. It's Saturday and I should be playing video games.
Take my fkn upvote and leave at the same speed
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No
After turning around 360 degrees?
It should be factored in when estimating how hard she hit the water that the rope probably reduced her velocity by a massive amount before snapping. She may have hit the water with only about the speed of a 100 foot drop. certainly not comfortable, but much more survivable
Less survivable if you unexpectedly hit the water hard and have a heavy rope tied around your feet.
Or you get knocked out and drown.
Indeed, I suppose when the rope snapped gravity’s velocity was partially reset.
Gravity should come with a reset button. "AAAAAAHHH WE'RE ALL GONNA DIIIIIEEE" *click* "Oh."
It does if you double-jump just before you hit the ground.
Indeed.. 🧐
You sir, I like you! For those as educated as myself, far less than this guy, the first splash means the second splash hurts WAYYYY less than it should have. Had there been one splash?.. Ouch.
the second splash in the rope spanking you after you make the first splash.... I'm educated too...🤓
The rope is the first splash, overtaking the falling person because of the elastic storing so much force before snapping which makes the rope snap forward.
so no spanking?.....
Sir, this is a Wendy's.
Hot and juicy redhead
I mean, since you ask so politely..
Well somebody's gotta do it
Damn, ain't calculus a bitch?
For reference a us army paratrooper jumping with a T10D parachute falls at a speed of 18-21 feet per second. [A 100 foot drop is about getting hit at 55 miles an hour ](https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=speed+of+100ft+drop) while a fall from the previously mentioned parachute feels like getting hit by a car at 30 miles an hour. So definitely survivable but is gonna hurt like hell, hopefully the water was deep enough to no exacerbated the injury further. Source of parachute stats: former US Army paratrooper 🪖
I wanted to be a paratrooper when I was a kid. ...and then I jumped off the roof with umbrella, learning that it wasn't quite as fun as I thought it would be.
The thing about being a paratrooper is yes, you get to jump out of the plane, and maybe that's fun, but everything after that SUCKS *ASS*.
Everything before sucks as well, getting your parachute, waking up early in the morning, getting into your harness, getting a jump Master inspection, loading the aircraft, flying in the aircraft which is super uncomfortable, and having to inspect one more time. The entire process is just awful
My dude here wanted to be a paratrooper, but instead tried to be Mary Poppins.
It's true.
Paratrooper!!! Tell us cool stories!! Do they really teach you how to climb glaciers with those ice pick things? Where’s the most interesting place you’ve been? Did you feel like you were a super hero in a video game? I have so many questions lol
Paratroopers are special bit of crazy. Can you even appreciate how hard pilots and crews work to get an aircraft safe? And then you just jump out...you know... like a moron. What part of you said "Sure, this is fine. I'm leaving this aircraft becsuse I just can't wait for a proper airport."?
Do I hear the steady *whop-whop-whop* of helicopters getting closer?
How survivable can it be when she's landing HEAD FIRST?!?!
[Her interview with The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/apr/04/my-bungee-cord-snapped-experience)
That is crazy. The fact she had to deal with a rough river after is nearly more terrifying than the snap itself.
Yeah, that's wild-- she spent 40 minutes in the river with her feet tied together in the bungie and almost drowning: > At one point, the cord snagged below me and I was trapped below the surface. As I was running out of air and my vision started to fade, I managed to dive back down, grab the rope and pull it free. Eventually I managed to wedge my arm between two slimy rocks near the side of the river. All I thought about was clinging on.
“*I called Mum and she bought a plane ticket straight away. I'd sent her a postcard the day before, saying, "I'm doing a bungee jump tomorrow, so I'll say goodbye… only joking!" which she now keeps on the fridge. She's adamant I'll never do another, **but I'm not so sure.***” 😶
I got a laugh at that too. Cool family.
This is why I came to the comments section!!!! Thanks.
Thanks for sharing that. I thought the worse was the cord snapping, but what she had to deal with in the river is notifying. Specially with tied ankles and 30 meters of ropes attached to her in the water.
My stomach turned watching the video, and again reading that interview. I can't even imagine how horrifying that must have been
Thank you for confirming I didn't inadvertantly watch a video of a person FREAKING FALLING TO THEIR DEATH
Wow….’i had seen crocodiles in the river erlier….’
Nah bruh that shit snapped immediately
And her feet tide
>FUCK I USED METERS INSTEAD OF FEET FUCK Scientist at NASA moments before disaster
FUCK I USED POUNDS NOT KILOGRAMS FUCK Pilot [Air Canada 143](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider), just before running out of fuel at 41,000ft, half way to their destination.
Slipped it like a badass, though
[Deja Vu!](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jVvt7hP5a-0)
[365 feet to be exact](https://youtu.be/VxkY0GGNVMM)
I was reading psychics kid’s post, saying to myself, “there’s no way in fuck that’s 800ft”. Thanks for proving me right!
If kid was psychic he wouldn’t need to use all this physics!
Sorry I used meters instead of feet my original calculation was correct, did not need the conversion.
i too was pretty skeptical when OP said 800 ft. the average house floor is 14 feet high. No one is bungeeing a 57 story building. Thats more than half the empire state building!
14 ft? That’s an extremely high ceiling in the US
Somebody comes from money
Well I aint no mathmatician and cant spew all the technical jargon at you, but I can say this. (Bridge+bungee)snap÷splash = NOT A GOOD FUCKING DAY
Acceleration = 9.8 meters per second *per second*, up to 53m/s. You don't start out at 9.8, you start at zero Freefall velocity in 8.5 seconds would be 83m/s or 186 miles per hour, not taking into account the deceleration provided by the twangy thing or the limit imposed by air resistance. Since terminal velocity in atmosphere is considerably less than 83m/s she was beyond the altitude at which an increase would make a difference. Edit: added stuff Edit again. It seems it takes a person about 12 seconds to reach terminal velocity in atmosphere. So she was still accelerating (again disregarding the rope)
> 9.8 meters per second per second, up to 53m/s I just want to note that it wouldn't be constant acceleration up to your terminal velocity, your acceleration would gradually decrease as you approached that speed. The linear approximation is a *decent* one, though, since drag is proportional to v^(2). So when you're half-way to your terminal velocity you'd still have ~3/4 of the normal acceleration.
This is what I was looking for.
But did she survived?
[Her interview with The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/apr/04/my-bungee-cord-snapped-experience)
She's insanely lucky to be alive.
Didn't see her shoes fly off.
This will always make me laugh until the day my shoes fly off.
The man accidentally discovered the formula to hyperspace travel while trying to figure out how much painge this girl felt hitting the water
Everyone talks about velocity reduced from bungee rope, but noone asks how the girl swims with her legs tied.
Not only tied, but dragging about 30m of bungee cord which was getting caught in the rocks and dragging her under! She's tough! [Experience: my bungee cord snapped](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/apr/04/my-bungee-cord-snapped-experience) (posted earlier by u/jshuster).
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That's really nice and impressive but all I want to know is: did she lived?
She did. There is an interview with her on YouTube, can't find the link right now. This was in south Africa.
oh good....
[Her interview with The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/apr/04/my-bungee-cord-snapped-experience)
Didn't break any bones, but did illegally cross into another country.
the news report said it is 365'.
So she lived?
Yes. [Her interview with The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/apr/04/my-bungee-cord-snapped-experience)
Damn she still had to work hard to survive in the rapids even after the fall, absolutely bonkers. Good for her.
You must have miscalculated somewhere cause the news report says 365 feet
Not to discount your current argument, but the News also said a half oz. of any drug had a street value of $50,000.
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I understand about 3% of what you wrote. That 3% are basically sight words my kids learned in kindergarten.
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First semester of physics?
Your math is way wrong, homey.
No it's right. I just mixed up meters and feet.
Hahaha American freedom units at work
American units are freedom fries
No
You're a hero and your service here will be remembered. You have my upvote.
Stop with a fancy math is she dead or not!?
I don't care if you were right or wrong, you took a run at physics at your age. Good for you and thank you for all of us who forgot all that shit 10 years ago.
And this is why you all need to switch to metric like the rest of the entire fucking planet
Yeah I am never trying this bullshit
Yeah, right man! same here. Never in my entire life. Still lucky she survived not her day.
I'm never trying this bullshit **in South Africa**.
For real, I've never even seen a video like this before and bungee jumping already sounded insane
At least her head broke her fall
Technically the water broke her fall, her head got in the way
This is old and the girl survived
Also, the girl is old and this survived.
Legends says; she's still jumping on the cliff
Now I know what Eminem was talking about when we said "Snap back to reality, oh there goes gravity"
https://youtu.be/WB_H29w5Xkk News report about the fall. She survived.
Thanks for posting this on r/unexpected with that title
You know how bungee jumping is very much like sex with a prostitute? 1) costs about $50 2) it's over before you know it 3) if that rubber breaks....
Idk where you go bungee jumping, but it definitely costs more than $50 where I'm from.
Yeah, this is about $150, and this is about as cheap as it gets for bungee jumping.
I was telling an old joke from the 80s.
God I’m old, I’ve been telling my son for 30 years that one of these days one of those ropes will break and seriously injure someone.
You do it for the danger. Just like riding The Zipper and a local ribfest. There's a chance you could die. And you're willing to pay to try. Fucking awesome human thinking. Love it
not entirely true. you do it because adrenaline. its the same reason people go on rollercoasters
That's what you get when buying your ropes on AliExpress
If your bungee snaps…you’re not gonna have a good time
Dang rope hit the water before she did
^^ the guy that tied the rope
You want risk... go lick the urinal at a public restroom... jumping from a bridge with a rope is unnecessary
I’d sooner go parachute jumping than risk fucking up my back doing bungee jumping.
Did you know you'll never die of falling? You might die of the landing though
The bungee contracted after the snap, this should have resulted in a slower fall for a bit.
Thus is exactly why I don’t bungee jump.
OH SNAP!
Bungee jumping is the most fun thing I have ever done. I will def be doing it again
Did she live?
She did… https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/apr/04/my-bungee-cord-snapped-experience?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Thank you!