video in link

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/01/08/bungee-jumpers-cord-snaps-video_n_1192716.html

the snapping makes a loud sound.

i find it interesting that the end of the cord falls into the water (with a big splash) before the jumper does.

zambezi river is croc-infested, but i guess they were all full or sleeping. she had to swim to the spot where the cord got stuck and free it, and then swim ashore. her legs were bound the whole time

fell 350+ feet!

p.s. she swam to zimbabwe instead of zambia.

[Edited on January 11, 2012 at 7:41 PM. Reason : ]

1/11/2012 7:38:45 PM

OLD

1/11/2012 7:40:20 PM

So no one got eaten? Sounds like a croc of shit.

1/11/2012 7:40:20 PM

haven't watched it, but i imagine her falling speed reaches near-zero when the cord snaps, so there's an elastic response that causes the end of the cord to shoot by her and hit the water first

1/11/2012 7:41:01 PM

^ yep

[Edited on January 11, 2012 at 7:42 PM. Reason : fiziks iz cool!]

1/11/2012 7:41:32 PM

Looks like that MBA is already paying divedends!

1/11/2012 7:42:31 PM

Older than jeebus

1/11/2012 7:42:42 PM

those business administration people sure do know some engineerin'!

1/11/2012 7:43:19 PM

Wow!! I still want to bungee jump though

Why do you find it interesting that the cord falls into the water first?

1/11/2012 7:44:23 PM

Quote :

"The tourism company that organized the jump, Safari Par Excellence, calls the jump "111 metres of pure adrenalin.""

1/11/2012 7:44:26 PM

Quote :

"metres"

LOL

1/11/2012 7:45:34 PM

how has a link to the other thread not been posted?

1/11/2012 7:49:11 PM

We were saving it for you. Your welcome.

1/11/2012 7:50:14 PM

too lazy.... PASS

1/11/2012 7:52:59 PM

I used to fiend for your sister, but never went up in her.

1/11/2012 7:55:18 PM

Sidenote: she could get it

1/11/2012 7:59:12 PM

^indeed, my good man

1/11/2012 8:01:40 PM

more like erin wangworthy

1/11/2012 8:23:11 PM

Quote :

"So no one got eaten?"

The crocodiles were about 100 miles 160 kilometers up the river, but saying croc-infested makes it sound all the more dangerous.

1/11/2012 8:43:38 PM

you mean kilometres, just to be consistent with the article

but yeah, thanks for the tidbit... from whence did you learn that, if i might ask?

1/11/2012 8:45:24 PM

we swam in a bay off of Magnetic Island that is usually infested with box jellyfish, but they weren't in season

there were CPR instructions on posts all over the place lol

1/11/2012 8:45:46 PM

^^Pure speculation, and I thought I said kilometers.

1/11/2012 8:47:10 PM

kilometres?

1/11/2012 9:26:32 PM

just another reason for me to never go bungee jumping

1/12/2012 2:15:15 PM

quite sobering to see this happen...although i'm sure it would be wayyyyy less likely in the united states.

i've been skydiving, probably would never bungee tho

1/12/2012 2:19:20 PM

I'd hit it. But I'm also a sucker for accents.

1/12/2012 2:34:26 PM

from what I can gather skydiving is considerably safer than bungee jumping.

1/12/2012 3:03:25 PM

By "infested" they really mean "crocodiles exist in that river system

1/12/2012 3:07:47 PM

gone fishin'

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1/12/2012 3:38:36 PM

First off, I'm not certain, but I don't think it's common for crocs to be foraging in rapidly moving river systems like that. "Infested" is probably a media ploy to blow the details out of proportion.

Secondly, I know this isn't the only thread on the subject, but to those who have bungee jumped before, is it normal for the cord to look as frayed as that?!?! Fuck that shit.

1/12/2012 7:23:30 PM