The bungee
jumping sports consider as the extreme travel sport among the all travel
activities. If you do a short survey with people who have desire to try bungee
jump, you will find short count of people who really want to try bungee jumps. Most
of people are scare with the just name of bungee jumping. But we recommend you
to try bungee jumping event just for shake of dare experience. But we also like
to strongly recommend you, follow proper instruction of safe bungee jumping. The
count is big if we talking all those bungee jumps accident happened in past. In
this article, we have shared some useful facts you should know before going to
bungee jumps. So let’s see.
Safety:
After a
large number of old unpleasant accidents of bungee jumps, the modern bungee
jumping has done appreciated improvement to develop safe bungee jumps. It has been
possible due to operators rigorously measuring the all equipment and accuracy
of jump. Many accidents have happened due to miscalculations and equipment
error. All required equipment need to qualify an optimum level of safety test
before use. But injuries and death still occurs at many bungee jumping
locations. Many commercial operators are using full body harness to prevent the
possibility of a jumpers detached from the ankle attachment. These are the
reliable step; the operators take to ensure the safety of their jumpers.
Companies:
The bungee
jump is well popular sport in the world, at present there are several
professional companies throughout the world, they claim safe bungee jump
services. But you should examine properly before trying to any companies. Now many
local government tourism monitoring teams are also released the list of all safest bungee jumping places that has been qualified safety scale for provide bungee
jump, and they have authorized company. These parameters, you must check before
taking bungee jump services from the company. We like to recommend view bungee
jumping locations map for better understanding of current location.
Equipment:
Commonly there
are two type of elastic cords use these days: braided and unbraided. These
elastic ropes use by many commercial operators. The braided shock cord consisting
of many latex strands enclosed in a durable outer cover. This rope produces a
harder, sharper bounce. The type of rope consist of unbraided rope, this can be
home made. This rope gives a softer, longer produce. Many commercial companies
are using a full body harness as a backup to the ankle attachments for added
safety.