Talk:Bungee jumping

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Just an interesting coincidental trivia. The word "bungee" sounds like (笨豬) and Bungee Jumping is translated to "idiot pig jumping" in Chinese.

The heights of the bridge in feet and metres (245 feet, 11.5m) do not correspond at all. Which is the correct figure? Was the bridge in fact Clifton Suspension Bridge?

Just seen that height in feet corresponds with the suspension bridge article. Will link to the article, and correct the height in metres.
--Trainspotter 13:22 12 Jun 2003 (UTC)

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[edit] Spelling

Should not the main spelling in the article be Bungy, as I believe that's the most common usage, with bungee being the lesser used. This is backed up by considering that AJ Hackett is the most widespread operator, and they used the version Bungy. Does anyone know how many operators use either version? MartinRe 10:26, 8 January 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Spelling

It depends on where in the world you are, in Ireland and england we use the spelling Bungee, I have seen such spellings as Bunji in the states [User:theguru] 10:55, 7 April 2006

I'm from the States and have only seen it spelled as Bungee. I didn't realize there were different spellings till I came to this page Pnkrockr 15:46, 28 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Macau Tower

The Macau Tower doesn't offer true bungee jumping. As noted on its site, and on the Guinness records site, it's a "Commercial Decelerator Descent," which is slower than bungee's free fall. I think this means that it shouldn't be listed as the highest bungy jump, but should best be placed in the Variations section. Anyone disagree? Larry 14:31, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Never mind - I see that they have now added bungee jumping as well. --Larry 00:51, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Questions

The question and multiple-choice answer in the first section of the article is not good style for an encyclopaedia. Would be good if someone could change that. MadMaxDog 11:37, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

In addition, the answer is, in rare cases, incorrect. For some extremely long jumps, the jumper reaches terminal velocity before the cord's natural length is reached. In this case, even the slight amount of force produced by the initial stretching of the cord will cause the jumper to start to slow down. Larry 17:05, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
I removed it. The Pelican 17:53, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Longest

The article talks of the highest jumps, but what of the longest? To me the more relevant thing is how far down the person falls, not where they jump from. Is there any info? --Howdybob 01:19, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Redirect

one needed for "Bungie Jump" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.156.11.1 (talk) 11:50, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

I think the article needs to be changed from 'Bungee Jumping' to 'Bungy Jumping', the proper NZ spelling, since it of course a NZ sport, then redirect from bungee to bungy. (♠Taifarious1♠) 02:05, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hackett introduced bungee jumping to the wider world?

This is not true and needs to be changed! As the article goes on to say (correctly), modern bungee jumping was invented by the Oxford Univesity Dangerous Sports Club. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.104.228.170 (talk) 19:58, 24 March 2008 (UTC)