Bungee Jumping

Bungee jumping broken down is where you jump off something really high with a big ass piece of elastic tied round your feet.

There are loads of place to do it world wide and include jumps of cranes, bridges and even out of hot air balloons to name but a few.

Bungee jumping is a great adrenaline activity that leaves you buzzing for a long time afterwards.

MY FIRST JUMP

I got the chance to do my first bungee jump totally by accident.

It was about June/July 2004 and a friend of mine had asked me to give him a hand on a stall for the weekend at NASS .

Anyway, I bumped in to a mate of mine who said he had a spare ticket for a bungee jump if I wanted it.

So I got there, had the safety talk, signed the disclaimer and then got weighed (yes girls, you have to get weighed).

I was then put into a harness and leg straps and sat and waited for the people in front of me to jump. There were two people in front of me but by this time I was bricking it so time had no meaning! The next two people jumped and then it was my turn so I hopped across to the cage (yes, I said hopped - you try walking in ankle straps) got in and sat down.

I then had a bit more safety talk from one of the guys and he explained how to jump.

Going up in that cage must have taken about a minute or two but God it felt like forever! Once up at the top I could see all around me and things down below looked really, really small. By now I was just thinking "sh*t!!!”

I had more instructions from the guy and then he said "3 2 1 - jump!" and I remember thinking “3 - I don’t wanna do it! 2 - I don’t wanna do it! 1- I don’t wanna do it!" and then " Jump - I don’t wanna do it!!!". For some unknown reason I still jumped and was now falling through the air thinking "I don’t wanna do it, I don’t wanna do it!"

photo courtesy of www.ukbungee.co.uk

My only thought by this point was "Shhh****tttt!" and then I felt the bungee pull tight and WOW what a feeling! 

The only scary part now was that I could feel cord hitting the bottom of my feet on the way back up. A bit dicey but I was there now so what could I do?!

I remember feeling as though I was just hanging there for ages whilst I was lowered down.

Once back down to Earth, I took off the harness and leg straps and went back over to my friends who asked “What was it like?”. My reply was simply “Amazing! I want to do it again!” . I didn't mention that just five minutes ago I really thought I was going to die!

But I tell you the buzz I got from that bungee jump was phenomenal. I was bouncing off the walls for days and even now I still get a bit of a tingle just thinking about.

So there you have it now go do it.

Where to go/cost and equipment

Where

Check out  www.ukbungee.co.uk  for the very best and biggest jumps They host loads of events all year round in the uk and don’t forget to tell them where you heard about it!

Cost

Jumps vary in price depending on height and location so they can be anything from £35.00 upwards.

Equipment

All the equipment you need will be provided for you at an organised event so the only thing you need to take is yourself.