Hackett developed a super-stretchy elastic bungee cord in the mid 1980s and demonstrated its use by throwing himself off the Eiffel Tower in Paris in 1987
why did aj hackett event bungy jumping
No, the compound noun 'bungy jumping' or 'bungee jumping' is a common noun, a word for any bungy jumping of any kind, anywhere.A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, thing, or a title; for example:Taupo Bungy NZ, Taupo, NZAJ Hackett Bungy New Zealand, Queenstown, NZBungee Adventures, Sacramento, CAUK Bungee Club, Rotherham, UKEUROBUNGY (supplier), Miami, FL
New Zealand by AJ Hackett, Chris Allum and friends. The first commercial bungy jumping site was in Ohakune, New Zealand.
The first recorded bungy jump is attributed to a group of men from the island of Pentecost in Vanuatu, who practiced a form of jumping from tall towers with vines tied to their ankles as part of a cultural ritual. However, the modern sport of bungy jumping is credited to British adventurer AJ Hackett, who made a jump from the Auckland Harbour Bridge in New Zealand in 1987. This event sparked the global popularity of bungy jumping as an extreme sport.
AJ Hackett was born in Pukekohe New Zealand in May 1958
AJ Hackett and Henry Van Asch were inspired by a ritual in Vanuatu. they saw people jumping off a tall tree or a tall wooden tower with vines tied around there legs. that was the vanuatu ritual.
Bungy jumping was invented by the Oxford Dangerous Sports club and first performed from the Clifton Suspension Bridge on April 1st 1979 after an alcoholic lunch in a Clifton restaurant.This and other jumps made by the same group inspired jumps in New Zealand by AJ Hackett and Chris Allum and friends. The same group from Oxford celebrated in the same restaurant exactly 10 years later.
Harbour Bridge
Bungy jumping
In order to have a fun and safe bungee jumping experience a bungee cord and a bridge is needed.
Taupo Bungy, New Zealand
Auckland Harbor Bridge