Bungie Jumping

Posted by Rags (Plano, United States) on 2 January 2008 in People & Portrait.

Bungee Jumping
noun

1. The sport or recreation in which a person jumps from a height with strong rubber ropes or cables attached to their ankles to ensure that they bounce up before they reach the ground.

Etymology: 1980s: from slang bungie or bungy india-rubber.
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Comments (17)

tyan from Singapore, Singapore

whoo hoo...this is one of the activities i will never have the guts to try....the effect really enhance the nature of the activity,lol

2 Jan 2008 7:45am

ColNed Pictures from Amersfoort, Netherlands

Nice action shot. must have bee hard to capture.. my compliments.. and have a super 2008

2 Jan 2008 8:26am

Craiger from Vacaville, California, United States

Cool capture!

2 Jan 2008 9:28am

eddy from Tehran, Iran

nice

2 Jan 2008 12:18pm

Laurent from Lyon, France

very nice "fillé". welly done.

2 Jan 2008 6:42pm

Ras from Plano, United States

well done and researched mwafrika.

2 Jan 2008 8:27pm

Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom

Thats a fun activity, but you need a head fror heights.

Like the way you create the vertical sense of movement

2 Jan 2008 10:26pm

mama from alex va, United States

want to try that some day, will get fear out to me. Great picture son. keep sharing your wonderful art with the world. mama

3 Jan 2008 1:24am

Ginnie from Atlanta, GA, United States

One of these days I have a feeling I'll be taking a photo of my grandson doing this, Kanyi! He's 7-1/2. :) You beat me to it, I see. :)

3 Jan 2008 1:40am

Stunner from Kingston, Jamaica

Cool action capture!

3 Jan 2008 1:59am

pLusOne from South Korea

aww looks so fun and a nice capture!
I like that kind of activity but it's been a long time..hewwwww lol

3 Jan 2008 2:31am

Vicki from Yamba, Australia

This photo is totally cool. I love it!

3 Jan 2008 3:07am

Rebecca from Leicester, United Kingdom

Whoaaaaa, check that out, man! I’m almost dizzy, frankly, just looking at this image! Really splendid and truly superb capture. Can’t help but agree with tyan here though. This will probably be one of those activities I won’t have the inclination to try!! :)

3 Jan 2008 3:10am