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Bungee jumping safety should be at the top of the priority list for those, who plan to engage in the extreme sport of bungee jumping. It’s not every day that someone jumps off of an object 100 or more feet in the air, attached only by a large rubber rope. Bungee jumping safety is the art and practice of making the sport as safe as possible.

Bungee Jumping Safety Tips

Find whether a Safety Club is certified : The first thing you should know about bungee jumping safety is that each organization or group that conducts bungee jumping is referred to as a ‘club’. It is important that you find out if the club you are jumping with is certified through some safety governing body.

There is an organization devoted strictly to the safety of bungee jumpers everywhere. This organization is known as BERSA, the British Elastic Rope Sports Association. BERSA has put together a code of practice in conjunction with the HSE, as a standard for safe operations when conducting bungee jumps. While member clubs and companies sign up voluntarily to follow the guidelines, there is no legal requirement for those who decide not to.

Bungee Jumping Types : There are different types of bungee jumping and out of them are widely used are 5 types.

First Type : Everyone knows the first type of bungee jumping. This is the plain old bungee jump (if there ever was such a thing). Based on the natives from Pentecost Island in the South Pacific, this is where you jump off from a platform or other tall object.

Attached either through a let harness or body harness to a bungee cord or cords, you propel toward the earth. Once the cord(s) reach their maximum elasticity, you would rebound a few times. Typical jumpers experience about 2 to 4 rebounds, giving them the feeling of weightlessness.

The Catapult or Bungee Rocket

The second method of bungee jumping is called ‘the catapult‘, ‘reverse bungee‘, or ‘bungee rocket‘. In this version of the bungee jump, you start on the ground and propel upwards. You are actually attached to the ground using a variety of methods.