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Title: Bungee jumper survives 365-foot river plunge after cord snaps
Source: GrindTV.com
URL Source: http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/27815393
Published: Jan 11, 2012
Author: Pete Thomas
Post Date: 2012-01-11 22:58:26 by James Deffenbach
Keywords: None
Views: 403
Comments: 17

An Australian tourist who went bungee jumping in Africa suffered extensive bruising and a broken collarbone but is fortunate to be alive after the cord snapped during her 365-foot New Year's Eve plunge from a bridge above the Zambesi River. ABC News shared Erin Langworthy's harrowing tale Sunday, supported by video footage sure to make prospective bungee jumpers think twice about participating in this thrilling but dangerous sport.

Bungee Cord Breaks Above the Zambezi River

"It's definitely a miracle that I survived," she said.

There appears to have been some tension in the cord before it broke; perhaps enough to slow the plunge and prevent more serious injuries, or death.

But for Langworthy, 22, the ordeal did not end after a violent landing that caused her to temporarily black out and made her feel as though "I'd been slapped all over." The rope was still secured around her legs and it repeatedly got snagged on rocks as she was being pulled downstream and through rapids.

"It felt like I had been slapped all over," Erin Langworthy told Australia's Network Nine television. "I landed with my legs tied and then had to swim to the Zimbabwe side [of the river] through the rapids."

She gasped for breaths while wrestling to untangle the cord before ultimately achieving the river's bank.

"It's like being in waves, you get sucked under and then you pop up so it's very disorienting, I didn't know which was up or down," she said.

Langworthy was treated at a clinic before being flown home to South Africa. She had been with Safari Par Excellence, which had boasted a lengthy safety record.

The jump, which costs $120, is billed as "111 meters of pure adrenaline!" and "Not for the faint hearted!"

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#7. To: James Deffenbach (#0)

The jump, which costs $120,

That's all her life was worth. At least with a skydiving instructor you're along with somebody putting their ass on the line with you, so he has an interest in seeing that you both survive.

I heed my father's advice (A&P mechanic and commercial pilot): he saw no reason in jumping out of perfectly good airplanes or flying in helicopters.

X-15  posted on  2012-01-11   23:34:35 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#11. To: X-15 (#7)

I heed my father's advice (A&P mechanic and commercial pilot): he saw no reason in jumping out of perfectly good airplanes or flying in helicopters.

Pretty sound advice I reckon. I used to know a guy who had his own helicopter. He was a good pilot I guess but he still crashed the thing and was lucky to live over it. Having said that I have thought that I might like to take just one ride in one.

James Deffenbach  posted on  2012-01-12   10:09:46 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#12. To: James Deffenbach (#11)

Statistically, it may well be safer to fly than to drive. That's what I've heard. You could compare it to driving by either time in transit or by distance traveled. I'm sure there are stats in existence already.

Granted a lot more care is required for flying as you can't just park on a cloud if the engine conks out, but given that more care is administered, it balances things out quite a bit.

Pinguinite  posted on  2012-01-12   12:07:20 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#14. To: Pinguinite (#12)

Statistically, it may well be safer to fly than to drive.

I think that is probably true when you are talking about airplanes, especially commercial aircraft with very experienced pilots. May not be true with helicopters. I don't know but I have heard them described as a bucket full of assorted nuts and bolts all spinning in different directions at the same time--and what could go wrong, eh?

James Deffenbach  posted on  2012-01-12   12:34:34 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#15. To: James Deffenbach (#14)

Copter mechanics are definitely more complex. But they are designed so that if the engine does conk out at altitude, the descending energy will continue to rotate the blades such that a landing is still possible, even if it's a hard one.

Pinguinite  posted on  2012-01-12   13:51:19 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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#16. To: Pinguinite (#15)

I doubt I will ever have the opportunity to take a ride in one but I have always sorta wanted to.

James Deffenbach  posted on  2012-01-12 14:01:04 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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