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Title: Bungee jumper survives 365-foot river plunge after cord snaps
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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
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Views: 201
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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#1. To: James Deffenbach (#0)
It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere. Voltaire An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination. Voltaire
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi "If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner." Mencken "..if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance Você me trata desse jeito só porque eu sou preto. Junior (my youngest son)
Thanks.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi "If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner." Mencken "..if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance Você me trata desse jeito só porque eu sou preto. Junior (my youngest son)
I don't have to think twice about it. I wouldn't even think once about it. It is vital to understand that there is no truth without discernment and no wisdom without the truth. What then is “faith” but an effort to confound truth and wisdom?
I know what you mean. No way I would bungee jump and certainly not over a river I knew to be infested with crocs and hippos! That is a pretty fair indicator of insanity in my opinion.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi "If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner." Mencken "..if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance Você me trata desse jeito só porque eu sou preto. Junior (my youngest son)
This will blow your mind, extreme skydiving: It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere. Voltaire An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination. Voltaire
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.
#2. To: All (#0)
another video about a little girl (three years old) staring down a lion--didn't even flinch, or didn't appear to.
#3. To: intotheabyss (#1)
#4. To: James Deffenbach (#0)
sure to make prospective bungee jumpers think twice about participating in this thrilling but dangerous sport.
#5. To: angK (#4)
#6. To: angK, James Deffenbach, abraxas (#4)
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#7. To: James Deffenbach (#0)
The jump, which costs $120,
-Alex Kurtagic
#8. To: James Deffenbach (#0)
Not "perhaps". There was just enough life left in the cord to save her. The people running the outfit obviously don't know how or don't want to inspect the cords for wear or damage. 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.
#9. To: X-15 (#7)
$120? Horribly overpriced, even if they took care not to have you go meet your maker. The jump, which costs $120,
#10. To: Pinguinite (#8)
That is certainly how it appears. Seems like for the price they charge they could afford some new cords/ropes occasionally. Not "perhaps". There was just enough life left in the cord to save her. The people running the outfit obviously don't know how or don't want to inspect the cords for wear or damage.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton
The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi
"If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner." Mencken
"..if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance
Você me trata desse jeito só porque eu sou preto. Junior (my youngest son)
#11. To: X-15 (#7)
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. 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.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton
The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi
"If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner." Mencken
"..if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance
Você me trata desse jeito só porque eu sou preto. Junior (my youngest son)
#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.
#13. To: James Deffenbach (#10)
It's funny how they worded it. It's as though if she had just taken a free fall plunge some 365 feet into a 10 foot deep river, her chances of dying would have only been only marginally higher. Maybe. That is certainly how it appears.
#14. To: Pinguinite (#12)
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? Statistically, it may well be safer to fly than to drive.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton
The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi
"If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner." Mencken
"..if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance
Você me trata desse jeito só porque eu sou preto. Junior (my youngest son)
#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.
#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.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton
The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi
"If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner." Mencken
"..if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance
Você me trata desse jeito só porque eu sou preto. Junior (my youngest son)
#17. To: Pinguinite (#9)
You can see in the video how frayed that cord was. That is one business that needs to be bankrupted bt a lawsuit. Falling and nearly dying has a profound effect on people from my experience. I was on the roof of a five story building quite often when I worked at Portland Saturday market. But I could never get as close to the edge as my co-workers as I might once have done without thinking much about it. I hit hard enough in my 43 foot fall to the pavement that i am told it sounded like a giant hand slapping. I know for certain she won't go bungee jumping again anytime soon. My first climb into a 600 year old tree after my fall was an interesting expedience. I had never had to close my eyes before to try to dispel a sense of vertigo before when I started doing the usual swaying and turning as I inched on up the rope. It is a very unpleasant sensation to experience.
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