Snapped Bungee Plunges Tourist 365ft Into African River
 

http://fox4kc.com/2012/01/09/a-bunge...rs-worst-fear/

Haven't yet found a video that can be embedded but this link works.

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She's pretty cute. I wonder why the thing snapped.

Bungee jumping in Africa never really seemed like a good idea to me

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Were there any crocs? I'll be the rest of the video would have been interesting.

it's a video of the jump on a moonless night.

When you see the video, the cord is frayed pretty significantly before she even jumps. I don't know why an operator would even use a cord with any frays, much less the amount of fraying that is visible from 20 feet away in a fairly low resolution video.

Watching that free fall really struck a chord with me.

ya, the thing was definitely frayed as hell. It looked like it snapped where the bungee was attached to the other part of the rope higher up. I would guess that wear and tear would be highest at that point from rubbing the dynamic rope against the static rope constantly. I know nothing about bungee jumping, but I imagine its similar to what happens in rock climbing when setting a top anchor and over time the rope wears out.

She's in a 3rd world country. I'm sure they did an overhand knot and went back to work an hour later.

EXACTLY...It's not like they have any kind of inspections from a Safety Administration there.

That was my thought.

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It looks like a well thought out plan, with the rocks and rapids and all right below the pool where the jumps are.