Longest unstretched bungee jump cord
- Who
- Jochen Schweizer
- When
- 19 September 1997
A cord of 284 m (931 ft 9 in) was used by Jochen Schweizer of Germany on 19 September 1997, when he jumped from a SA 365 Dauphine helicopter at a height of 2,500 m (8,202 ft) over Reichelsheim, near Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany.
The cord stretched to 380 m (1,246 ft 8 in).
Essentially, this record refers to the length of the Bungee cord as it lies flat on the ground. There has never been a longer Bungee cord. Therefore, this means that on jumping the freefall distance and duration were longer than on any other Bungee jump ever done before!
Bungee jumping is based on a manhood ritual carried out on Pentecost Islands in the South Pacific. Young men would jump from bamboo towers with vines attached to their legs which would break their fall a short distance from the ground. The world's first commercial Bungee Jump opened in Ohakune, New Zealand in 1988.
The average Bungee cord normally has an elongation of 110%. This means that on the first initial jump the cord will stretch to roughly double its length before contracting. At maximum cord extension a person can experience approximately three G-forces before the cord brings them back up again. Normally there are three or four bounces before the Bungee begins to settle.
Essentially, this record refers to the length of the Bungee cord as it lies flat on the ground. There has never been a longer Bungee cord. Therefore, this means that on jumping the freefall distance and duration were longer than on any other Bungee jump ever done before!
Bungee jumping is based on a manhood ritual carried out on Pentecost Islands in the South Pacific. Young men would jump from bamboo towers with vines attached to their legs which would break their fall a short distance from the ground. The world's first commercial Bungee Jump opened in Ohakune, New Zealand in 1988.
The average Bungee cord normally has an elongation of 110%. This means that on the first initial jump the cord will stretch to roughly double its length before contracting. At maximum cord extension a person can experience approximately three G-forces before the cord brings them back up again. Normally there are three or four bounces before the Bungee begins to settle.