I-Bungee jumping ayiyena wonke umntu, kodwa akukho ukukhanyela ukukhawuleza kwe-adrenaline, kwaye kukho ezinye iimbasa ze-bungee ezihambayo ekunikezeni i-Afrika. UMzantsi Afrika unesigxina esiphezulu se-bungee esa kwilizwekazikazi, imitha engama-216 (708 ft) yeqa kwibhuloho enhle ejikeleza uMlambo waseBloukrans. Ukuhla kwexesha elide, ukuba ufumane i-harness yomzimba yokhuseleko olongezelelweyo kunye nokulinganisela. Ndathembisa ukuba i-bungee kuphela eyayigxuma ndiza kuzama ukuba kuVictoria Falls , kuba ukuba uya kwenza into ephosakeleyo, mhlawumbi ibe kwindawo ehle kakhulu emhlabeni.
Nantsi i-akhawunti yam yinto efana nayo, kunye nolwazi olungakumbi malunga ne-Bungee jumping eMzantsi Afrika, eKenya nase-Uganda.
I-Victoria Falls Bridge Bungee Jump - iZimbabwe / Zambia
Ngombulelo kuShearwater, inkampani ehamba phambili e- Zimbabwe , ndafumana ithuba lokuba ndizalise i-bungee i-destiny ngokunyuka kwi-Victoria Falls Bridge. Ukugquma kukuthatha kuqala kwi-Batoka Gorge, apho ukuhlambuluka kwamanzi amhlophe apha ngaphantsi kuzama ukuhlala ngokuthe tye njengoko behamba nge-grade-5 rapids. IVictoria Falls ihleli ngqo emva kwebhuloho kwaye unokuziva uhlahlela kwibhulorho xa amanzi ephakamileyo. Ibhuloho engekho kumntu womntu, umaka umda phakathi kweZimbabwe neZambia . Yakhelwe ngo-1905 kwaye iyimimangaliso yobunjineli (ukuba ufumana ixesha elininzi lokuxabisa xa ubuye wabuyiselwa emva emva kokungena kwakho). Xa abantu bengagqithanga ukuya kwi-Zambia / iZimbabwe, okanye bungee bagxuma bephuma kwibhulorho emini, iindlovu ngamanye amaxesha ziyisebenzisela ukuwela kuwo ebusuku.
Ukulungela Ukuya
Amagqabanga ami ahlanjululwe kunye neengqumbo ezahlukeneyo kunye namathupha endala njengoko ndanikwa inqaku lokukhusela. Ngaphambi kokuba ndiyazi, ndandigubha kwiqonga lokungabikho. Ngezwane zam inzondo ezikhangela ngaphaya kwelo lugweba kwakunzima ukugqala phantsi emgodini oguqayo ngaphantsi kwaye ucinge "yintoni esi sihogo endiyenzayo apha?".
Ngenhlanhla, ndacacisiwe ukuba ukuba andizange ndikhwelise ngokukhawuleza ngeentsimbi zam ezibethelelwe njengentaka yexhoba, ndiza kuhamba njengesihlwele sogqabha endleleni. Xa ndicinga ukuba ndifumana isifo sokundwendwela nje ngibheka ukutshintsha komntwana, kwandenza ndikhohlwe ukukhathazeka kwam kuqala malunga ne-whiplash, ukuhlaselwa kwentliziyo kunye nazo zonke ezinye izinto eziye zagqithisa engqondweni yam, kwaye zijolise ekugqibeleni okukhulu.
I-bungee igxuma eVictoria yawa ne-100% irekhodi yokukhusela kuze kube yinto eyenziwa ngoJanuwari 2012, (emva kweeveki ezimbalwa emva kokuba ndiqhume), apho intombazana yaseAustralia iphelile kwiZambezi emva kokuba intambo yakhe yahlutha. Kodwa ukususela ngaloo nto, yonke into ibonakala ikhuselekile kwakhona, kwaye ngaphambi kokuba ugxumeke, unikezelwa ngolwazi oluchanekileyo kwiinqhina ezibophelelwe kunye nezixhobo zokukhuseleko ezisisiseko kunye neentlobo ezahlukahlukeneyo kunye neenqwelo ezinqamlekileyo emzimbeni wakho. Ndiqinisekile ukuba andiyi kufa ngeli xesha. Ingxaki yam enkulu kukuba ndiza kuphephezela kwaye ndize ndigxume. Konke malunga ne-ego kweli nqanaba. Xa uhlala kwiplani elincinane, iimitha ezili-111 phantsi zibukeka njengendlela embi kakhulu. Ngenxa yokuba amanqanaba aphantsi kwamanzi, kwakunamandla amakhulu. Ndacinga umgcini wecandelo lokhuseleko ngaphambi kokuba "ndiziva ngathi ndihamba?" Impendulo yakhe yafika ngokukhawuleza - "Hayi, ivakalelwa ngathi uwela".
IJump
Umntu wokhuseleko wayemi ngasemva kwam, ndandiva ekhwaza "5-4-3-2-1 Bungee !!!" Kwaye ndaqalisa, ndihamba ngombhobho, ndicinga ukuba ndiza kuhamba njengowesifazane omangalisayo. Hayi, umqeqeshi wayelungile kwaye ndawa ngokukhawuleza njengelitye elikhulu. Ukuwa kwamahhala akuzange kuthathe ixesha elide njengoko ndacinga ukuba, ngaba ndicinga ukuxubha amanzi aseZambezi afudumele ngamacandelo omnwe ngamanqaku amnandi, kodwa kuphela ipros uyenzayo. Ngaphambi kokuba ndibethe amanzi, ndabuya ndabuya ngapha nangapha ndithandwe ngolu hlobo lwamanxeba amisiweyo, (kunye ne-frayed). Ndaqhubeka ndiqhuba kwaye ke ndiwa phantsi eziliqela. Kwividiyo ndibukeka ngathi ndizama ukuba mnandi, kodwa ngokwenene ndizama ngamandla ukubuyisela intloko yam kwimeko yayo yemvelo. Ngethuba lokuba ndibone ukuphakama kwam, ukuxinwa kwinqanaba lomgca wendlela eya kummandla, amehlo ami ayenamandla amaninzi, kwaye ndandiziva ndonwabile.
Emva kweJump
Emva kokuba ndiyeke ukugubungela, umntu okhuselekileyo unamathele kumgca wokhuseleko kum kwaye wandiphakamisa kwindawo engokwemvelo, oko kukuthi ngentloko yam ngaphezu kwamagqabi ami. "Umqhubi" wam wayengumqhubi ophazamisayo kwaye wandiphakamisa ngamanye ama-pop hits njengoko nje siqhutywe kwi-catwalk phantsi kwebhuloho. Kanye kwimihlaba eqinile, kodwa nangona kunesigorha esinamandla kuncipha ngapha nangapha, ndashiywe ukuhamba nge-catwalk ukuya ngasekupheleni kwebhuloho, kunye nentambo yokuphepha. Kuhamba kakuhle xa ungayesabi, kwaye ndandibulela ngokwaneleyo ukulungisa isisu sami kwaye ndifumane igazi ngaphandle kwengqondo yam kwaye ndijikeleze ngeenzwane zam.
Ndimele ndithi, bekufanelekile ukuxhuma, ngakumbi ukuvakalelwa emva kokuxuma, kunokuba ugxume. Konke kuhamba ngokukhawuleza, kwaye sijamelane nayo, ukuxhoma ngaphantsi kweenyawo zakho akuyi kuba kukhululekile kakhulu. Ndiyincoma kakhulu ukuba ufumane ividiyo ukuba ikwazi ukuhlaziya kwakhona amava kwaye ubonise ukuba bakho nabahlobo bakho. Ekugqibeleni yinto engakumbi yokukhathalela ingqalelo kunesenzo sobubungqina!
Ngaba ufuna ukuphuma kwiVictoria Falls Bridge?
- Unokwenza ibungee yonke imihla yonyaka. Incwadi yakho yeza ngaphambi kokuba uxhumane ngqo neShearwater ngokuthe ngqo, banakho iofisi e-Victoria Falls idolophu, okanye bahambe kwi-deskto yomsebenzi wehotele, okanye umqhubi wezotyelelo. Ukuhamba kubiza i-$ 120 ngomntu ngamnye. Yongeza i-$ 20 kwiifoto zedijithali, kwaye enye i-$ 50 yeDVD-iya kuhlawulwa ngokukhawuleza emva kokuba ugxume. Uya kunikwa ivawutsha oyifaka kwiziko le-bungee kufuphi neZambia malunga nebhuloho ... iinkcukacha ezingaphezulu
- Ekubeni ibhuloho "akukho mhlaba umhlaba" phakathi kweZambia kunye neZimbabwe kufuneka uhambe ngokulawulwa kwamanye amazwe. Vele bazise ukuba awuweleli ilizwe ngaphesheya, ukuba uhlala kwibhuloho ukuze ugxume. Ukuba uye wanikela inkxaso yokuziphatha kunye nawe, qiniseka ukuba abahlobo kunye nosapho bakho bahlale kwibhulorho. Uya kunikwa iiphulo zeebrari, ugcine ukubamba ukuba ubuye ngaphandle kokuhlawula imali yokungena kwi-visa njl.
- Kufuneka ube ngaphezu kweminyaka eyi-14 ubudala ukuxhuma (phantsi kweemfuno eziyi-18 kwemvume yomzali), kwaye ube nempilo enempilo. Ukuba utshintshe ingqondo yakho phambi kokuba ungene, akuyiyo ingxaki, kodwa awuyi kubuyiselwa imali.
Ezinye iindlela zokwenza i-Gorato yeBatoka eVictoria Falls
Ukuba ukuxhuma ngaphantsi akuyiyo indebe yakho yeeyi, zama iBridge Bridge, okanye i-zip line (ebizwa ngokuba yi-foofie slide kulezi ziqendu) kuyo yonke into efanayo. Yonke imisebenzi ekhuselekile neyolisayo. Ngokuqinisekileyo unokuhamba kunye nebhuloho, kukho iBritish Tour enhle kakhulu ekunika inqaku elihle lebhuloho.
Eminye iBungi ihamba eAfrika
- I-Bloukrans yindawo ephezulu yeentengiso ze-bungee ehlabathini jikelele. I-Bridge yaseBlueourrans i-216m high, phantse kabini iVictoria Falls Bridge. Ikwafumaneka kwiNdlela yeJardin Garden ebonakalayo kwiPhondo leNtshona Koloni leNtshona Koloni. Ukuhlahlela ukusuka ekuphakameni okunje kunye nezibopho ze-ankle zingozi kakhulu, ngoko ke zisebenzisa i-harness yomzimba ngokunjalo. INkosana uHarry yenze, kunye nabadlali be-Amazing Race! Khangela ezinye iividiyo ze-gxuma, kwaye ubone ukuba ufuna ukuthandwa. Ukuba uyenzayo, qhubeka uye uyibhale!
- I-Bungee Mogale e-Krugersdorp (iphondo laseGauteng), uMzantsi Afrika usebenza ngaphandle kwebhulothi yaseKumkani iKloof kwaye unikezela ukuwa kweemitha ezingama-50. Unokwenza i-bungee apha kunye ne-zip line kwaye ibhuloho igxotha ... ulwazi oluninzi.
- UKenya wagqiba ekubeni ufuna ukungena kwi-bungee inyathelo kwiminyaka embalwa eyadlulayo, kodwa kungekho namabhanti afanelekileyo okukufutshane nawo, afake i-crane e-mabhan e-Tana umlambo, kuma-95km ngasentla kweNairobi . Umlambo waseTana ukhwaza izibhengezo, ngoko ke indawo eyona ndawo i-crane ye-60-meter. Sekusebenza ukususela ngo-2002.
- U-Uganda unikezela ezinye zezona zinto zilungele ukulungelelanisa amanzi amhlophe emhlabeni wonke, njengaseVictoria Falls, kwaye ke unikezwe uhlobo lwe-adrenalin junkies ezithandwayo kumdlalo, nabo baqala ukunikezela nge-bungee. I-Bungee ephakamileyo yamaNayile inikeza umononko wokunciphisa imitha engama-44, kwaye ufumana i-raft engezantsi .... ulwazi olungaphezulu