Ukuxuma kwe-Bungee mhlawumbi ngumdlalo we-adventure elula kwihlabathi lonke. Ngokuqinisekileyo, unamathela kwelinye icala elide, elincinci lebhola yerubha kuwe, ukhusele enye into ekupheleni kwinto ethile, uze uziphose kwibhuloho, inqaba, idama okanye esinye isakhiwo esinde.
Indlela yodwa yokuqonda ngokuqinisekileyo ukunyuka kwe-adrenaline ye-bungee jump kuyinto yokwenza ngokwakho. Ngenye yezona zihlandlo ezihambela phambili kwaye zihamba ngokukhawuleza ukuba nayiphi na umhambi onokuzibona angaba nakho, kwaye ngelitye, kukho indawo eninzi yokuzama kuyo yonke ihlabathi. Uninzi lwexesha, ukubeka kunye neembono zikhangeleka kakhulu, kodwa bathabathe abo bahamba ngendlela yakho ngaphambi kokuba ugxume-mhlawumbi awunakuzibona ngamehlo akho avaliwe xa uhla.
Ukufezekisa ukuba i-adrenaline iyakhupha, mhlawumbi e-US okanye ngaphandle, kwelinye leendawo eziphezulu.
( Umyalelo wokuziphendulela: Kufuneka uzame kuphela oku kwiindawo ze-bungee apho izikhuselo zokhuseleko zikhoyo.)
01 ngo 07
I-Bridge yaseKawarau eNew Zealand
Amaphayona aseBungee uAJ Hackett noHenry van Asch baqalise bobabini besuka kwiBhuloho yaseKawarau e-New Zealand ngo-1988, kwaye kule nkqubo, bathi baqalise le meko yelizwe jikelele ngoku eyaziwa ngokuba yi-bungee jumping.
Namhlanje, abalandeli bungee baqhubela phambili kwibhuloho e-Queenstown ukuba bathathe inqabana ebizwa ukuba iqalile konke. Kukho ukhetho lokuqhawula i-tandem ukuba unomlingane ohamba naye, kodwa ukuba abahlobo bakho abafuni ukujoyina, banokubukela yonke into ngelixa bemi kwindawo yokujonga eseduze. Usenokukwazi ukubona i-jumpers ngelixa ugibela kwisikhephe se-jet kumlambo ongaphantsi kwebhuloho.
Inkampani ine-bungee-jumping operation kwi-Aukland Bridge kwiNew Zealand yaseNew Zealand.
02 we-07
IVictoria Falls iBridge eZimbabwe
Ukuphakama kwama-365, iVictoria Falls Bridge ayikho i-bungee ephakamileyo kwihlabathi, kodwa enye yeyona nto intle-apho ikhona enye indawo emhlabeni onokuyifumbela ukuba ibe ngumlobo?
Le ngxuma ithumela i-adrenaline junkies ukuphosa kwibhuloho ukuya kuMlambo waseZambezi ngezantsi. Njengoko ulahla, iimbono ezimangalisayo zeBatoka Gorge zijikeleze wena, kunye nezimangalisa zaseVictoria Falls ezibonelela ngokukhawuleza.
03 we-07
I-Macau Tower eChina
Le nto ihlawuliswa njenge-bungee yehlabathi ephezulu, ikunikezela ngombono oqaqambileyo weSixeko saseMacau njengoko ujonga phantsi ngaphaya kweMacau Tower ngokwayo. Ngelo thuba, gxuma ukuwa kwamahhala kwiplatifti esekelwe malunga ne-764 inyawo ngaphezu kwezitrato zedolophu, ukuxubha malunga nemizuzwana emine ukuya kwemihlanu kwisantya esiphezulu ngaphambi kokuza kumanyanise ukuma malunga neenyawo ezili-100 ngaphantsi komhlaba. Ukusuka apho, ikhebula elikhokelwayo linciphisa i-jumpers ibe yi-airbag eyenzelwe ngokukodwa eyenzela ukuphela kokukhuselekileyo nokuphelile kwi-adventure yabo. Unesibindi unakho nogungqa ebusuku!
04 we-07
I-Royal Gorge Bridge e Colorado
I-Colorado iyindlu kwikota yeyona bhanti ephakamileyo kwihlabathi. Ukujonga phantsi ukusuka phezulu kwiRoyal Gorge eCañon City, umlambo ukhangeleka njengomboniso omncinci, obonwabisayo okwenzela ukuba ubani obuthakathaka emadolweni. Ukuwa kwebhuloho kudlula imizuzu engama-15.
Okwangoku, ukugquma kwebungee kuvinjelwe kwibhuloho, ngaphandle kweso siganeko sonyaka esibizwa ngokuba yi-Go Fast Games, ezigcinwe iintsuku ezintathu nje ngonyaka.
05 we-07
Ibhuloho yaseBloukrans eMzantsi Afrika
Kwimitha engaphezu kwama-700 ubude, ibhuloho yaseBloukrans yinto eyikisayo ukubona.
Ibhuloho isecaleni laseKapa, eMzantsi Afrika kunye neekhilomitha ezingama-40 empuma yePlettenberg Bay. Umsebenzi we-bungee oye waqhutyelwa ngu-Face Adrenalin ukususela ngo-1997. Emva kokugqiba ukuqaqa kwakho, intloko kwiTsitsikamma National Park ukuya kwindawo ye-zip ngokusebenzisa i-jungle.
06 we-07
I-Navajo Bridge eArizona
Ibhuloho laseNavajo lisondele kufuphi neNorth Rim yeGrand Canyon kwaye inikezela indawo engama-470 ubude. IArizona ivumela i-bungee ukuba igxume kwiibhuloho, kwaye le nto iwela phakathi kweendonga ezimbini ezijikelezayo, ezibomvu zelitye, ezenza kube lula ukukhunjulwa.
Kukho abaqhubi abambalwa abanika i-bungee ihamba ukusuka kwibhulorho, kwaye kuxhomekeke kubani osibhaliselayo, ungathatha ukudibanisa ukupholisa emfuleni emva koko ngaphandle kwerhafu. Le yindlela efanelekileyo yokupholisa phantsi emva kokukhwela kwendle.
07 we-07
I-Rio Grande Bridge eNew Mexico
I-Rio Grande Bridge okanye "i-Gorge Bridge" kubantu bakulo, ngasenyakatho yeTaos, eNew Mexico, kunye nendawo yokuthanda abantu abaye kuloo ndawo okanye abo bawela ngendlela eya eSanta Fe. Ibhuloho, ehamba ngamagumbi angama-565 ngaphezu kweRio Grande (ii-680 iiinyawo xa ibanjwa kwindawo engaphantsi kwesithuba), yenza i-photo op enje into yokuba ifumene indlela yayo kwiifilikhi ezininzi.
Le ngqungquthela ye-bungee ixhamla eyaziwayo e-US kuba i-jumping ephezulu kakhulu kwilizwe lonke. I-Bungee Expeditions inikeza i-jumping kwi-Navajo Bridge, iRio Grande Bridge kunye nezinye indawo ezininzi ezantsi kumzantsi-ntshona nakumaNtshona-ntshona eMelika. Inkampani iye ya sebenza iminyaka engaphezu kwe-25, ngoko ke ukuba ulungele ukunika i-bungee igxuma i-try, mhlawumbi kufuneka ihlolwe.