The Bungee is a type of extreme sport whose purpose is to launch from a place with several meters high, with an elastic rope tied at the level of the ankles which will be attached at the other end to the place where the fall began, causing let the individual rise and fall until the initial impulse to jump is completely gone.
This type of activity originated specifically in Oceania, by a village ritual where the jump was called Gkol and was intended to show that the childhood stage had ended and the stage of being a teenager with great courage has just begun, The jump was favored at the height of towers of reeds with heights of more than 25 meters carrying a rope tied at the ankles, the brave bungee practitioner not only enough to have the rope well placed on the ankles to make the jump, the intrepid person must be in good healthMainly not being afraid of heights or suffering from heart conditions, as well as being in good physical condition, as well as a good place to do the jump that has the ideal height to avoid accidents.
The equipment necessary to do the jump is the special harness, a padded bomer to avoid interlocking between the ropes, a set of fixing materials so that the fall is controlled and achieve a good ending of the impulse of the fall with a progressive braking, The bungee cord used must support up to a ton of weight making it safe for falls.
