Oh! Snap!!!

[Motogiro]

My neighbor just sent me this!
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQiRlQ9YlRM]Woman Survives Plunge As Bungee Cord Snaps - YouTube[/ame]

 

[The Toecutter]

My neighbor just sent me this!
Woman Survives Plunge As Bungee Cord Snaps - YouTube

I would not trust anyone other than myself as far as inspecting a peice of equiptment and deeming it safe to keep me from being killed,and if I did not understand how said equiptment operated and had no way of Knowing it was safe I would just stay clear of such an activity all together.She is one tuff Woman to have survived such a fall and a swim in the rapids to shore with her legs tied together towing the bungee cord !!! Super Natural strengh right there.I would definitly call it a bonified miracle!! :thumbup:

 

[Downs]

The miracle of adrenaline and the will to live . It'd be cool if she turned around after recovery and went back
For another jump


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[callmegandhi]

I'll stick to with my FZ6 for my adrenaline pumping needs thank you!

 

[Evitzee]

Harrowing to say the least. Depending on when the cord snapped her kinetic energy may have been low which allowed her to basically drop into the water at a slow speed. Not something I'd like to try.

 

[Motogiro]

I would not trust anyone other than myself as far as inspecting a peice of equiptment and deeming it safe to keep me from being killed,and if I did not understand how said equiptment operated and had no way of Knowing it was safe I would just stay clear of such an activity all together.She is one tuff Woman to have survived such a fall and a swim in the rapids to shore with her legs tied together towing the bungee cord !!! Super Natural strengh right there.I would definitly call it a bonified miracle!! :thumbup:

I agree and would like to add that most Aussies are tough like that and usually do this with an added one hand tied behind their back and a tinnie in the other! LOL! Oi Oi Oi !!!! :BLAA:

 

[rsw81]

Harrowing to say the least. Depending on when the cord snapped her kinetic energy may have been low which allowed her to basically drop into the water at a slow speed. Not something I'd like to try.

If you look at the video, this is exactly what I believe happened. At 300+ feet fall, the water's surface tension would have certainly killed her. In fact, a lot of people each year jump off the Golden Gate Bridge to commit suicide knowing this.

She's very lucky given the circumstances and this is exactly why I won't bungee jump. If that rope breaks, there is NO back up. I'll skydive any day of the year knowing there is a backup 'chute if my primary doesn't open.

 

[callmegandhi]

If you look at the video, this is exactly what I believe happened. At 300+ feet fall, the water's surface tension would have certainly killed her. In fact, a lot of people each year jump off the Golden Gate Bridge to commit suicide knowing this.

She's very lucky given the circumstances and this is exactly why I won't bungee jump. If that rope breaks, there is NO back up. I'll skydive any day of the year knowing there is a backup 'chute if my primary doesn't open.

Skydiving is on my bucket list! I want to try that so bad!

 

[Botch]

If you look at the video, this is exactly what I believe happened.

Yup.
It makes sense, the bungee would break pretty much at the point of maximum stress, which occurs right as the diver reaches zero velocity/lowest excursion.

What a deck stacked against you; broken bungee, alligators in the river, rapids, feet tied, rock snag... oof dah! Just glad her ambulance wasn't hit by a plane on the way to the hospital!

 

[Clovis]

Was anyone else expecting her to be a fatty?? =P

 

[Kazza]

I agree and would like to add that most Aussies are tough like that and usually do this with an added one hand tied behind their back and a tinnie in the other! LOL! Oi Oi Oi !!!! :BLAA:

LOL

You are right Cliff - we are tough down under - bet she didn't spill a drop of her beer either


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[Humperdinkel]

Curse those ACME bungee cords Wile E Coyote would be so proud of her right now :BLAA:




PTTWAAAAAAAAAAAAAANGGGGGG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[AngelFZ]

Oh! Crap!


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[rsw81]

Curse those ACME bungee cords Wile E Coyote would be so proud of her right now :BLAA:




PTTWAAAAAAAAAAAAAANGGGGGG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHA... that just made my morning.

 

[Kazza]

Just a quick update, she's actually back in hospital - both lungs collapsed.

Hope she recovers soon, but girl, DON'T BUNGEE JUMP.........

 

[rsw81]

Just a quick update, she's actually back in hospital - both lungs collapsed.

Hope she recovers soon, but girl, DON'T BUNGEE JUMP.........

I wonder how that precipitated? Shouldn't be discharged home from the hospital if she was at risk for a lung collapse!:ban:

 

[Kazza]

Hospital wasn't in a "Western" country. She's lucky she got good medical help at all.

 

[Cloggy]

The Zambian minister of tourism proves that it's totally safe :spank:

Zambia tourism PR bungee jump - World - ITN.co.uk

Classic case of bolting the stable door after the horse has bolted.

 

[mave2911]

Harrowing to say the least. Depending on when the cord snapped her kinetic energy may have been low which allowed her to basically drop into the water at a slow speed. Not something I'd like to try.

I don't understand how you could say that.

By three hundred feet free fall, from zero velocity, she would reach terminal velocity.

So irrespective if she fell 600ft or 300ft after the rope broke, she'd still hit the water at the same speed.

As for the 'surface tension' argument, the surface tension would be non-existent in white-water. She was jumping above rapids, thus no or minimal surface tension. (the problem is trying to displace an equal amount of water, to her mass - thus the collapsed lungs as the air would have been forced out.)

Cheers,
Rick

 

[Sawblade]

It takes over 1800 feet to reach terminal. (though 1200ft gets you to about 90%)


Also, that bungee cord looked all frayed and crappy before any tension was on it. I think she should've won the darwin award and kept that kind of stupid out of the gene pool.