ds4a@dalton.acc.Virginia.EDU (Dale Southard) (03/30/91)
Since we had so much FUN discussing it last time (??) I though would pass on this posting that I got on GEnie the other day: > For anyone interested, a friend of mine, John Kockelman, >recently made a world record bungee jump. He exited a hot air >balloon piloted by his brother Peter. His bungee was 500-feet >long. > That makes it the longest bungee jump ever. > > Freefall photographer, Cris Conkright jumped with John and >they both stayed relative for 6 seconds. The bungee stretched to >1000 feet and the rebounds, as could be imagined, were >impressive. > > Also in the balloon was well known adventure writer Craig >Vetter. Craig will probably write about the jump for "OUTSIDE" >magazine. The jump was also filmed by the TV show, "The WEST." > > When the bungee came to rest, John used a modified version >of the three ring release to cutaway. After a short delay he >used a Vector deployed Raven II to complete the jump. > > C-YA > NICK [DIGIOVANN] For those interested, Nick is editor of BASE magazine and the proud owner of BASE # 194. (Hope I didn't screw that up Nick!) --> --> Dale UVa (ds4a@virginia.edu)