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There is a kind of bungee jump in
which you are tied to a tensioned
bungee attached to a tall frame. The
bungee is released and you spring
up
into the air and then bounce around
a bit until they let you
down.
This idea is to have
a bungee attached to a framework
above and behind
a tall building.
You
would casually stand in front of the
building, assume a determined,
leaping pose as your assistant
releases the bungee and you leap
over the building and the
mechanism
lets you safely down to earth behind
the building.
Quite
feasible, I
think, as bungee trajectories can be
made very accurate (i.e. so you
don't
hit the building). It would give
seasoned bungee jumpers a new
thrill, and it would look cool.
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Hey [Hippo].. very creative. |
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Strange how an idea can sound outrageous at first, then become quite accepted in a short amount of time. Would someone actually risk being slammed into a building for a thrill like this? Sure! |
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I’d like to add a modification: bungee launching. Use your building-tethered bungee to fire parachute clad adrenaline junkies into the air as high as possible. The bungee releases after imparting it’s energy, and the…victim… parachutes safely to earth. |
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P.S. I am following you ;) |
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<commercial> Trust ACME rubber bands for all your building bounding needs! -- Endorsed by Wile E. Coyote! -- </commercial> |
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//Use your building-tethered bungee to fire parachute clad adrenaline junkies into the air as high as possible// |
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Ok, not my thing but I have a list of people I'd like to have you launch ... er .. I mean bounce over some really, really tall buildings. Let me know when you get the first one working so I can pack their chutes. |
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While you're on the bungee thing, how about "faster than a speeding bullet?" |
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Detly: Horizontal bungee.... |
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That'd really shorten my commute. |
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[Detly], what kind of bullet? A relatively slow 45 acp or a rather faster 30-06? |
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I'm setting up a superhero costume hire shop next door. (+) |
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[Almafeta] Horizontal bungee... on
ice! |
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So, this bungee is attached to your feet? |
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Make the participants wear an unlined or undyed waistcoat and tie them up before launch: "leap tall buildings in a singlet, bound". |
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Where did I put my brown corduroy trousers? |
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[fishrat]-- I'll set up a super hero costume rental store beside your store, so people can were the costume themselves. |
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[soundman] - I think, after the event, it would be more like a glaser. |
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It would be cool if, at close to the apex of your tragectory, you released from the bungee harness and landed, on your feet (if at all possible) on the roof of the building. It would make a good entrance to a rooftop party. |
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I may be imagining things, but I seem to remember an idea like this, but rather than having bungee cords or whatever, it had really small buildings. Anyone else have similar memories/halucinations? |
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A while back there was a sport called balloon jumping where a helium balloon inflated to exactly compensate the weight of the sportsman who was attached by a harness. He or she could then walk up the sides of buildings and leap off the top with impunity as long as there were no strong winds. |
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