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Already an estimated 50,000 people have tried bungee jumping in the UK alone, and not all of them are crazy! Some describe it as a close encounter with death; others as the most exciting experience they’ve ever had!So what makes someone bungee jump and what goes through their mind when they are doing it? “Bungee jumping was something I always wanted to do. I saw it as a way of conquering my fear of heights and that’s exactly what it did” explains Mark Debenham, aged 32. “80 % of people only jump once, to prove something to themselves, but many people take it up as a sport and jump regularly. Bungee jumping is an incredible experience which makes your heart race at up to 170 beats a minute. I’ve done about 50 jumps, both in this country and abroad, and my highest was 120 metres. My first jump was extremely frightening.
The next seven or eight jumps were still very scary but then after that it was pure excitement. When you jump, you think you’re going to die. It doesn’t matter how many people you see jump before you, your mind tells you, you shouldn’t be doing it. People think bungee jumping is dangerous, but it’s not. You have to be over 14 years of age and if you are 50 years old or more you need to have a medical certificate. A qualified instructor can guide you on all this”.
