Bungee Jumping in Rishikesh India - By: Aditi_Sawant

The bungee has come from the English word that mean thick and squat thing. The bungee is strip like elastic rope with outer covering that does bounces like rubber band. With the help of the bungee strip that is tied to your foot, you can jump and then spring back for numerous periods. Mainly the setup is done over the river bridge, dame or from the other place with good height.
The word "bungee" originates from West Country dialect of English language, meaning "Anything thick and squat", as defined by James Jennings in his book "Observations of Some of the Dialects in The West of England" published 1825. Around 1930, the name became used for a rubber eraser. The word bungy, as used by A J Hackett, is "Kiwi slang for an Elastic Strap".[4] Cloth-covered rubber cords with hooks on the ends have been available for decades under the generic name bungy cords.

In the 1950s, David Attenborough and a BBC film crew brought back footage of the "land divers" (Sa: Naghol) of Pentecost Island in Vanuatu, young men who jumped from tall wooden platforms with vines tied to their ankles as a test of their courage and passage into manhood.[5] A similar practice, only with a much slower pace for falling, has been practised as the Danza de los Voladores de Papantla or the 'Papantla flyers' of central Mexico, a tradition dating back to the days of the Aztecs.
The Bungee started in 1950s on Pentecost Island and now has been set up in many locations. It is one of the favorite sports of adventures sports lovers.
Bungee jumping has been started in Uttarakhand, India too by a team from Newsealand. Uttarakhand is one of the best tourist state in India with more than 2 Crores tourists every year with 1 lacs foreigner tourist. Bungee Jumping will surely grow this number high for http://www.tarwara.in">Uttarakhand Tourism.
This setup is done in Rishikesh at Neelkanth Road which is just 35 minutes beautiful way from Rishikesh. Rishikesh already well-known place for rafting and other activities like camping, trekking etc. The city is very approachable with the Buses, Airport (Dehradun) and train (Haridwar).
The http://www.tarwara.in/bungee-jumping-rishikesh.php">Bungee Jumping in Rishikesh is set over a river with 2 foot water level and the bungee height is 83 meters. Flying fox and Swig activities are also presented by sponsor team.

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