A.J. Hackett, better known as the father of bungee jumping, is to attempt the ultimate bungee jump, a petrifying 1,499.6 meter free fall from a helicopter. The attempt will be made with a new technology of bunjee jumping cords.
Born in 1958, AJ Hackett grew up on Auckland’s North Shore, New Zealand. It was in 1986 that AJ Hackett and Chris Sigglekow executed the worlds very first Bungee jump in New Zealand, after having invented a manufacturing process for a 100% natural latex elastic bungy cord.
Says the daring man himself:
There we developed this new technology which is a tapered bungee cord, fatter at the top than it is at the bottom. It means you can stretch them a long, long way. With standard cords that you have now you can’t do that because they break. They just get stretched too much at the top.
The 48-year-old plans to launch himself out of a helicopter attached to an elastic cord over Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, later this year. If successful the stunt will double the existing record for the world’s highest bungee jump. Sure will be a crazy event to watch. Do keep track, its likely to take place some time later this year.
Source: Gulf News
