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The idea of throwing things or people goes back a long time in human history. Ziggurats of Ur may be the first - and oldest - rope less bungee jumping platform . It is believed that one reason why the prophet Abraham left Ur was that his name was down for the jump that year - so he moved to Canaan to found a new religion instead. Other 'jumping off' places were the Egyptian pyramids , the Temples of the Mayans, Stonehenge and the Tower of Babel.

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  • Bungee Jumping
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  • The idea of throwing things or people goes back a long time in human history. Ziggurats of Ur may be the first - and oldest - rope less bungee jumping platform . It is believed that one reason why the prophet Abraham left Ur was that his name was down for the jump that year - so he moved to Canaan to found a new religion instead. Other 'jumping off' places were the Egyptian pyramids , the Temples of the Mayans, Stonehenge and the Tower of Babel.
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  • The idea of throwing things or people goes back a long time in human history. Ziggurats of Ur may be the first - and oldest - rope less bungee jumping platform . It is believed that one reason why the prophet Abraham left Ur was that his name was down for the jump that year - so he moved to Canaan to found a new religion instead. Other 'jumping off' places were the Egyptian pyramids , the Temples of the Mayans, Stonehenge and the Tower of Babel. The idea of tying a bit of rubber to the legs of a victim - oops ! I mean enthusiast - seems to have started in Indonesia . Despite stockpiling a lot of tyres for the forthcoming automobile revolution - this left the locals with a lot of rubber to play with. So after inventing condoms - Santono Runnaramok came up the 'Santono-Bungay' jump - in honour of him and H.G.Wells's book about some boring place in Suffolk. Santono was the first one to try it and wished he hadn't when the rope broke and threw him down a ravine. H.G.Wells declined the honour to be the second to try this but in the end the kill joy Dutch imperial masters of Indonesia put a stop to all this. That was until the Australians heard about this new sport.
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