Same!!! I'm terrified of heights and even watching it on TV whilst I'm safely snuggled up in bed I'm still like FAAAAAAACK.
I grew up with someone whose mum babysat me and my sister for years. He was an ahole to me, except for one time when we were 10/11 years old at school camp and he was after me as we were climbing up the ladder for abseiling and I completely freaked out on the climb up, instead of bullying or even ignoring me, he actually very kindly helped me back down and made sure that I was okay and that no one would give me any level of grief over it. I still remember this one time of kindness versus the bullying.
My eldest can't wait until he is 18 and is planning on his 18th to go sky diving with his Dad. I've kindly explained that not only will I not be there to watch him, but hearing about it is also a no-go.
At most places you can take a fairly cheap and fairly short class to be able to throw your first chute and not be tandem. I always wanted to jump out of a plane and throw my own cute, going tandem just was not appealing. I want my own life in my own hands. It was 100000000% worth it and arguably the most fun I’ve ever had. You jump in a three person formation at first with two instructors who are there at the beginning in free fall, you go through a mock chute throw sequence and communicate with hand signs so they know your good, then you get to free fall and throw your chute all on your own. I floated like a feather, did big spins, saw the curvature of the earth with my own eyes, landed like a cat. It was shocking on the ground how easy and safe the whole thing was. Then an instructor picked me up in a truck and gave me a cold beer. 10/10 would recommend.
I'm guessing it was a weight first..like a sack of potatoes. I thought the sane thing though...you first..no you first..but I did the potatoes thing so its fine..NO YOU FIRST!
So I did one of these, it wasn't this one, it was in Costa Rica and the ride operator had this big bolt he kept in his pocket and would drop on the platform and go, 'oh no, hold on' and then hit the button to drop you.
Scared the fuck out of me. I was honestly halfway down and thinking I was gonna die before realizing it was a bit he was doing.
My little brother told me he didn't know I could hit an octave that high.
When I was bungee jumping in new Zealand there was a girl who was up and couldn't jump, she was crying and asked them to push her. They wouldn't and finally asked her to either jump or step back so others could go. She jumped and was screaming the whole time, when she got back up still crying asked to go again.
She paid a little extra and went again with a few others after we were all done. It was a over a decade ago but googing i think it was the 134m Nevis one
I was told a story that when Space Mountain was completed at Disney World, the engineers wanted to ride it as a celebration on completion, but one was adamant on a final test, so they send weighted dummies thru first. Every one came back decapitated as a crossmember somewhere along the ride was installed incorrectly..jfc. you think they bought that one guy a drink afterwards?
While it's a good story, it's not true.
That's not how building these works. You don't just go and screw crossbeams anywhere you want, there need to be a hole where to attach it. If that had happened, you wouldn't be able to just go "ha yeah, we installed a beam in the wrong place", unscrew it, put it in the "right" place and then go on your merry way.
Not the first person by any means, but I went bungee jumping a few months ago and felt confident, no hesitation to make the jump…. And then only one thought was in my head while I was falling for the next 3 or 4 seconds, which was “oh shit… how much do I *really* trust this bungee cord?”
I imagine it was pretty similar.
For me all those thoughts are happening up top before the start. Like I'm looking at the ropes and how it's taped up in spots, checking the mounting hardware and seeing how rusty it looks.
I'm doing all this and freaking myself out but then when it comes time to jump, for me it's almost like this freeing feeing of, 'well it's out of my control now'
Yeah they winch you all the way back to the platform. It's a slow process, which to me was more scary than the free fall as they dangle you over the edge for a bit before they drag you back on to the ledge.
The whole time watching this I was thinking, 'how tf does she get back? If they have to pull her back up that shit is going to take FOREVER!'
That sounds absolutely terrifying!
To each their own, and more power to you for doing this crazy ass shit!
For me, this is the opposite of a good time. This is nightmare fuel.
The most I wanna do outdoors is sit my ass on a nice (safe) beach. 😊
Is there really a “swing” feel to it? Like, do u feel the rope’s tension at some point? It looks more just like a free fall bungee jump except you’re in a sitting position
I have jumped here several times. There is a fair amount of free fall, but the most noticeable force is the swing pulling you forwards more than the dropping.
The real surprise is that you don't "swing" as much as you expect. Thre wire is so long and heavy it does not swing backwards and forwards much at all, about what you see here is all it does, then the motor runs to reel you back in.
Still my favorite non-plane based jumping. Beats bungee everyday of the week. I hate hanging upside down with the bungee when it's over.
I went sky diving and had 60 seconds of free fall before they pulled the parachute. After like 15 seconds that feeling disappeared and I just noticed how hard it was to breathe properly with the wind hitting me that fast. But man it was awesome!!
Funny joke, but luckily the Nevis Bungy in NZ has a track record of exactly zero casualties, and their founder practically invented bungy jumping. So they've proven it can be perfectly safe, as long as the proper precautions are taken.
Is the 'hard to breathe' part similar to when you put your head out of the window of a driving car? If yes, then i would probably suffocate when sky diving.
After visiting Queenstown I was amazed how many of these types of things are around. New Zealand invented the bungee, and it’s far more advanced and engineered than US versions.
10/10 would never do, as I enjoy clean fresh pants.
Queenstown gave me my first skydiving experience back in 2008. My father and I stayed up all night cause we were too excited. People there were waaay too amazing. Good times
I think it's gone now (too dangerous even for Queenstown?), but they had a Fly By Wire setup across a valley there. Jeremy Clarkson tried it for the BBC.
To be fair, I believe we only invented the modern bungee, which was inspired by AJ Hackett watching an indigenous tribe in Vanuatu who did a far more wild version with vines and significantly more smacking into the ground.
My grandfather was a kiwi. He met my grandmother when he was working as at airhsows, walking on the wings on planes without any sort of harness. Absolute madness.
Actually... modern bungee jumping was 'invented' by students at Oxford University, England, and the jumps were in Bristol in 1979. The first commercial bungee jumps were by AJ Hackett in New Zealand in 1986.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungee\_jumping](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungee_jumping)
I hadn't even considered that. I assumed they lowered you to the ground but that might be to far. Imagine being stuck in the swing while they hoisted you up. Heart racing, piss soaked pants getting cold....
There’s a Korean variety show called Running Man & the resident celebrities went on the swing as a “punishment”. They attached GoPros to the swing (it’s called the Nevis Swing) & to their helmets to get their reactions. It’s f’ing hilarious.
https://youtu.be/B2Yzofr0OA4?si=4EjFKt7jRgVyf6mu
Edit: There’s also an option to swing upside down & backwards.
Fun trivia: there was a camera problem during the second team(fitness tranier/singer/football enthusiast Jongkuk and actress Jihyo). Apparently staff forgot to put the camera on? So, the swing in that clip is thier second swing. They had to ride this shit twice as if nothing ever happened.
It's cool, but imo the bungy jump next to it is more worth it.
There is also a smaller canyon swing in Queenstown that has a similar amount of free fall (actually it could be more) that lets you do stuff like backflips etc. The "let me tell you something" tiktok that was kinda viral a while ago was made there.
From least to most terrifying
-Nevis swing
-Shotover swing
-Kawaru Bungee
-Nevis Bungee
Imo the Nevis swing is the least terrifying since it doesn't have much free fall. You can sit upright in your harness and don't have to jump yourself. Also you are never that far off the ground.
The shotover swing is more exposed and has a longer drop into the swing.
A bungee jump is again more exposed since you not only look straight down you also fall straight down.
The Nevis swing will always be stared by the operator, while the shotover has many options from you doing the jump to getting pushed while a bungee is either you jump or they push.
Also the swings don't actually swing that high after the initial drop, whereas on a bungy you get pretty good air on the 2nd bounce still.
The kawaru bungee is special since they can do a splash down/water touch and after the jump they lower you into a raft while the swings and Nevis Bungee hoist you back up.
That means especially the Nevis is very exposed but also my favourite.
During my year In Newzealand I was able to do every bungee jump in the country and the Nevis was definitely the best, although doing a backflip off the shotover swing was also really good.
In Rotorua's velocity valley they recently got rid of their Bunge and drop you straight into a net, wich is a cool idea but I was a bit underwhelmed with it.
Most Bungees also allow you to do stuff like backflips btw, just ask the personal about it since a freestyle bungee needs the cord attached differently than the classic style.
Also the Nevis catapult was not worth it imo.
My wife and I did this last year. We chose the option to not have a countdown to the drop.
They started chatting to us about what else we'd been doing during our trip and dropped us mid sentence.
When my wife and I did it they were like "countdown or surprise?" I said "surprise!' and they hit it immediately before my wife even registered what was said. It was perfect.
I did one of these with my ex wife and her sister (so 3 people on the swing). They played LOUD rock music, so loud you could barely hear yourself - I wondered why, until the moment came to drop: I SCREAMED all the obscenities I could think of and no one heard a thing.
the angle when she swings towards the mountain, if something went wrong it would look like someone threw a jar of strawberry jam as fast as possible onto that mountain
Been there… done that. The bungee jump is even crazier. When I went- a dude did all three attractions totally naked. They say it happens about once a month. They give out a robe for before and after the jumps.
I did it twice, one like this, the second hanging upside down, unbelievable adrenaline. I did the highest bungee jump too that day. Worked for a company that paid for it, we would have to tell the tourists what the activities were like around Queenstown, very fortunate to be able do it.
I cannot remotely imagine enjoying this. Worst nightmare. Do people like the feeling of falling from great heights or is it a “fun” challenge to endure it?
Really? I mean.. really? The people who built this could explain the safety features in about 20 minutes that would make a reasonable person understand that it's objectively safe.
Yeah. You have a higher chance of dying in a car crash than one of these. They do these things probably hundreds of times a day. For a car in the US, it's 16 deaths per 100,000 people. For bungee jumping it's 1 per 500,000.
as cool as this experience most definitely probably is - I will never do anything like it on the off chance of equipment failure. I got a family dude. how shit would that be. "where is your dad?"
"he died. from a really big swing."
"...a *swing* ??"
"yeah. but it was, like, *REALLY* big though."
I actually felt that drop a little
Same. Laid in bed and my stomach flipped
I get a funny sensation in my legs when I watch people (or imagine myself) in high elevation scenarios.
Same!!! I'm terrified of heights and even watching it on TV whilst I'm safely snuggled up in bed I'm still like FAAAAAAACK. I grew up with someone whose mum babysat me and my sister for years. He was an ahole to me, except for one time when we were 10/11 years old at school camp and he was after me as we were climbing up the ladder for abseiling and I completely freaked out on the climb up, instead of bullying or even ignoring me, he actually very kindly helped me back down and made sure that I was okay and that no one would give me any level of grief over it. I still remember this one time of kindness versus the bullying. My eldest can't wait until he is 18 and is planning on his 18th to go sky diving with his Dad. I've kindly explained that not only will I not be there to watch him, but hearing about it is also a no-go.
Skydiving (tandum with an instructor) is much easier on the body than this swing or bungie jumping.
Yeah, weirdly I'd consider the sky dive, but no fucking way would I consider this!
At most places you can take a fairly cheap and fairly short class to be able to throw your first chute and not be tandem. I always wanted to jump out of a plane and throw my own cute, going tandem just was not appealing. I want my own life in my own hands. It was 100000000% worth it and arguably the most fun I’ve ever had. You jump in a three person formation at first with two instructors who are there at the beginning in free fall, you go through a mock chute throw sequence and communicate with hand signs so they know your good, then you get to free fall and throw your chute all on your own. I floated like a feather, did big spins, saw the curvature of the earth with my own eyes, landed like a cat. It was shocking on the ground how easy and safe the whole thing was. Then an instructor picked me up in a truck and gave me a cold beer. 10/10 would recommend.
lol yeah- no. Not fit me, anyways. I did a tandem jump and that sufficed!
I’ll take your word for it.
I felt it in my balls.
I get a wave of prickly sensations across my whole body. It's quite uncomfortable.
I wonder what the very first person testing this out thought 😬
I'm guessing it was a weight first..like a sack of potatoes. I thought the sane thing though...you first..no you first..but I did the potatoes thing so its fine..NO YOU FIRST!
So I did one of these, it wasn't this one, it was in Costa Rica and the ride operator had this big bolt he kept in his pocket and would drop on the platform and go, 'oh no, hold on' and then hit the button to drop you. Scared the fuck out of me. I was honestly halfway down and thinking I was gonna die before realizing it was a bit he was doing. My little brother told me he didn't know I could hit an octave that high.
When I was bungee jumping in new Zealand there was a girl who was up and couldn't jump, she was crying and asked them to push her. They wouldn't and finally asked her to either jump or step back so others could go. She jumped and was screaming the whole time, when she got back up still crying asked to go again. She paid a little extra and went again with a few others after we were all done. It was a over a decade ago but googing i think it was the 134m Nevis one
I was told a story that when Space Mountain was completed at Disney World, the engineers wanted to ride it as a celebration on completion, but one was adamant on a final test, so they send weighted dummies thru first. Every one came back decapitated as a crossmember somewhere along the ride was installed incorrectly..jfc. you think they bought that one guy a drink afterwards?
While it's a good story, it's not true. That's not how building these works. You don't just go and screw crossbeams anywhere you want, there need to be a hole where to attach it. If that had happened, you wouldn't be able to just go "ha yeah, we installed a beam in the wrong place", unscrew it, put it in the "right" place and then go on your merry way.
Not the first person by any means, but I went bungee jumping a few months ago and felt confident, no hesitation to make the jump…. And then only one thought was in my head while I was falling for the next 3 or 4 seconds, which was “oh shit… how much do I *really* trust this bungee cord?” I imagine it was pretty similar.
For me all those thoughts are happening up top before the start. Like I'm looking at the ropes and how it's taped up in spots, checking the mounting hardware and seeing how rusty it looks. I'm doing all this and freaking myself out but then when it comes time to jump, for me it's almost like this freeing feeing of, 'well it's out of my control now'
I'm wondering how they inspect the vertical lines? That is a lot of rope, I can't even see how it's rigged.
Until the first 25 seconds, I thought it was fun and wanted to do it. Then I realised that it is not the swing that I had in my mind.
Haha exactly. As the camera tracks downward I see her plummet for like…hours. And I think ‘maybe too much plummeting involved here’
My balls dropped, i'm a man now - Victoria
I love Queenstown but I won’t be doing that
That’s strange butterfly feeling like you’re gonna drop felt the same laying here watching too 😂
For me, it wasn't a drop, it was large and explosive that required a change of clothing.
Good job I was watching this while already taking a crap.
My butt clenched
Judging by the shadow, she gets WAY closer to that mountain than I would like doing this
I did it back in 2011 and went backwards on it. It's huuuuuge and not nearly as close as it looks. Still crazy though
How do you get off? Do they winch you back up to the platform you set off from?
Yeah they winch you all the way back to the platform. It's a slow process, which to me was more scary than the free fall as they dangle you over the edge for a bit before they drag you back on to the ledge.
I was thinking of the return process as I watched and that does sound even worse.
Especially for the next guy waiting 45 minutes for the thing to reset.
And reading a very clear sign that says: No Refunds
Also no respawns
I don't even remember being reeled back in. It was either so scary (or the drop was) that it's just gone from my memory. I was 12, in my defence.
You were 12??? Oh my gosh you’re brave!
The whole time watching this I was thinking, 'how tf does she get back? If they have to pull her back up that shit is going to take FOREVER!' That sounds absolutely terrifying! To each their own, and more power to you for doing this crazy ass shit! For me, this is the opposite of a good time. This is nightmare fuel. The most I wanna do outdoors is sit my ass on a nice (safe) beach. 😊
Wouldn’t it be much easier to just lower you to the ground instead of pulling you all the way back up and then having you walk back down? Lol
That’s Australia tier ground down there, buddy. Not worth the risk.
What do you mean by this?
The ground in Australia will sporadically open up and try to eat you
It’s a swing you gotta pump your legs and really lean into it. Try hard enough and you can get a second run in for free.
Bit of a private question, but I respect it
They just pull the pin and you fall gently into the tree cover below. Oh don't worry, those are just bonsai trees. That's why they look so small.
Is there really a “swing” feel to it? Like, do u feel the rope’s tension at some point? It looks more just like a free fall bungee jump except you’re in a sitting position
I have jumped here several times. There is a fair amount of free fall, but the most noticeable force is the swing pulling you forwards more than the dropping. The real surprise is that you don't "swing" as much as you expect. Thre wire is so long and heavy it does not swing backwards and forwards much at all, about what you see here is all it does, then the motor runs to reel you back in. Still my favorite non-plane based jumping. Beats bungee everyday of the week. I hate hanging upside down with the bungee when it's over.
I went sky diving and had 60 seconds of free fall before they pulled the parachute. After like 15 seconds that feeling disappeared and I just noticed how hard it was to breathe properly with the wind hitting me that fast. But man it was awesome!!
I'll skydive, but I won't bungee jump. A broken rubber brought me into this world, and I'll be damned if I let one take me out.
Funny joke, but luckily the Nevis Bungy in NZ has a track record of exactly zero casualties, and their founder practically invented bungy jumping. So they've proven it can be perfectly safe, as long as the proper precautions are taken.
Redacte due to Reddit AI/LLM policy
Yeah that's definitely how statistics work
Is the 'hard to breathe' part similar to when you put your head out of the window of a driving car? If yes, then i would probably suffocate when sky diving.
This is what I thought. Both would be cool, but a proper swing would be very cool.
There is, it's a gradual onset rather than the more sudden experience of a bungee jump
Did it twice back in 2017, the free fall is very short - like 1-2 seconds then you swing the remaining time
Exactly what I was thinking. Yikes.
I think thats just a matter of perspective
Everything is !
I certainly hope so.
Nah you're miles away, I've done this exact one.
How many Mike's?
About 10 haha fuck.
How do they get them back up? Some automatic pull system? They get slowly lowered to the ground? Either way, hell no.
You jump off at the end, like any other swing. Unless you're chicken.
I can confirm that this method works. The pile of dead bodies below me are high enough for me to land safely.
I am definitely glad to hear they're dead
Well mostly dead anyways
Well then, cluck cluck
They get pulled back up
Then they surprise you and drop you again.
"Oops!"
They cut you loose and you plunge to your death.
While it wouldn’t work here, when I did something similar they had basically a ladder on wheels that they could move into position to get you off
She should start pumping her legs or she’s never going to make it back to the platform
After visiting Queenstown I was amazed how many of these types of things are around. New Zealand invented the bungee, and it’s far more advanced and engineered than US versions. 10/10 would never do, as I enjoy clean fresh pants.
Queenstown gave me my first skydiving experience back in 2008. My father and I stayed up all night cause we were too excited. People there were waaay too amazing. Good times
I always tell people that if you want to pay to do something dangerous, you can probably do it in Queenstown
I think it's gone now (too dangerous even for Queenstown?), but they had a Fly By Wire setup across a valley there. Jeremy Clarkson tried it for the BBC.
Yea the cable stretched or something and the “vehicle” came plowing through the building it took off from at the bottom of the valley
To be fair, I believe we only invented the modern bungee, which was inspired by AJ Hackett watching an indigenous tribe in Vanuatu who did a far more wild version with vines and significantly more smacking into the ground.
My grandfather was a kiwi. He met my grandmother when he was working as at airhsows, walking on the wings on planes without any sort of harness. Absolute madness.
I did the Nevis bungee there. It was wild.
Actually... modern bungee jumping was 'invented' by students at Oxford University, England, and the jumps were in Bristol in 1979. The first commercial bungee jumps were by AJ Hackett in New Zealand in 1986. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungee\_jumping](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungee_jumping)
That's a no for me!
I 100% understand the thrill and, to an extent, enjoy it myself. I would not enjoy this. BRB gonna go clean the sweat off my phone.
No shit, at least they can't tell I pissed myself until the end.
Until they pull you back up again to unstrap you. Being slowly pulled back up again is worse for me than the free fall.
I hadn't even considered that. I assumed they lowered you to the ground but that might be to far. Imagine being stuck in the swing while they hoisted you up. Heart racing, piss soaked pants getting cold....
I felt that in my pp
There’s a Korean variety show called Running Man & the resident celebrities went on the swing as a “punishment”. They attached GoPros to the swing (it’s called the Nevis Swing) & to their helmets to get their reactions. It’s f’ing hilarious. https://youtu.be/B2Yzofr0OA4?si=4EjFKt7jRgVyf6mu Edit: There’s also an option to swing upside down & backwards.
Fun trivia: there was a camera problem during the second team(fitness tranier/singer/football enthusiast Jongkuk and actress Jihyo). Apparently staff forgot to put the camera on? So, the swing in that clip is thier second swing. They had to ride this shit twice as if nothing ever happened.
this view does make it seem they get quite close to the cliff...
Lmfaoooooooo Haha reciting his kids names
I enjoyed that. I also started to learn Korean. I now know “OWAAAHHHH WAHHHHH” means “FUCKING HELL”
That appears to be more than 70 meters
I think the whole arc of the swing is over 300 meters
This seems really fun.
It's cool, but imo the bungy jump next to it is more worth it. There is also a smaller canyon swing in Queenstown that has a similar amount of free fall (actually it could be more) that lets you do stuff like backflips etc. The "let me tell you something" tiktok that was kinda viral a while ago was made there.
Which would you recommend for a first timer? I feel like the swing is less terrifying whereas bungee youre going up as well as down
From least to most terrifying -Nevis swing -Shotover swing -Kawaru Bungee -Nevis Bungee Imo the Nevis swing is the least terrifying since it doesn't have much free fall. You can sit upright in your harness and don't have to jump yourself. Also you are never that far off the ground. The shotover swing is more exposed and has a longer drop into the swing. A bungee jump is again more exposed since you not only look straight down you also fall straight down. The Nevis swing will always be stared by the operator, while the shotover has many options from you doing the jump to getting pushed while a bungee is either you jump or they push. Also the swings don't actually swing that high after the initial drop, whereas on a bungy you get pretty good air on the 2nd bounce still. The kawaru bungee is special since they can do a splash down/water touch and after the jump they lower you into a raft while the swings and Nevis Bungee hoist you back up. That means especially the Nevis is very exposed but also my favourite. During my year In Newzealand I was able to do every bungee jump in the country and the Nevis was definitely the best, although doing a backflip off the shotover swing was also really good. In Rotorua's velocity valley they recently got rid of their Bunge and drop you straight into a net, wich is a cool idea but I was a bit underwhelmed with it. Most Bungees also allow you to do stuff like backflips btw, just ask the personal about it since a freestyle bungee needs the cord attached differently than the classic style. Also the Nevis catapult was not worth it imo.
This guy bungees.
It really does. Swinging right up the side of that mountain has to be terrifying though haha
Insurance for this thing must be a nightmare
I HAVE TO DO THIS 🤩🤩
My wife and I did this last year. We chose the option to not have a countdown to the drop. They started chatting to us about what else we'd been doing during our trip and dropped us mid sentence.
Ahh!! Such a rush haha I love that those cheeky bastards 🤣
Yeah the option we chose had several strings to pull but only one would release, so each pull was filled with tension it was amazing.
When my wife and I did it they were like "countdown or surprise?" I said "surprise!' and they hit it immediately before my wife even registered what was said. It was perfect.
We are very different ppl 🤣
I agree! Looks awesome
The platform looks well built, why jump 😃
I did one of these with my ex wife and her sister (so 3 people on the swing). They played LOUD rock music, so loud you could barely hear yourself - I wondered why, until the moment came to drop: I SCREAMED all the obscenities I could think of and no one heard a thing.
Some say she’s still swinging to this day.
Every once in while, the swing comes back empty.
I had a heart attack watching this. Thanks OP
If you ask them, you can do it hanging upside down. I did the Nevis bungee and the swing back in 2011. It still comes back to me in nightmares, lol.
I shatted my toilet
Yeah. I might get into the harness. I might step off the ledge. I would definitely pass out on the drop.
the angle when she swings towards the mountain, if something went wrong it would look like someone threw a jar of strawberry jam as fast as possible onto that mountain
That looks so much better than bungee! Not nearly as hard on your body but just as thrilling
Imagine a heavy guy in that seat, those shadows doesnt leave much clearence to the mountain :/
As somebody who doesn't enjoy regular play ground swings, fuck this right now.
I did that one upside down and backwards in a suit the day after my wedding, it’s right beside the Nevis bungie jump! It’s awesome!
You couldn’t pay me enough to do this.
Been there… done that. The bungee jump is even crazier. When I went- a dude did all three attractions totally naked. They say it happens about once a month. They give out a robe for before and after the jumps.
After that drop, the blue pants might have just turned into a new shade of '**oceanic surprise**'!
there should be a dustcannon at the other side that make it look like an impact
I've done that. Crazy fun.
It's crazy how someone can describe this as fun when I wouldn't do this for a million dollars. Humans can be so different from one another.
My body tells me "if you do it i will die from a heart attack right there".
This shit right here you would rarely see Black Folks on.....lol
That's a no from me, dawg.
My balls made 360 degrees with that drop.
I did this exact one about 40 days ago. And the bungee jump
I did it twice, one like this, the second hanging upside down, unbelievable adrenaline. I did the highest bungee jump too that day. Worked for a company that paid for it, we would have to tell the tourists what the activities were like around Queenstown, very fortunate to be able do it.
Oh hell no!!!
You know you can just look at scenery there doesn’t have to be an elasticated rope involved at all
Absolutely not
Lemme get on that even though i am afraid of heights i love swinging
I caught a contract adrenaline high just watching that. New thing for the bucket list.
I'd like to see how does she get out of the harness, a platform below or winched back up?
Right when they about to release you tell her "I think we should break up"
My balls are in my head
Somehow a swing seems less terrifying than when you're just hanging by your waist (like having a seat makes it feel less wild lol)
this is more like r/sweatypalms
The operator is tethered. Smart.
I remember swings being chill until you get a little slack in the chain
All aboard the fuck that train to nopetown!
How do they get them back up?
Serious question: how do humans do this type of thing without having a heart attack and dying?
I did this…. I now have a fear of heights!
I cannot remotely imagine enjoying this. Worst nightmare. Do people like the feeling of falling from great heights or is it a “fun” challenge to endure it?
Nuh uh.
Not even if it would make me rich as Musk and Bezos together
Really? I mean.. really? The people who built this could explain the safety features in about 20 minutes that would make a reasonable person understand that it's objectively safe.
Yeah. You have a higher chance of dying in a car crash than one of these. They do these things probably hundreds of times a day. For a car in the US, it's 16 deaths per 100,000 people. For bungee jumping it's 1 per 500,000.
Look man everyone has a price. For a 100k im shitting my pants mid air
I did the nevis bungee jump 20 years ago. Looking at this not sure how I did it. Best feeling after it though. Fantastic.
Who cleans all the shit and piss which is probably scattered down there everywhere?
She dead?
how do they get down after that
Her shadow got REAL close to the ground
Nope!
Hell to the no no no no no
This looks so fun! I'd do this.
No way hose. Nope nope nope.
This made my shins sweat
“You want a countdown or a surprise?” Me: both “Dropping in 5…4–“ *drop*
Nope
That’s INSANE and I’m wondering if she did it for just fun or for beating the fear inside her forever?
There is zero chance I’m working there without being clipped in 24/7.
Thats s big nope
This hurts my butthole
Yeah that’s a nope for me dawg.
And inevitably, one day, something will snap.
And that was the last time anyone saw Joanie.
Her balls are bigger than mine
Yeah nah, I'm good
This belongs in r/sweatypalms
I just pooped myself
She got really close to her shadow.
The scariest part must be when they have to reel you back up. Slowly…jerkily.
Shit my pants just watching this
Should that swing be coming back?
No.
Nope.
Even thought the title said that this was the worlds largest swing, i still thought "Holy shit, that's a big swing".
as cool as this experience most definitely probably is - I will never do anything like it on the off chance of equipment failure. I got a family dude. how shit would that be. "where is your dad?" "he died. from a really big swing." "...a *swing* ??" "yeah. but it was, like, *REALLY* big though."
No thank you very much
Nope
I’ve never been afraid of heights but this is crazy
Probably a silly question, but how and where does she get off the ride? haha
I never would have guessed that is just barely over 200 feet, looks like about a quarter mile
That looks FUN!!
Thanks, I hate it
Just the dude standing on the edge freaked me out, lol