Zambia To Shut Down After Aussie’s Bungee Cord Snaps
Look, shit happens. Bungee cords break, cars crash, pilots bring tons of metal and hundreds of people to a safe stop with no landing gear…or runway, we get over these things. Well most of us do. Like this chick who fell over 100 metres into the Zambezi after her bungee cord snapped. I mean, cool story, for a while. But she had to be Australian, and we all know how much they like to talk up a story. Now we’re never going to hear the end of it, the Vic Falls bungee operator will probably close down soon, shit, if she keeps this up Zambia may have to close down.
(interview with the ‘survivor’ after the jump)
Obviously it’s not ideal that the chord snapped and she plummeted over 100 metres (longer than a rugby field) into the waters of the Zambezi with her feet tightly tied together, up-stream from the most saught after whitewater rapids of Africa, but neither is finding yourself in late morning traffic. There’s no need to lie about the whole thing. Just listen to her…
Can you believe that! ‘Croc infested water’, ‘I told them to roll me onto my side’, ‘miracles’, gaad! She’s going to be spreading this around every barbie on that bloody island of hers, like she’s some survivor victim. You know what would have impressed me? If she’d done a tripple axle flip after the rope snapped, wrestled a croc and then caught it with that extra bit of cord. These kinds of things happen daily in SA. You don’t see all of us getting international news coverage do you? Next thing you know she’s going to have a documentary series on Discovery on how to survive gravity and extended periods of time without oxygen.
Nash…
Out.
Alex
Whilst this is hectic and should have never happened due to safety regulations and equipment checks, she only fell like 20 metres because the rope was at full stretch.
But that river is rampant with crocs, you can normally see them from the bridge.
It is a heavy story though.
Andrew Duncan-Poole
If you listen carefully to the male off-camera voice as this girl goes plummeting towards the water, when the cable reaches maximum length he makes a rather malicious statement, “Right down!” and presto! The cord snaps! hmmmmmm…..
Garren
I was in Vic Falls when this happened. 2 of my mates actually jumped the day before and went pale when they heard the news the next day.
Funniest thing is that the operators replaced the cord within an hour and carried on as usual. Only in Africa ha ha ha.
charl
Right Down…….oooohf hahahaha
Sune
She already has her own Facebook page with 60+ likes…