Comments on: The Early History of Bungee Jumping http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16453 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:09:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Adventure Quiz http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16453/comment-page-1#comment-83869 Adventure Quiz Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:48:50 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16453#comment-83869 wow..a great sport. I checked the bungee jump documentary on guiness books of world records once.Its an amazing adventure sport.Whatever it may be its different sport. wow..a great sport. I checked the bungee jump documentary on guiness books of world records once.Its an amazing adventure sport.Whatever it may be its different sport.

]]> By: Brandy http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16453/comment-page-1#comment-83496 Brandy Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:27:13 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16453#comment-83496 OK, this is what I found...one of the related links is the Dangerous Sports Club, so I'm guessing this is the correct reference: www.rideaccidents.com/2002.html#nov26 Human Catapult rider misses net, killed (Sunday, November 24, 2002) - At Middle Moor Water Park in Somerset, England, a 19-year-old man was killed after he was flung from a catapult device 100 feet through the air and fell short of a safety net. The machine, a replica of a medieval trebuchet, is owned and operated by a group known as the Human Catapult Club. The device was not subject to any independent safety check, and its owners were allowed to operate it without any kind of license. However, a spokesman for the Health and Safety Executive says that the machine does fall under health and safety legislation and operators had a duty to ensure that it was safe. The victim paid the machine's owners 20 pounds to ride. Avon and Somerset Police and the Health and Safety Executive are investigating, and criminal charges are possible. RELATED LINKS: The Dangerous Sports Club Extreme Dreams OK, this is what I found…one of the related links is the Dangerous Sports Club, so I’m guessing this is the correct reference:

http://www.rideaccidents.com/2002.html#nov26

Human Catapult rider misses net, killed
(Sunday, November 24, 2002) – At Middle Moor Water Park in Somerset, England, a 19-year-old man was killed after he was flung from a catapult device 100 feet through the air and fell short of a safety net. The machine, a replica of a medieval trebuchet, is owned and operated by a group known as the Human Catapult Club.
The device was not subject to any independent safety check, and its owners were allowed to operate it without any kind of license. However, a spokesman for the Health and Safety Executive says that the machine does fall under health and safety legislation and operators had a duty to ensure that it was safe.

The victim paid the machine’s owners 20 pounds to ride.

Avon and Somerset Police and the Health and Safety Executive are investigating, and criminal charges are possible.

RELATED LINKS:

The Dangerous Sports Club
Extreme Dreams

]]> By: Brandy http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16453/comment-page-1#comment-83493 Brandy Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:20:13 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16453#comment-83493 I agree with Old Geezer! Now I'm going to have to go do some extra research on ask.com... I agree with Old Geezer! Now I’m going to have to go do some extra research on ask.com…

]]> By: Old Geezer http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16453/comment-page-1#comment-83428 Old Geezer Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:20:29 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16453#comment-83428 Wait! You're not going to leave us there are you! We must have an article about the manslaughter trial! Wait! You’re not going to leave us there are you! We must have an article about the manslaughter trial!

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