Nevis Highwire Platform
The Nevis Highwire Platform is a bungee jumping platform in the New Zealand Alps near Queenstown on the South Island of New Zealand . With a height of 134 m above ground, it is the third highest bungee jumping platform in the world.
Jumping facility
The Nevis bungee facility is located approximately 30 km east of Queenstown. The way to the facility runs on impassable roads that wind through the mountains. Access is in special all-terrain four-wheel-drive minibuses from the bungee company's headquarters in downtown Queenstown. It takes about 40 minutes.
In addition to the bungee platform itself, the jumping facility also includes a small visitor building, in which the jumpers are put on a safety harness to which they are secured both when crossing to the platform in the transport cage and during the jump.
The platform itself, the dimensions of which are approx. 4 m × 4 m, hangs immovably on steel cables that are stretched across the Nevis Valley. They can only be reached via a small transport basket. The floor of the platform is largely made of glass. The facility is operated by the A. J. Hackett Bungy organization , whose founder AJ Hackett is known for making bungee jumping commercially available for the first time.
Leap
As is common in bungee jumping, the jumper must be physically healthy. He must weigh between 45 kg and 130 kg and be at least 13 years old. The price (2013) for one jump is NZ $ 260 (~ 170 €).
First the jumpers are brought onto the platform in a small transport basket. Once there, the staff will set a jump sequence with decreasing body weight so that the various bungee ropes do not have to be changed unnecessarily. The jumper then takes a seat near the jump opening and is briefed on the procedure. In the meantime, the bungee rope is attached to his legs and to the previously attached safety harness. The jumper is then asked to step on a jump plank about half a meter long.
The jumper is in the fall for about 8.5 seconds to the lowest point, but for safety reasons the average jump time is about 6.5 seconds. This is followed by several up and down movements (rebound) until the jumper himself releases the fastening on his legs by pulling on a rip cord and he is then held in a sitting position by the safety harness. A rope is then let down from the platform, which automatically hooks onto the harness and pulls the jumper back up.
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View from the transport basket
View through the bottom of the transport basket
The inside of the platform. The jump opening (middle) and the chair for preparation (right)
Jump off the Nevis Highwire Platform
seen through the glass floor
Web links
- The Nevis Bungy , New Zealand - The Home of the Bungies
Individual evidence
- ^ AJ Hackett Bungy , official website
- ↑ a b c The Nevis Bungy ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , New Zealand - The Home of the Bungies
Coordinates: 45 ° 3 ′ 53.2 ″ S , 169 ° 1 ′ 43.6 ″ E