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Royal Gorge Games 2010

GreatBigLeap — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:10:33 +0000

After the 2009 hiatus, it looks like the Games, which feature B.A.S.E. and bungee jumping are coming back to the Royal Gorge Bridge in 2010.

According to PeakRadar.com the official date is slated September 17 - 19.

Admission is $24, and it will be running from 10am - 7pm each day.

The official address is:
Royal Gorge Bridge and Park
4218 Fremont County Road 3A
Canon City, CO 81215

And their phone number is:
888-333-5597

It might also be worth keeping an eye out on the bridge’s Facebook page.

Now… Who’s going? And who’s going to pay for me to go!?

Las Vegas “Bungee Jump” - SkyJump

GreatBigLeap — Fri, 21 May 2010 17:58:23 +0000

The Stratosphere just opened up a new “bungee jump” location in Las Vegas.

Here’s the first video from the jump:

New Locations

GreatBigLeap — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:54:33 +0000

Thanks to Gray, Rafal, Darek, and a number of other users for some great tips on new bungee jump locations! We’ve added them!

In other news, bungee is coming back to Vegas! In town for a bachelor’s party? Outdoor hub? Just to gamble? Now you have one more reason - SkyJump Las Vegas opening in April.

Macau Tower

GreatBigLeap — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:14:56 +0000

The tallest commercial jump spot in the world. Get you excited? We are, too.

Operated by the good people at AJ Hackett, this 233 m (764 feet) jump sits in Macau, a “special administration region” similar to Hong Kong. In fact, this area in southeastern China is closer to Hong Kong than Beijing.

There are a lot of great videos:

Royal Gorge Games 2009

GreatBigLeap — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:52:37 +0000

Just got a (wildly brief) note from the people from Royal Gorge Bridge. Looks like Go Fast! will only be putting this event on every other year from now one.

So, be ready for 2010!

Royal Gorge Games 2009 CANCELLED

GreatBigLeap — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:12:21 +0000

Thanks to one of our readers, Natalie, we just found out that this year’s Royal Gorge Games has been cancelled.

No news yet on why.

You can read the original post: here.

Navajo Bridges, USA - 467 ft (142 m)

GreatBigLeap — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:06:38 +0000

Spanning the Colorado River, these bridges are in the heart of the Grand Canyon National Park, spanning the Marble Canyon in Arizona.

It’s tough not to make a great video of this picturesque spot.

7 Weeks Running

GreatBigLeap — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:03:15 +0000

We just passed our 7-week anniversary here at GreatBigLeap, and we’re really excited about how the website has come along.

We appreciate all of your comments and emails of encouragement. Thanks, too, for all of the new locations that we’re still sorting through. There’s a lot of places out there to bungee jump, and a lot of them don’t have a website. This shouldn’t deter you from visiting, but

We’ve entered in 37 bungee jump locations all over the world, spanning six continents (something tells us there’s not bungee jumping in Antarctica … though, there could be someday…). On a similar note, we’ve had visitors from 22 countries visit the website, including: United States, South Korea, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Ireland, India, China, Romania, Italy, Belgium, Australia, Norway, Serbia, Slovenia, Greece, Indonesia, Czech Republic, Iceland, Malaysia, Austria, and Saudi Arabia.

Thanks for coming everyone.

We still have a long way to go before the site is considered “complete”.

Things to expect from us in the coming month:
- More bungee jump locations
- Our first article
- More bungee jump links
- More highlighted bungee jump locations with more pictures and videos
- And our bungee jump locations section will shift to being a little bit more user-friendly. We hope you enjoy! And please, leave us some feedback!

GreatBigLeap - Bungee Jump Headquarters!

Victoria Falls, Zambia

GreatBigLeap — Thu, 21 May 2009 19:58:21 +0000

Today’s highlighted bungee jump location is the Victoria Falls Bridge. This jump is located on the Zambezi River, which partially forms the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. Wikipedia has an entry about the bridge here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Falls_Bridge

This monstrous bungee jump costs US$105 per jump, US$145 per tandem jump.

Here is an link to their official site safpar.com.

Here are a couple of views of the bridge, you can see the bungee jump station in the middle of the bridge:

Here’s a look at the jump:

And, as always, we’ve uncovered some great bungee jump YouTube videos:

And here is a nice total-experience video:

It’s exciting to see some many locations around the world that offer bungee jumping. As always, we’re out there looking for the best bungee jump pictures, locations, and videos out there. If you’ve got some suggestions, leave us a comment.

Updating the Bungee Jump Locations … Kind of depressing

GreatBigLeap — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:20:17 +0000

We have been scouring the internet looking for bungee jump locations to put up on the site. A few observations:

- It is amazing how many sites out there stopped updating in 2002

- It is amazing how many sites out there stopped updating in 1995

- It is depressing how many bungee jump locations have closed down. What was once a pretty good website, bungeezone, now looks more like a graveyard of what was bungee jumping. Even in 2002, when they stopped updating their site, there were a slew of bungee jump spots across the country that had shut down. A couple points from the site Re:Waterplace Park, Providence, Rhode Island “…
This was the tower installed for the ESPN eXtreme Games in late June/early July 1995. Not sure if this is still there. ” and Re:Kissimmee, FL “…Apparantly it is illegal to bungee jump over 75 feet in Florida. ” (this one was closed in 1995!).

- Is bungee jumping a dead sport? I’ll answer that question with a question… Are you on this site, reading this post? Support bungee jumping! Find your local bungee jump location and jump!

From what we’ve gathered so far, this site is going to require some serious digging.