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Rupert Hirner Bungy Jumping

and the bungy jumping story

Bungy History

Dive into the tradition of bungy

How it all began – the legend

Bungy Jumping has its origins in the Pentecost Islands (Bunlap in Vanuatu) hundreds of years ago: Legend has it that a woman fled repeatedly from her violent husband into the treetops. After motivating him to follow her, she jumped in front of him into the depths, not without first securing herself with lianas. After she landed safely on the ground, he jumped after her, but in his anger he hadn’t noticed that she was using the lianas.

The origine of Bungy

In reference to and in memory of this event, from this moment on the women jumped into the depths every year. Over the years, however, the men took over this custom: nowadays only men take part and throw themselves from up to 35m high, self-built wooden towers into the depths. These towers are divided into twelve sections, each representing a part of the human body: the highest, the forehead; Depending on their age and courage, the jumpers jump into the depths every April: with this custom, the jumpers also ask for a good harvest. It is probably in human nature that an annual festival has developed from this custom, which has an extremely expressive character due to the rituals that have grown up on the foundation of legend.

How modern Bungy Jumping developed

It does not seem to be a coincidence that this strong ancient ritual inspired the „Oxford University Dangerous Sports Club“ to start experimenting with rubber bands: eventually the first bungy-cord was developped! It was on April 1st, 1979 when these guys imported this ritual into the modern era using their precious cord to dive off the „Clifton Suspension Bridge“ in Bristol, GB: „Thanks guys 😊!“

First bungy-station worldwide: Queenstown, NZ

In June 1987 AJ did the first internationally famous Jump from the Eiffel Tower in Paris a year before they opened the first bungy-site in Queenstown,New Zealand: rumours say that the tremendous amount of 28Jumpers used this adrenaline-facility during the first year …..since then millions of jumps have been done worldwide!! (see foto) (see image)

Our story

and love for Bungy

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2015

First bungy jumping events in Croatia and Turkey. You can see all the pictures from Summersplash 2015 here!

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2013

Rupert Hirner and his team “bring the Europabrücke to Vienna in the form of the 192m tallest bungy crane in the world” (October 26th) and that on the Austrian national holiday in the Hofburg on Heldenplatz: a temporary absolute highlight not only for his team but also for the bungy world: (mobile) bungy jumping has arrived in the Champions League 🙂
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2022 and before

Countless bungy events with the highlight at the Heldenplatz in Vienna (2013)
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Opening of the permanent bungy station on the Europabrücke

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2000

Austria’s first 200m jump from the KRONEN newspaper balloon during AIRPOWER 2000
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October 26th, during Austrian national holiday at Heldenplatz in Vienna, Rupert jumps 420m from the army helicopter (10th anniversary: 42m for each year like the first jump in Nanaimo, Canada)

You can see a video of this jump here:

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1999

Spectacular stunt for the NORTH World Cup 1999 Ramsau/Dachstein again as part of the Four Hills Tournament in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (January 1, 1999)

First weekend on the Europabrücke is approved (jumping by the public)

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1998

MISSTER COOL is launched. A competition in which the jumper with the lowest take-off heart rate wins
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First jumps from Kölnbreinsperre 165m

First approved day for the public on the Europabrücke

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1997

Highest bungy crane in the world at the Red Bull Airshow in Wiener Neustadt for the public
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1996

Unveiling of Klagenfurt’s landmark, the renovated LINDWURM

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1995

One of the most daring bungy stunts in the world before the final round of the 4-Hills-Tournament in Innsbruck: Rupert only holds on to a trapeze attached to the bungy rope, jumps from 65m to ski on his legs on the opposite slope of the Bergisel -Landing and moving on

 

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1994

October 3rd: on the German national holiday (“Day of German Unity”), Rupert jumps 253m from the highest possible point of the Berlin TV Tower (365m), which is the highest jump from a solid structure in the world to date!
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1993

The mobile bungy had started to spread rapidly and in June of this year there were already the first 100m jumps for the public: 111m crane at “Gröbl-Möbel” in Lieboch.

In the autumn of the same year, the highest bungy crane in the world at 150m was released for jumping at Prangl in Gratkorn.

On October 3, 1993, Rupert performed the first bungy jump from the legendary 192m Europabrücke near Innsbruck.
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1992

The first major international appearance again during the 4-hill tournament: 72m from the Nebelhornbahn in Oberstdorf with “pick up”!

Rupert Hirner’s first big appearance was Austria’s first 100m jump – from a hot air balloon – as part of the 4-hills tournament in Bischofshofen (01/06/1992)
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1991

The authorities did not authorize building a bungy station there, and so the search for a suitable location began, which was soon found with the Schwarzl Freizeitzentrum in Unterpremstätten, near Graz – and by means of mobile cranes: from there on, the growth has rapidly increased.
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1990

This jump caught him so much that he immediately decided (“just for fun”!) to do it in Austria as well. Back in Austria, the thought of it would not let him go and so the preparations for the first bungy jumps from the 110m Präbichlbrücke in Rupert’s home started, which was also implemented accordingly.

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1989

Rupert Hirner jumps in Nanaimo, B.C., Canada (42m) for the first time, having previously qualified bungy jumping as “typical American bullshit”!
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