Editing Bungee jumping (section)

== The highest jump ==
[[File:Bungee tower atop the Verzasca Dam, CH.jpg|thumb|left|Looking down from atop the Verzasca Dam bungee tower near [[Locarno]] in [[Ticino]], Switzerland]]

[[Milad Tower|Milad tower]] bungee jumping with a height of 280 meters is the highest jumping platform in the world

In August 2005, AJ Hackett added a SkyJump to the [[Macau Tower]], making it the world's highest jump at {{convert|233|m|ft}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.macautower.com.mo/eng/press/award02.asp |title=Guinness World Record – the Highest Commercial Decelerator Descent |publisher=Intercommunicate |date=17 August 2005 |access-date=18 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205080349/http://www.macautower.com.mo/eng/press/award02.asp |archive-date=5 December 2008 }}</ref> The SkyJump did not qualify as the world's highest ''bungee'' as it is not strictly speaking a bungee jump, but instead what is referred to as a 'Decelerator-Descent' jump, using a steel cable and decelerator system, rather than an elastic rope. On 17 December 2006, the Macau Tower started operating a proper bungee jump, which became the "Highest Commercial Bungee Jump in the World" according to the Guinness Book of Records. The Macau Tower Bungy has a "Guide cable" system that limits swing (the jump is very close to the structure of the tower itself) but does not have any effect on the speed of descent, so this still qualifies the jump for the World Record.

Kushma Bungee Jump is the world's second-highest bungee jump with a height of {{convert|228|m|ft}}.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Kushma Bungee Jump|url=https://hikeontreks.com/hike_package/kushma-bungee-jumping/|url-status=live|access-date=11 March 2022|website= Hike On Treks }}</ref> It is located in the gorge of Kaligandaki River and world-first natural canyon bungee jump. Another commercial bungee jump currently in operation is just {{convert|13|m|ft}} smaller, at {{convert|220|m|ft}}. This jump, made without guide ropes, is from the top of the [[Verzasca Dam]] near Locarno, Switzerland. It appears in the opening scene of the [[James Bond]] film ''[[GoldenEye]]''. The {{convert|216|m|ft|adj=on}} [[Bloukrans Bridge Bungy]] in South Africa and the [[Verzasca Dam]] jumps are pure freefall swinging bungee from a single cord.

Guinness only records jumps from fixed objects to guarantee the accuracy of the measurement. John Kockleman however recorded a {{convert|2200|ft|m|-1|adj=on|order=flip}} bungee jump from a hot air balloon in California in 1989. In 1991 Andrew Salisbury jumped from {{convert|9000|ft|m|-2|order=flip}} from a helicopter over Cancun for a television program and with Reebok sponsorship. The full stretch was recorded at {{convert|3157|ft|m|order=flip}}. He landed safely under parachute.

One commercial jump higher than all others is at the [[Royal Gorge Bridge]] in Colorado. The height of the platform is {{convert|321|m|ft|0}}. However, this jump is rarely available, as part of the Royal Gorge Go Fast Games—first in 2005, then again in 2007. Previous to this the record was held in West Virginia, USA, by New Zealander Chris Allum, who bungee jumped {{convert|823|ft|m|order=flip}} from the New River Gorge Bridge on "Bridge Day" 1992 to set a world's record for the longest bungee jump from a fixed structure.<ref name=HO2020>{{Cite news |last1=Young |first1=Jay |work=Highland Outdoors |date=Fall 2020}}</ref>

[[File:Saut à l'élastique Superman - Viaduc de la Souleuvre.JPG|thumb|Bungee jumping from the [[Souleuvre Viaduct]] in Normandy]]

[[File:SCADcloud7mb.jpg|thumb|SCAD dive system rigged on a crane]]