Anyone done the Elevator Jump in Durban?

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Nice to see these guys expanding their adrenaline business, I've done the big swing twice now and am really keen to try their new venture:

Elevators normally feature a box that goes smoothly up and down. Ours doesn't. Going up is fairly uneventful. Slowly, to 37 storeys above the ground. Great view!
And then the fun really starts! Free fall, until the speed of descent reaches 120kph, and the brain says: "I'm jam!".
The World's first skyscraper freefall!! (For the technically minded, stopping is achieved by a combination of a huge electric motor, made with pride in Australia, and double Danish brakes, which function independently. Reassuring, eh?)
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http://www.bigrush.co.za/ele_home.php
 
Pitbull said:
Soooooo much that can go wrong with that :eek:

I'll pass thank you very much :D
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Lol chicken :D All sorts can go wrong driving your car. At least here you have a team of guys making sure you are safe.

... still 36 storeys up... looking down. Sure to ignite that "WHAT THE F#$K ARE YOU THINKING" moment just as you start to plummet.
 
Fudzy said:
Lol chicken :D All sorts can go wrong driving your car. At least here you have a team of guys making sure you are safe.

... still 36 storeys up... looking down. Sure to ignite that "WHAT THE F#$K ARE YOU THINKING" moment just as you start to plummet.
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We used to galavant on the roof of a 9 storey appartment building. That was insanely high... 36 storeys? No farking way in hell :D
 
I don't like the "abrupt" stopping part. Sounds like a sore back to me. The idea itself looks fun, though.
 
FARK...... NO THANKS!! HAVE A FEAR OF HEIGHTS!! I'l probably crap myself
 
w1z4rd said:
Would love to. Have a fear of heights but still dig it!
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I have a fear of heights as well, knowing that I'm strapped in reduces it a lot. Ie. I felt more scared being on the roof of my new place than 10 storeys up on the see-through walkway at Moses Mahdiba.
 
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