Bungee Jumping
Overview:
The ultimate thrill of a Bungee jump can be experienced in Nepal at perhaps the best site in the world. Nepal's first bungee jumping site is situated 160m over the wild Bhote Koshi river, and located close to the Nepal-Tibet border, a three-hour bus ride from Kathmandu in the Arniko (Kathmanu/Lhasa) Highway to within 12km of the Tibet Border and the famous Friendship Bidge.
The jump, at 160m, was designed by one of New Zealand's leading bungee consultants,
and is operated by some of the most experienced jump masters in the business. It's mishap-proof. The agency takes safety "very, very seriously".
The Bridge : Swiss designed, specially for bungee jumping with a 4x safety factor.
The bridge has a loading factor of 250kg per running meter. This means that the bridge
will hold 250 x 166 = 41,500kg or 4.5 tones And those are Swiss measurements!
* Over 6000 meters of steel wire was used to build the bridge * Longest suspension
bridge in Nepal * The bridge joins two sides of a great valley. Before its construction,
locals walked five hours to cross this river gorge.
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