PENTACOST JUMP: THE TRUE STORY OF HOW BUNGEE JUMPING
Many yeas ago, on the island of Pentacost in Vanuatu, a village woman was running away from her husband who wanted to beat his wife. She ran into the forest and climbed up a huge banyan tree for shelter. He saw her and climbed up after her with his machete. She was terrified and tied a strong vine around her ankle. As he approached and tried to ht her with the machete, she jumped off the huge branch.
He thought she was just trying to get away from him so he jumped after her. The vine she had tied to her foot saved her. He husband fell to his death.
Ever since that day in island history, the island of Pentacost holds a yearly jump where people from all over the world convene to watch young men and boys, climb up high platforms and attain manhood.
The structures are built on the hill sides so the jumpers head just barely touched the ground..
The amusing thing about this story is no women are allowed to participate in this ritual. Only young men and boys are allowed to jump. Yet it was a clever woman who had started this whole new sport, which today is the bungee jump.
This is true story
Funny, ironic story Colleen. Good for those Vanuatu women.
ReplyDeleteWho said we are the weaker sex? Ha, ha.
Bungee jumping, as we know it, is truly a curious activity! How interesting to know that such events as this have become roots of such a sport for the world today! :-)
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