AJ Hackett Kawarau Bungy Centre
Historic 1880 gold-rush suspension bridge and the world's first commercial bungy jump site.
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This guide to the AJ Hackett Kawarau Bungy Centre near Queenstown starts with the cord itself, a bundle of latex strands, and the two New Zealanders in the mid nineteen-eighties who wanted to know exactly how far it could stretch. It follows them from a government science lab to an Auckland bridge and a night on the Eiffel Tower. Best heard at the rail of the old gold-rush bridge while someone else is getting strapped in.
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