Nevis Highwire Platform
The Nevis Highwire Platform is a bungee jumping platform in the Southern Alps near Queenstown in the South Island of New Zealand. With a height of 134 m above ground, it is the third highest bungee jumping platform in the world.
Diving boards
The Nevis Bungee plant is located about 30 km east of Queenstown. The road to the plant runs on rough roads that wind through the mountains. You arrive in special off-road capable vans with four-wheel drive from the center of the bungee company in downtown Queenstown. It lasts about 40 minutes.
The jump system includes not only the bungee platform itself also a small visitor buildings where the Springers a safety harness is created, to which they are secured both at the crossing to the platform in the transport basket, as well as during the jump.
The platform itself, about 4 x whose dimensions are 4 m depends, immovably mounted on steel cables that are stretched over the Nevis Valley. It can be reached only over a small transport cage. The floor of the platform is mostly made of glass. The plant is operated by the organization AJ Hackett Bungy, AJ Hackett whose founder is known that he has offered to bungee jumping for the first time commercially.
Jump
As usual bungee jumping, the jumper must be physically healthy. He must weigh between 45 kg and 130 kg, and be at least 13 years old. The price is (2013 ) for a jump at NZ $ 260 ( ~ 170 € ).
First, the jumpers are placed on the platform in a small transport cage. A hopping sequence is Once there set with descending body weight, so that the various bungee cords do not need to be changed unnecessarily by the staff. The knight then takes on a seat near the jump hole course and receives a briefing in the procedure. Meanwhile, the bungee cord is attached to his legs and the previously taken backup dishes. The Springer is then asked to enter a about half a meter long jump plank.
To the lowest point, the Springer is about 8.5 seconds in the case, however, for safety reasons, the average jump length at about 6.5 seconds. This is followed by several up and down movements ( rebound ) until the Springer himself with pulling attachment to his legs dissolves at a ripcord and he is caught by the safety harness in a sitting position. Then, from the platform a rope left down, which automatically hooked up to the harness and the knight moves upwards again.
Gallery
View through the bottom of the transportation rack
The interior of the platform. The take-off opening ( middle) and the chair in preparation (right)
Jump from the Nevis Highwire Platform
Seen through the glass floor