Kawarau River and Bridge
Sunday, 23rd July 2006 by James Turnbull
The Kawarau River and Bridge in New Zealand both have notable claims to fame.
The river, which runs between Lake Wakatipu and Lake Dunstan, played its part in the Lord of the Rings films as Middle Earth's Great River Anduin.
The Bridge, 43m above the river, was the site of the world's first commercial bungee jumping when way back in 1988 a Mr A J Hackett thought that people might actually pay him to jump off a bridge. Here's a Youtube I found of someone doing just that.
Thanks: Talullah
There was a story about bungee jumping in the area on the NPR show The World. http://www.theworld.org/geoquiz/2006/04/27gq.shtml I guess they have one of the highest jumps somewhere in in the same stretch of river. Here are the website of the two jumps http://www.ajhackett.com/index.php/pi_pageid/17 http://www.ajhackett.com/index.php/pi_pageid/29
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awesome shadow!
I actually visited this place a few months ago in April (2006) and here are some of my photos of the place so you guys can see it from a slightly different perspective.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/compmouse/tags/ajhacket/