Add to favorite
 
Subscribe to our Newsletters Subscribe to our Newsletters Get Daily Updates RSS

Great Mass Jump From a Bridge Took Place in Russia
11.07.2012 15:41
Great Mass Jump From a Bridge Took Place in Russia

135 people rope-jumped at the same time last weekend from a railroad bridge in the city of Tver to set a world record.

      The record joint jump was a part of the 5th Mass Ropejumping Festival, held in Russia by enthusiasts of this peculiar activity since 2008. The festival is usually held in different Russian cities, as the rope-jumping is not an official sport discipline, so it can be forbidden by the authorities any moment. This year, the annual event was staged in Tver, a regional capital 160 kilometers northwest of Moscow.

      The first festival gathered only 20 people. But then the event started gaining popularity and in 2010 about 100 people participated in the joint jump.

      The mass jump, which attracted participants from all over the former Soviet Union, set the world record for the number of people simultaneously jumping off a bridge when tied to a rope. However, the record was not officially registered.

       Rope-jumping was popularized by American athlete and alpinist Dan Osman, who was killed in 1998 when his rope failed him during a jump off the Leaning Tower rock in Yosemite National Park. 

      


      

Sources: kp.ru rbc.ru RIA Novosti Image: kp.ru


Author: Julia Alieva

Tags: Russian people Tver Russian action extreme sports world record 

Next Previous


You might also find interesting:








Comment on our site


RSS   twitter      submit


Ïàðòåð


TAGS:
Russan spacecrafts  active holidays in Russia  Russian Cinema  skiing in Russia  Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia  Russian science  Graphic Art  Pobeda  coronavirus  Nizhny Novgorod Region  Sochi Olympics  Olympics  Norilsk Nickel  Exhibitions in Moscow  Russian scientists  Vladimir Chambers  the State Tretyakov Gallery  Presidential Research Projects Program  Sheregesh  Moscow  Tula  Russian tourism  Monuments to People  Russian cartoons  Travel  Russian sailors  Censorship  Russian people  Leo Tolstoy  Sosnovy Bor  Russian economy  Perm  City Hunter  Beastie Boys  Russian academy of sciences  Fashion People Awards   Russian exhibitions  Jose Mourinho  Supreme Court  Moscow parks  Russian business  The Hermitage Museum   Konstantin Ernst  Yulmart  St. Petersburg  food delivery  Russian army  Vyazma  Yury Kuklachev  Sergey Kastorsky 


Travel Blogs
Top Traveling Sites