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By Larry Rivera, About.com Guide to Australia / NZ Travel since 1997

Jump for the Thrill of It

Friday December 7, 2007
Well, you don't have to. But if you wanted to, where else but in New Zealand where commercial bungy jumping all began? In 1986, New Zealander A J Hackett leapt from the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Back in New Zealand, he opened the first bungy jumping operation just two years later outside Queenstown which prides in calling itself the adventure capital of the world. Photo: Bungy jumping in New Zealand © Tourism New Zealand

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