Bungee jump inventor David Kirke recounts arrest after first ever attempt. The maverick godfather of bungee jumping, who took the world’s first leap clutching a bottle of champagne and without testing the rope, has died peacefully in his bed. Source: ITV News
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00:00 couldn't have been nicer and they let us off with a 50 quid fine. I said oh thank
00:08 God we got away with that. I climbed over the balcony there or the rails
00:16 clutching a top hat with a handkerchief around my face because I didn't want my
00:23 mother to recognize me. We worked out that that bridge is 240 feet tall. We
00:31 would need two ropes at 120 feet. Then you would fall down and you would surface
00:39 just above the water.