A THRILLSEEKER leaped off a 140ft bridge nearly 1,000 occasions in someday and revealed how he might have suffered with bleeding eyes as a consequence.
Mike Heard took on the weird problem that noticed him smash the Guinness World File for probably the most bungy jumps in 24 hours.
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The fearless bloke leaped from the Auckland Harbour Bridge in New Zealand a staggering 941 occasions and surprisingly claimed he solely suffered from a “tender” physique and sore arm because of this.
Chatting with Stuff a day after his world report triumph on Wednesday, he revealed his head “was all good” – regardless of the frequent dangers which can be recognized to encompass extreme bungy leaping.
One sports activities skilled advised the outlet that “throughout a bungee leap physiological responses happen within the physique of a jumper, comparable to gentle dizziness, elevated sweating, and fast respiration.”
However this is not even the worst-case state of affairs.
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One other skilled revealed that individuals finishing only a single bungy leap whereas utilizing a coronary heart fee monitor discovered that the estimated gravitational forces on the physique skilled have been near that of a jet fighter pilot.
“There was potential for indifferent retinas within the eye,” she stated.
Yet one more grisly examine on accidents in bungee leaping reported that ocular bleeding and nerve dysfunction within the legs have been additionally frequent in those that participated within the excessive sport.
However Heard braved the doubtless grotesque outcomes and set his coronary heart on incomes the Guinness World File title.
He did admit that the leap was not solely bodily difficult however mentally too.
“The psychological sport actually was calculating the pace that we have been taking the jumps over. However I by no means needed to surrender,” he advised the outlet.
Whereas the fun chaser was plunging off the bridge to carry the world report crown residence, he additionally raised over £4,000 for the Psychological Well being Basis.
This is not the primary time Heard has thrown himself consecutively off a bridge although, as in 2017 he tried to interrupt the report however solely managed 430 jumps.
He revealed he is had time to coach and change into extra mentally targeted on his purpose – and it is taken him simply 5 years to show 430 into 941.
Heard beforehand held the world report in 2017, having jumped 437 occasions from the identical location.
With Wednesday’s achievement, he snatches the title again from French man Francois-Marie Dibon, who jumped a whopping 765 occasions in 2022.
It comes after a gardener who grew the world’s heaviest cucumber gained a Guinness World File together with his 4ft lengthy, 30lbs monster vegetable.
One other girl’s Daschund gave delivery to a staggering 11 puppies within the new world report litter for a sausage canine.
And simply 4 months in the past, the world’s oldest girl born in 1900 celebrated her 123rd birthday and credited her lengthy life to a novel eating regimen.
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