The Joburg2Kili team have made it to Livingstone in Zambia where we are now spending two rest days to allow us to take advantage of all the great activities on offer in the area.
Whilst enjoying our rest day yesterday, the two cyclists, Derrick Fourie and Gareth Pickering, decided to take on a seemingly impossible challenge to bungee jump off the Victoria Falls Bridge with their Qhubeka Buffalo Bicycles. Thanks so much to Shearwater Bungee for helping to make history! As far as we know they are the first people to ever bungee jump off a bridge on a single-speed, rigid, 20+kg bicycle! Check out these two videos of how it all went down:
Both Warrick Kernes (cyclist) & the team mascot Barney and Bobby Fuller (support crew member) also bungee jumped but with no bicycles.
Charlotte Armstrong
18th Aug 2016 at 3:27 pmWell I have now seen it all. Gosh what an adrenaline rush that must have been. Gee Gareth and Derric you have tremendous guts – well done and congrats on making history. Also congrats to Warrick and Bobby – hope it fulfilled a dream come true.
Bernice vd Westhuizen
18th Aug 2016 at 4:13 pmYou guys are nuts! Have fun!
Mark D
18th Aug 2016 at 8:19 pmPickers you are nuts boet. Good work chom
Goodbye Botswana and Hello to an adventurous, action-packed 3 days in Livingstone, Zambia – Joburg2Kili
21st Aug 2016 at 7:55 pm[…] As Warrick works in the action sports industry he has good working relationships with a lot of the action-sport companies in Livingstone. One of Warrick’s colleagues is Tony Barnett who a few months back suggested that he would be able to arrange for the team to bungee jump with a Qhubeka bicycle whilst in Livingstone. Both Derrick and Gareth decided they wanted to take on the challenge and they made history by being the first ever to jump off the Victoria Falls Bridge with a single-speed, 20+kg bicycle! Thanks to Shearwater Bungee for helping make their bungee cycle successful. Bobby as well as Warrick and the team mascot, Barney, also bungee jumped but with no bicycles. To read more about it and to view the video click here. […]