Oh I'm sure this is perfectly safe.

[randomness]

But what language are they speaking? Something Slavic, I think.

(from http://kottke.org/10/12/do-it-yourself-bungee-jumping)

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[jtdiii.livejournal.com]

Extreme cold
Bungie operating in extreme cold
Dangling over a powerline
Bungie jumping over frozen ground
Sideways component to bungie jump
Bungie jump operated by amateurs


Yeah, safe is not exactly the word I would use. :)

[harajuku-blue-b.livejournal.com]

=what language are they speaking?=
Russian.

[frobzwiththingz.livejournal.com]

It's not bungee jumping. Here is another view of this setup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF-gYEG4lAU

From this you can see that it is actually just a *really* long rope swing, seemingly connected to a bridle strung between the two buildings. There's no reason why this could not be done in a reasonably safe manner. I can't tell from these videos if this is the case or not, but it *is* possible that this is not really as crazy as it looks.

[miss-chance.livejournal.com]

My first guess that it was not necessarily done in safe way was that one of the"pushers" almost slid off the roof himself.

[harajuku-blue-b.livejournal.com]

Here's more winter sports. From Magadan.
In the end the guy is caught by police
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXHmuBsD4qs

[digitalemur.livejournal.com]

Def. Russian. I understood "Ready?" and "One, two, THREE!"

And screaming is a common language among humans.

I really wonder what the stuff was that they were saying as they were getting ready. That was nuts.

[jendaviswilson.livejournal.com]

Holy crap I think I just lost a few days off my life. When she first went off and before I understood what exactly was going on, I seriously thought she was going to die and that you had just posted something awful.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Oops. Sorry about that.

I try not to post anything awful, at least not without warning.

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

I gasped, too...