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Harvard's divers didn't perform up to pre-season expectations, but still managed to dominate both the 1-meter and 3-meter events against the overmatched Lions and Midshipmen.
The Crimson divers were able to pick up 23 out of 38 possible points against Navy, while Harvard amassed 30 points against Columbia.
Once known only to a handful of sky divers, mountain climbers and other daredevils, bungee jumping -- the origin of the name is unknown -- has spawned dozens of clubs in recent months. One of the first, Bungee Adventures in California, has already sent 8,000 thrill seekers over the edge. Although...
Bungee jumping is based on an age-old ritual practiced by the "land divers" of Pentecost Island in the South Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu. Every spring villagers there collect liana vines and wind them into long cords. Young men then scale high wooden towers, lash the vines around their ankles...
The modern-day craze had its origins in 1979, when members of Oxford University's Dangerous Sports Club, having read about the land divers, put on tuxedoes and top hats and dropped from the Golden Gate Bridge. Among early devotees were two brothers, John and Peter Kockelman of Palo Alto...