THE DANGEROUS SPORTS CLUB
Jumping off bridges attached to untested elastic and crossing the English Channel in a helium-filled kangaroo were all in a day's work for Oxford University's D.S.C.
The printed invitations had already been posted, so there could be no chickening out. April Fool’s Day, 1979; Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol. Bungee jumping at dawn. Morning dress. Forty-five years ago, a group of Oxford University post-graduates were about to make history. Calling themselves the Dangerous Sports Club, they had prepared with a night of partying and assembled atop the bridge well past the prescribed hour. They were about to invent bungee jumping. It had never been done before. The first student to take the plunge had a scarf over his bearded face and was clutching a…
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