A pioneer of the Dangerous Sports Club at Oxford University, he jumped off Clifton Suspension Bridge in 1979
The man who performed the world’s first ever modern-day bungee jump, while wearing a top hat and tails and holding a bottle of champagne, has died aged 78.
Kirke was inspired to carry out the bungee jump by the land-diving ritual carried out on Vanuatu in the South Pacific.Photograph: ITV News After the stunt in 1979, which led to bungee jumping from the suspension bridge being banned under bylaws, the Dangerous Sports Club spread the concept globally by carrying out jumps from structures including the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and the Royal Gorge Suspension Bridge in Colorado. By 1982, the club members were jumping from mobile cranes and hot air balloons.
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