Francois-Marie Dibon made 765 jumps in Pitlochry, Perthshire, easily beating the previous record of 430
A French man has set a new world record for the most bungee jumps in a 24-hour period.
Beginning his feat on Tuesday morning, Dibon surpassed the previous world record after just 12 hours of jumping, and after a 50-minute rest he continued to jump throughout the night before concluding on Wednesday morning.helped him to overcome his fear of heights,Each jump was from a 40-metre height, and was overseen by Highland Fling Bungee based in Killiecrankie, Pitlochry.judge who verified the record, said Dibon’s effort was “inspiring”.
He said: “I feel great, I feel very happy. I feel grateful for the team who have been surrounding me for the past 24 hours, who have brought me their energy that’s kept me going until the end.” He said: “It was our objective to go high, but not that high. We knew what we could do, but we never trained that much or for that long … but we had the mindset. So when we started yesterday, we didn’t ask ourselves any questions, we were just in the moment.”
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