David Kirk’s RIP.

FLYING BANANA · 23rd October 2023, 07:47

David Kirke, the inventor of bungee jumping, has died at the age of 78, a friend of his family told The Independent.
The co-founder of the Dangerous Sports Club based in Oxford and London completed the sport’s first jump off the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol on April Fool’s Day in 1979 while grasping a bottle of champagne.
In a resurfaced 2019 interview, Mr Kirke told ITV News that he covered his face with a scarf so his mother wouldn’t recognise him in newspaper coverage of the stunt.
On his arrest for breaking local by-laws, Mr Kirke recalled: “They [police officers] let us off with a £50 fine.”

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planenut · 23rd October 2023, 22:21

I really expected this to be in the Humour section, so I shall refrain from adding that comment. It is always sad when anybody passes; oh blow it, he had a sense of humour............
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planenut Regional Secretary Rover 1.8T Tourer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Heathrow Posts: 6,968 Thanks: 1,551 Thanked 2,036 Times in 1,264 Posts	I really expected this to be in the Humour section, so I shall refrain from adding that comment. It is always sad when anybody passes; oh blow it, he had a sense of humour............ The interment will take place at 3p.m. 3.01p.m. and 3.03p.m., 3.05p.m..............