Forget Planking this is CALCULATED RISK.

THESE terrifying images expose a new death-defying craze on Sydney's Harbour as a group of adrenalin junkies swing from a jagged rock-face 83m from the ground.

Using an elasticised rope, the daredevils risk their lives in search of the ultimate thrill.

With military-like precision, the men rig a 20m-long bungee swing to a rocky cliff quite aptly named The Fear, before they freefall and slingshot into space.

"It's amazing . . . your body feels so alive," one of the jumpers told The Sunday Telegraph. "We know exactly what we are doing. It's a calculated risk."

Admitting it is highly dangerous, the jumper said his "gang" of high-rise window cleaners are experienced rock climbers and abseilers.

But the National Parks and Wildlife Service called the rock swingers irresponsible, branding their sky-high activity "dangerous and illegal".

"We intend to inspect the location and conduct an immediate investigation," a spokesman said.

But the daredevil jumper, who refused to be named, defied the dangers.

"I work with the equipment every day of the week so I know the weight it can hold," the jumper said. "We know exactly what we are doing - it's a calculated risk. I definitely don't encourage people without that level of experience to be giving this a go. Rock climbing is illegal there, but we're not rock climbing."

The group scale safety fences before setting up the elaborate bungee swing at North Head, Manly. Wearing climbing harnesses and secured to three ring bolts embedded in the cliff top, the thrillseekers let their lives hang by a rope after a three-second freefall from the rocky overhang. The extreme jumpers use a 20m elasticised rope to withstand the weight of the fall and after reaching the lowest point, slingshot out over the water like a makeshift bungee jump.

While the daredevil dangles over the rockface, a static line is then thrown to him. Hanging halfway up the cliff, he transfers his harness to the secondary rope and abseils to the boulder-strewn ground.

But the dangerous antics don't stop there - the thrillseekers must then scale up a rickety fisherman's ladder to get back up to the top.


SourCe

So they just sling shot themselves into the air? Cr4azy

GangusKahn wrote:So they just sling shot themselves into the air? Cr4azy

welcome to the world of idiots.