Bungy Jumping At The River Nile
ONE hundred fun-seeking expartriates and tourists launched the first ever adventure race at the Nile High Bungy Jumping site along the River Nile recently.
By Jude Etyang
ONE hundred fun-seeking expartriates and tourists launched the first ever adventure race at the Nile High Bungy Jumping site along the River Nile recently.
Adventure races are common in the western world and include informal sporting activities most Ugandans have only seen on TV, where people of varying age groups and sexes are involved different in kinds of races.
The race code-named the Adrift Adventure Race for the Rhino, was organised to raise money for the Rhino Fund. After the ride, the teams got into the Nile to swim and to peddle away on a stretch of over 10 kilometres. The simplest stage of the race seemed to be a 100-metre high wooden wall, which the participants had to climb. The highlight of the adventure though was the 400-metre high bungy jump.
The Nile High team comprising officials from the Bungy Jumping Company won the race for the obvious reason that they were more experienced than all the other teams.
And it is no wonder that Cam McLeay, the leader of the team, had to pay a fine of sh100,000 for having advantage over other teams. Other members of the Nile High team were Joe Hudson, Shaun Ferris and Jan O’leary.
Paul Mare, Country Manager Eskom Uganda (formerly managing director of the Uganda Electricity Board), blacked out on the track, but he continued with the run after regaining consciousness.
During the prize giving ceremony, Mare was given the “most determined finisher†award, but was also fined sh20,000 for blacking out yet he was in charge of electrical power in Uganda.
In another mishaps a lady participant collapsed during the peddling stage while another fell off her bike and hurt her jaw. Bob Saunders, a 63-year old American NGO worker, who was part of the 49ERS team was recognised for being the oldest in the race.
The US Marines team, who were the favourites in the race because of their youthfulness, ended in seventh place due to flouting some of the rules. They caused a lot of excitement when they rowed past all other teams only to wander off the competition route.
The prizes won by various people included; rafting pakages from Adrift Uganda, bungy jumping vouchers, drinks at Just Kicking Sports bar, free accomodation at Mweya Safari Lodge and Gately on the Nile.
The basic rules were that each team had to have three of one sex and the fourth of a different sex. Charlie Case, the owner of Just Kicking Sports bar, was recognised for having joined the only team with three women.
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ONE hundred fun-seeking expartriates and tourists launched the first ever adventure race at the Nile High Bungy Jumping site along the River Nile recently.
Adventure races are common in the western world and include informal sporting activities most Ugandans have only seen on TV, where people of varying age groups and sexes are involved different in kinds of races.
The race code-named the Adrift Adventure Race for the Rhino, was organised to raise money for the Rhino Fund. After the ride, the teams got into the Nile to swim and to peddle away on a stretch of over 10 kilometres. The simplest stage of the race seemed to be a 100-metre high wooden wall, which the participants had to climb. The highlight of the adventure though was the 400-metre high bungy jump.
The Nile High team comprising officials from the Bungy Jumping Company won the race for the obvious reason that they were more experienced than all the other teams.
And it is no wonder that Cam McLeay, the leader of the team, had to pay a fine of sh100,000 for having advantage over other teams. Other members of the Nile High team were Joe Hudson, Shaun Ferris and Jan O’leary.
Paul Mare, Country Manager Eskom Uganda (formerly managing director of the Uganda Electricity Board), blacked out on the track, but he continued with the run after regaining consciousness.
During the prize giving ceremony, Mare was given the “most determined finisher†award, but was also fined sh20,000 for blacking out yet he was in charge of electrical power in Uganda.
In another mishaps a lady participant collapsed during the peddling stage while another fell off her bike and hurt her jaw. Bob Saunders, a 63-year old American NGO worker, who was part of the 49ERS team was recognised for being the oldest in the race.
The US Marines team, who were the favourites in the race because of their youthfulness, ended in seventh place due to flouting some of the rules. They caused a lot of excitement when they rowed past all other teams only to wander off the competition route.
The prizes won by various people included; rafting pakages from Adrift Uganda, bungy jumping vouchers, drinks at Just Kicking Sports bar, free accomodation at Mweya Safari Lodge and Gately on the Nile.
The basic rules were that each team had to have three of one sex and the fourth of a different sex. Charlie Case, the owner of Just Kicking Sports bar, was recognised for having joined the only team with three women.
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