extreme sports on holiday

Why would you go to a foriegn country and do extreme activities like paragliding etc. They don't have H&S anybody can set them up. i would never ever forgive my partner/friend/family if they went up and did something like that and the harness snapped cause its not looked after. Don't do these!!!!!

I agree. Isn't worth getting seriously hurt, just for a bit of a thrill.

I aint keen on all that anyway! Me likes my feet firmly on the ground

I must admit, I did paragliding in Turkey, probably not the cleverist idea I've ever had but luckily I lived to tell the tale!

The older I get the more cautious I'm becoming!!

Haha I'd do it but that's just me

if i was with you i woudlnt let you, its just reckless! im all for having fun and a thrill, but do it safely not in some backward beach with a guy wearing flipflops

Yer you wouldn't stop me either I've done worse things so am not bothered

it would be the poor people left behind askin why did i let them do that

Well that's one person then.

Tbh I have done them before but only from main beaches I'm to lazy to find them in the back of beyond those ones I wouldn't use

I agree Hayley the OH did a bungee jump on hols many years ago, he would do it now though

Omg bungee jumping would be my worst nightmare. If someone wanted to kill me and ale it look like an accident they just need to bungee jump me lol

i've done one of those weird bungees where it's attached to your waist so like a big swing then jump form a bridge! was amazing!

Sazzle wrote:I must admit, I did paragliding in Turkey, probably not the cleverist idea I've ever had but luckily I lived to tell the tale!

Drunk?

ella wrote:i've done one of those weird bungees where it's attached to your waist so like a big swing then jump form a bridge! was amazing!

Noooooo!!

twos AWESOME!!!!!!!!

Yeah stuff like that don't bother me. I work in the building industry and TBH H&S has kind of lost it effect after having to work in the middle of a field in the middle of nowhere with steal toe capped boots, gloves, high viz, ear protectors, hard hat, dust mask and goggles

On holiday I don't see the problem with it, just have to make sure it isn't dodgy. Jumping out of a helicopter looks fun

Hayley wrote:Omg bungee jumping would be my worst nightmare. If someone wanted to kill me and ale it look like an accident they just need to bungee jump me lol

It was one were they strapped his feet to the floor & stretched the bungee from a crane then released it and he flew into the air

Caryll wrote:

Sazzle wrote:I must admit, I did paragliding in Turkey, probably not the cleverist idea I've ever had but luckily I lived to tell the tale!

Drunk?

For once no!!

Was sooo scary, nearly**** my pants!!

Sazzle wrote:Was sooo scary, nearly**** my pants!!

There would have been no 'nearly' for me!

I would enjoy it. But any time I've ever been on holiday, or on a beach, or generally off work I'm too drunk to do much else except lay down

Well I will be in training to be 1 of the company H&S advisors soon

Many years ago as an apprentice I got accosted by our H&S officer who shouted up to me as I was standing on my tiptoes on the edge of a safety box , on top of a forklift truck reaching out to change a light fitting in our factory with no safety harness on , what did he ask me to do ??? Put on my safety glasses

A week later on Summer shutdown , 1 of the lads fell through a suspended ceiling breaking his leg on the way down and knocking himself out on a filing cabinet ................it was the Safety officer's office

I skydive and the weather is much better abroad so I tend to go to jump there (mostly Spain but also been to Dubai, Czech Republic, USA and Nicaragua), as anything do a bit of research before you go and have the insurance that covers re-patriation but then looking at some of these what happens in Kavos shows you would be much more at risk there!