Woman, 21, dies after being thrown from Brazil rope jump bridge without harness
The skeleton bridge in Ponte do Esqueleto, Brazil. Photograph: Google MapsView image in fullscreenThe skeleton bridge in Ponte do Esqueleto, Brazil. The instructors are wearing harnesses that appear to be attached to a security rope.Rope jumping is an extreme sport that differs from bungee jumping in the type of cord used and the resulting motion of the fall.
- ▪The skeleton bridge in Ponte do Esqueleto, Brazil.
- ▪Photograph: Google MapsView image in fullscreenThe skeleton bridge in Ponte do Esqueleto, Brazil.
- ▪The instructors are wearing harnesses that appear to be attached to a security rope.Rope jumping is an extreme sport that differs from bungee jumping in the type of cord used and the resulting motion of the fall.
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- ▪ Woman dies in rope jump fall in Brazil — ABC News (Australia)
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The skeleton bridge in Ponte do Esqueleto, Brazil. Photograph: Google MapsView image in fullscreenThe skeleton bridge in Ponte do Esqueleto, Brazil. Photograph: Google MapsBrazilWoman, 21, dies after being thrown from Brazil rope jump bridge without harnessInstructors hurled Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas into 40-metre abyss without attaching safety equipmentAssociated Press in São Paulo Mon 15 Jun 2026 10.07 EDTLast modified on Mon 15 Jun 2026 10.38 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleA 21-year-old woman who died when two rope jumping instructors threw her from a bridge without first harnessing her to security equipment, has been buried in Brazil’s São Paulo state.Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas was rope jumping on Saturday at Ponte do Esqueleto, an abandoned bridge in the…
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