In Reply to: 2 men died........ posted by Maggs on Monday, 14. February 2005 at 05:10 Bali Time:
With a bungy, you start high up and jump down and then start bouncing around.
With the slingshot, you start on the ground, fixed in place while the bungy cord is tightened. Then you are released and you shoot into the air (like a pebble in a slingshot).
Accidents tend to happen when the estimated weight is wrong, and the cord stretches too much on the way down, causing the earth to collide with your face.