physics of bungee jumping

Bungee jumping is a thrilling experience that not many choose to do in their lifetime. 
In the first phase of bungee jumping, when the bungee jumper falls down,  the bungee rope is still slack. In instructional material this phase is often considered a free-fall, but when the mass of the bungee rope is taken into account, the bungee jumper reaches acceleration greater than g. The bungee jumper jumps off a tall height such as a crane or a bridge and then falls vertically downward until the elastic bungee cord slows his descent to a stop, before pulling him back up. The jumper then oscillates up and down until all the energy is dissipated. In this whole process many forces are in progress. the weight of the person and the height that the person is jumping off of have to be taken into account, along with many other things to truly understand how bungee jumping works. 

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