By Spooky on October 24th, 2025 Category: Travel
A ropeless bungee jumping attraction from the world’s highest road bridge has been suspended before its inauguration after videos of safety tests sparked fear on social media.
After making news headlines as the world’s highest road bridge, the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge was again in the news recently, this time for a controversial attraction that challenged daredevils to jump from the bridge into a rainbow-colored net to avoid falling into the Beipan River 625 meters (2,051 feet) below. Footage of the safety staff dropping sandbags of various weights into the net as part of safety testing went viral on Chinese social networks earlier this month, causing concern among the general public.
As the name suggests, ropeless bungee jumping differs from traditional bungee jumping in that participants do not wear a safety rope and instead jump directly from a platform into a safety net below. The Huajiang Bridge offers various height options, ranging from 20 to 50 meters, allowing participants to choose their own height based on their personal preference and courage. The price is set at just over 1,600 yuan ($225), lower than the 3,000 yuan ($420) for standard bungee jumping.
Scheduled to open to the public this week, the installation was tested with 100 and 200-pound bags dropped from the platform, and although the net seemed to hold up pretty well, it still raised a lot of safety concerns. People commenting on social media asked what would happen if a person somehow missed the 160-square-meter net, or if it somehow broke under a person’s weight.
In response to the criticism, the company operating the controversial attraction explained that the net was designed with fixed corners to effectively absorb the impact of a fall, and then it descends to the bottom platform, ensuring the participant’s safe exit. That did little to appease the public, and according to Chinese news media, the inauguration of the ropeless bungee jumping installation has been delayed.