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Which adventure sport, in which a person jumps from a tall structure while attached to an elastic cord, was first commercialised at the Kawarau Bridge near Queenstown in 1988?

AJ Hackett and Henry van Asch launched the world's first commercial bungee operation at the 43-metre Kawarau Bridge, which has since become a rite of passage for visitors and put Queenstown on the map as an adventure tourism capital.

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