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| Galle Fort Jumpers |
Galle Fort jumpers started their exhibition stunts around the 1920s, the world’s equivalent to bungee jumping but only a lot more daring, mainly because once they jump there is no pulling back. There are deadly rocks underwater which cuts fine a near death experience. It needs more than courage, luck and bravado to do this. You need to do some mental calculations and a whole lot of training. The jump off happens on the Fort Ramparts on the top of Flag Rock Bastion located between Triton and Utrecht Bastions.
The amazing part about James Bond style Fort Jumping is that even on days of extreme weather with windy and stormy atmosphere, the youth dive into just a three to four feet of shallow waters in some places, miraculously missing the hidden rocks immediately below. A certain Jumper, a superman of sorts, has been at it for over a decade pushing limits of extreme adventure to earn his rice n curry. For these professional jumpers from the village backwoods, it’s all about having loads of experience in these climates, waters, terrains and heights that matter, more than mere ego and guts.
The jumpers hang out there from 9am to 6pm yet the late afternoon is best, to watch and capture the moment when light is just right. You will be on edge experiencing it live, capturing this death defying, adrenaline pushing moment in time when they leap off the edge.
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