Full Definition of SENSATION. 1. a: a mental process (as seeing, hearing, or smelling) resulting from the immediate external stimulation of a sense organ often as distinguished from a conscious awareness of the sensory process â compare perception b: awareness (as of heat or pain) due to stimulation of a sense organ.
Making the world better, one answer at a time. The first modern bungee jumps took place on April 1st, 1979. They were done from the 250-foot Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, by members of the Oxford University Dangerous Sports Club. 1 person found this useful.
It was a rainy day when paraplegic Riley Martin went over the edge. Bungee jumping may be one of the scariest of extreme sports. It takes nerves of steel to launch oneself off a bridge, cliff side, or other high platform with nothing but a rubber band to keep the jumper from a fairly messy death.What one really never expects to see, though, is a man in a wheelchair engage in the activityâwheelchair and all.College student Riley Martin has done just that to raise disability awareness. Riley, 21, is a business student at Okanagan College in British Columbia.riginally bungee jumping was just something Riley wanted to do, âto cross off the list,â but now he says he may be willing to do it again. âIt was a good feeling that I was still able to do it, just the same as able-bodied people,â he said.