sentence: Two men with bungee jump equipment on (belts and ropes) are standing on a platform high in the air. sentence:  One man is on the ledge getting ready to jump. sentence:  The second man stands slightly behind him, steadying him until he is ready to jump. sentence:  The man slides forward inch by inch until his toes are over the edge of the platform. sentence:  He raises his arms, nods his head, and pushes off the platform, the way a diver would jump off a diving board. sentence:  He falls, the rope attached still, a long down into a ravine, so far that is is hard to see him. sentence:  The rope snaps back just a little, then hangs still. sentence:  The rope has not bounced back up, and the man cannot be seen.