Fourteen years of jumping off bridges

Published 05 June 2025.

A milestone for the ultimate leap of faith!

 

Heartland Media and PR clients, Highland Fling Bungee, founded the first UK permanent bungee jump in Highland Perthshire

Fourteen years ago, the UK’s first permanent bridge bungee jump came into being, in Highland Perthshire.

 

They said it couldn’t be done…it was, by Highland Fling Bungee. And it's still attracting adrenaline junkies today - from all over the world. 

Heartland Media and PR covered the launch of the UK's first permanent Bungee Jump platform, in Perthshire

lowering the platform ahead of installation

 

Nearly a decade and a half on from the day Dundee band, The View (top pic) took the first 40m jump at Garry Bridge, Killicrankie, octogenarians, superheroes, brides, grooms, politicians, kilted pipers, bikers and people with myriad props have hurled themselves into the abyss at 50mph – for pleasure, for charity or just to say they could!

 

There have been additions to the adventure, along the way, too.

 

The mighty Bungee swing - Highland Swing - and the Killiecrankie Zip Park or ‘Killie Zip’ and there’s more to come… (watch this space).

 

World attention

 

Heartland Media and PR provided the PR contract for Francois-Marie Dibon's successful world bungee jump record in Perthshire

And, of course, global recognition - from New York Post and Le Parisien to Polish News and United News of India.

 

Highland Fling officially hosted the successful Bungee Jump World Record, achieved by Frenchman, Francois-Marie Dibon, for 765 jumps in 24 hours – all expertly facilitated by the Highland Fling crew.

 

From Highland Perthshire to the planet!

 

Find out more about Highland Fling Bungee's journey, here: https://www.bungeejumpscotland.co.uk

 

*Heartland Media and PR is proud to have been with the team every step of the way, as PR partners, from the moment Kyle Falconer plummeted towards the River Garry, to the record breaking jump, to now.