AJ Hackett Sochi Skipark
AJ Hackett Sochi Skypark is a park for extreme sports, opened in 2014 in the Adler district on the way from Adler to Krasnaya Polyana.
The main attraction of the Skypark is the longest suspension pedestrian bridge in the world. Its length is almost 440 meters, and the bridge itself is suspended over the Akhshtyr gorge and is located at an altitude of 207 meters. Entrepreneur Dmitry Fedin started thinking about organizing a similar park in Sochi after visiting New Zealand in 2001, where he bungee jumped for the first time. Much later, he invited a company headed by Alan Hackett, who had already built such parks around the world, to build an adventure park. In total, almost 4 million jumps have been made from the attractions opened by AJ Hackett.
Bungee jumping equipment is located on the suspension bridge. The Skybridge Bridge weighs 120 tons, and this enormous weight is supported by 8 ropes, each of which can hold 360 tons. The bridge was designed so that it could withstand a magnitude 10 earthquake. According to calculations, 3,000 people can easily stay on the bridge. After climbing the bridge, you can see the brave men jumping down on the cable. It also offers magnificent views of the Caucasus Mountains. The slopes of the gorge are covered with rare Colchian boxwood, rhododendron, jasmine and other beautiful plants.
There are several attractions in the Skypark. At the Sochiswing attraction, the visitor is seated in a chair and released. After that, the chair moves like a pendulum along a radius of 170 meters. Fans of high speeds can visit Megatroll, where you can cross a 700-meter-long gorge at a speed of 120 km/h. If desired, you can take friends with you, because 3 people can roll down at the same time. Those who are afraid to jump from 207 meters can go to an attraction with a height of 69 meters. Even people with disabilities can jump here, because the playground is designed so that you can jump even with a wheelchair. After jumping, you can go down and visit the climbing wall, the Mowgli Rope Park, and go with the whole family along the Via Ferrate trail to the Liana Cave.
The Skypark has a strict safety system: the rope for jumping is changed after it generates a third of its resource, before jumping, the load weighing 75 and 105 kg is first dropped. Also, before jumping, the second instructor re-checks the fastenings.
