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Naked bungee jumpers battle stigma, create community

Naked bungee jumpers battle stigma, create community

by Sarah Hughes | Mar 6, 2014 | Campus, News

Nigel Horspool just turned 65, and he’s bungee jumping for the first time in his life—nude. Horspool, a UVic computer science professor, will don his birthday suit in the name of mental illness on March 8. This marks the day of the eighth annual Naked Bungy Jump event...

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