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The Dangerous Sports Club was a group of adventurers and extreme sports pioneers based in Oxford and London, England. They were active from the late 1970s for about ten years, during which they developed modern bungee jumping and experimented with a variety of other innovative sporting activities.[1][2]

  1. ^ Lyster, Martin (1997). The Strange Adventures of the Dangerous Sports Club. London: The Do-Not Press. ISBN 1-899344-28-4.
  2. ^ Martin, Brett (5 August 2013). "The Muddled Legacy of Oxford University's Dangerous Sports Club". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 28 February 2016.

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