French man breaks world record of bungee jumps in 24 hours

A French man set a new world record for the number of bungee jumps made within a period of 24 hours in Scotland.

Francois-Marie Dibon — who shattered the previous record of 430 jumps with a whopping 765 — started his endeavor on Tuesday morning and continued through Wednesday, reports The Guardian.

“I feel great, I feel very happy. I feel grateful for the team who have been surrounding me for the past 24 hours, who have brought me their energy that’s kept me going until the end,” Dibon said after completing the jump.

The previous world record was established in 2017 by New Zealander Mike Heard.

Dibon, 44, stated he felt “lucky and blessed” to have completed his objective in less than 12 hours and with only 50 minutes of rest. He also said that he would have never accomplished it without the Highland Fling Bungee team.

“It was our objective to go high, but not that high. We knew what we could do, but we never trained that much or for that long,” Dibon said.

“But we had the mindset. So when we started yesterday, we didn’t ask ourselves any questions, we were just in the moment.”

Dibon said that he chose Scotland as the place to shatter the world record due to his love of the country and its people. He also spoke about he used bungee jumping to overcome his fear of heights.

According to the Highland team, each jump was done 131 feet in the air and during all types of weather.

“I think it was the rain [that was the hardest part] – it was quite cold, but that was expected of course,” Dibon recalls.

“But apart from that, nothing really was tough. Everything went well, we were really lucky.”

Guinness World Record judge Joanne Brent called his efforts “inspiring.”

Dibon says that after the win, he plans on resting and giving his body a ton of rest.