"Tombstoning" has claimed the lives of at least 12 people in the UK
source: http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,28318,25988058-5014090,00.html
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AN adrenalin craze where people jump from cliffs or high objects into the sea has been condemned by UK emergency services.
"Tombstoning" has claimed the lives of at least 12 people in the UK in the past few years, while in 2005 Sydney bodyboarder Harry Dixon broke his legs while tombstoning in west Cornwall.
The Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI) is urging people to boycott the legal sport and is promoting a summer campaign warning of the dangers of tombstoning.
"It's called tombstoning for a reason – get it wrong and you end up with a tombstone," Ray Barton, from the RNLI, told the BBC.
But the sport could receive more followers after fans recently posted a YouTube video boasting their "Tombstone tour of Scotland" – complete with maps and jump sites.
"Tombstoning" has claimed the lives of at least 12 people in the UK in the past few years, while in 2005 Sydney bodyboarder Harry Dixon broke his legs while tombstoning in west Cornwall.
The Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI) is urging people to boycott the legal sport and is promoting a summer campaign warning of the dangers of tombstoning.
"It's called tombstoning for a reason – get it wrong and you end up with a tombstone," Ray Barton, from the RNLI, told the BBC.
But the sport could receive more followers after fans recently posted a YouTube video boasting their "Tombstone tour of Scotland" – complete with maps and jump sites.
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