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THE GRAVITY GIVES PROJECT
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October 1, 2009
He did it! After setting himself a seemingly near-impossible goal earlier this year, forty-four year old Greg Nelson, Councillor for the Town of Milton, has successfully completed a record twelve jumps in one day from the 728-foot Verzasca
Dam in
Switzerland. The
feat,
accomplished on
September 26,
2009...
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September 29, 2009
Ian Robertson,
SUN MEDIA
Move over, James Bond.
A Milton councillor not only bungee-jumped off a 70-storey dam in Switzerland -- he did it 11 times more than the 007 British secret agent in the 1995 hit movie Goldeneye.
And with his goal of raising money for three local charities, Greg Nelson, 44, made no secret of his plan to pitch himself repeatedly from the 240-metre tall Verzasca Dam last Saturday.
Bruised, battered, exhausted -- but "exhilirated" -- Nelson said his first sight of one of the world's tallest dams "was beyond intimidating."
"It would fill four or five city blocks and it's over 70 storeys tall," he said yesterday.
"The sensations of that first jump were indescribable," said Nelson, who is to return to Canada tomorrow...
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August 5, 2009
Interview on
CHUM FM morning
show
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August 3, 2009
Ian Robertson,
SUN MEDIA
MILTON -- Town
Councillor Greg
Nelson is a
living example
of someone who
has survived the
ups and downs of
public life --
literally.
After a 12-year
hiatus, the
two-year
councillor
resumed
bungee-jumping
in May.
Instead of just
seeking thrills,
he threw himself
into the
globally popular
sport to raise
funds for local
charities
through his
Gravity Gives
project, which
boasts 800
members.
At 44, Nelson,
who manages a
Georgetown
automotive
services
business,
recruited a
trainer and a
naturopathic
doctor to test,
coach and
monitor his
progress.
Bungee-jumping
had its ups and
downs in the
1990s, including
a few
well-publicized
injuries and
several deaths,
which Nelson
attributes
mostly to poor
training and
equipment....
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Jul 29, 2009
Jim Wilkes
Staff Reporter
Greg Nelson is a rare politician indeed.
Tell him to take a flying leap and he'll
actually do it.
Fresh from setting a record by making 16
61-metre bungee jumps in one day at North
America's tallest commercial jump site in
Wakefield, Que., the Milton town councillor
has his sights set on an even higher record
in Switzerland.
He hopes to break the record of 11 jumps in
a day at the 220-metre Verzasca Dam in
September, all in aid of three Milton-area
charities....
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Friday, April 24,
2009
Matthew Coutts,
National Post
A Milton town
councillor plans to
launch himself off
the 220-metre
Verzasca Dam in
Switzerland a total
of eight times in
one day, to set a
bungee-jumping
record and raise
money for local
charities. On Sept.
26, Greg Nelson, who
runs an auto body
shop by day and acts
as a councillor for
the Halton Region
city by night, is
set to return to his
extreme pastime
after 12 years in
retirement. The
Post's Matthew
Coutts asks what
makes a middle-age
politician jump.
Q
You're described as
a
jack-of-many-trades.
Are you a town
councillor who
bungee jumps, or the
other way around?
A I think it's a town
councillor who bungee jumps. I haven't done
one in 12 years, So I'm a councillor that, I
think, people weren't aware that it was
something I do...
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May 22, 2009
Stephanie Hounsell, Canadian
Champion Staff
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… a Milton
politician throwing himself off a 220-metre
dam?
Yep, on September 26, Ward 2 Councillor Greg
Nelson will take the plunge, bungee jumping
off Switzerland’s Verzasca Dam — one of the
highest in the world — to raise money for
three local charities.
His goal? To break the record for most jumps
in one day at the dam; and until then, to
ensure word of his endeavour spreads like
wildfire to encourage financial support as
well as awareness for The Deck Milton youth
centre, Halton Women’s Place shelter and the
Halton Learning Foundation.
It’s called the Gravity Gives Project, and
this is certainly a side of Nelson with
which few Miltonians are familiar.
His is no small feat, to be sure. Nelson
will reach a speed of 140 km/h...
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MILTON TOWN COUNCILLOR TAKES
‘EXTREME’ LEAP FOR CHARITY
BY DAY…he’s a mild-mannered manager of an automotive
services business in Georgetown, Ontario.
BY EVENING…he’s a champion of taxpayers, local youth
groups and women’s shelters, as an elected Councillor
for the Town of Milton, Canada’s fastest growing
community...
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