bungee

The padded handle keeps the grip comfortable, while the double ones attach with a 360-degree swivel and are made of bungee cord to offer some tension and pressure relief for active dogs.

Research has shown that they are likelier to be risk-takers—skydivers and bungee jumpers as opposed to skiers and polo players.

A bungee system straps down any sweat- or rain-soaked layers that need to air out.

My chair, which uses bungee cables as the back support and which I purchased at a steep discount from a Target in Florida, has served me well for close to a decade.

Even more luckily, that bungee cord was short enough to keep it from crashing.

Even a brief dive—a bungee jump, if you will—would be scary indeed.

Harvey: Things like bungee-jumping or skydiving scare me, but not because of the height.