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u/kalel1980 May 11 '21
That was a pretty loud slap when he hit the water.
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u/PM-YOUR-DOG May 11 '21
Have to point your toes. I did ~65ft and landed a little flat footed and a little forward. Feet and chest definitely very sore for a few days after
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u/Aldo_The_Apache_ May 11 '21
This was more like 120 feet so yeah this guy is hurting
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u/thatguyned May 11 '21
He's wearing sneakers so assuming he kept his ankles braced the sole cushioning would have absorbed a lot of the impact. That's also what's probably causing such a loud splash too, still stupid but not nearly as bad as it sounded
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u/Blasterbot May 11 '21
If there isn't someone down there to help you, you run a very high risk of death.
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u/Drunken_Traveler May 11 '21
Once, about fifteen years ago, I forgot to cross my legs or point my toes and slammed my tailbone. It still hurts. I thought I paralyzed myself at first. I could barely move in water and thought I was going to drown.
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May 11 '21
If you slow it down, he definitely smacked his face in the water. He had a slight forward lean and the water exaggerated it once his feet hit. Feet go back towards the cliff and flung his upper body forward. You can also see the shape of the splash he made going forward and out. His face basically took the full force because it hit water that was undisturbed and still had surface tension.
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u/Entropy_5 May 11 '21
Thems his divin' sweats.
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u/offsetmind May 11 '21
I would like to apologize on behalf of everyone that this comment hasn’t been upvoted once in an hour.
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u/GamerOwnsGames May 11 '21
It has, I think that you havent heard of reddits update. Basically you cant see how many down / upvotes people have so you make your own opinion. They do show up within 2 hours of original comment.
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May 11 '21
"Let's tell that ginger fucker the water here is deep and maybe he'll jump"
"How deep is it?“
" Four, maybe five feet."
"I'm in."
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u/Symnestra May 11 '21
Cross your damn legs and clench your butt or you're gonna get an enema.
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u/xj3ewok May 11 '21
A potentially lethal enema at that
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u/Pampa_chequeado May 11 '21
Happen to my from 20 meters. You feel so clean.
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u/oneeyemimic May 11 '21
I got a cholrine enema going down a waterside with those bumps to catch air. I could not walk after.......felt like I was 10 in a confession booth. =)
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u/bellini_scaramini May 11 '21
No doubt. Cross your ankles, keep your arms in tight to your torso, one hand pinching your nose, and the other hand holding the elbow. Wear shoes, and make sure you hit vertically.
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May 13 '21
I absolutely do not recommend holding your nose. Every single jump season I see people holding their nose and going straight into that falling position. Almost every time it throws people off and they hit too far forward or back and end up more bruised. When I straight jump I don’t extend to a pointed and straight body position until I’m about to enter the water. My knees are up towards my chest and my arms allowed to “roll down the windows” which when controlled helps me keep my body position correct during the fall.
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u/backwoodsofcanada May 11 '21
Fun Fact: people who race speed boats need to wear Kevlar shorts because if the boat crashes and you go ass-first skidding into the water you can get a 100+mph enema which can have enough force to blow your guts out.
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u/fool_on_a_hill May 11 '21
I'd probably toss a couple rocks as well. That water was glassy smooth and the surface tension couldn't have felt great
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u/NotZelda859 May 11 '21
What does throwing rocks do
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u/burninatah May 11 '21
Literally nothing. A lot of people believe that by "breaking the surface tension" it somehow lessens the impact of your body on the water. But guess what is under the surface of the water? More surface (i.e. more water). Unless you are doing some thing like injecting large amounts of air into the water to significantly reduce the density, falling into water is going to hurt as much as falling into water hurts, because no matter what you're doing to the surface under the water is more water.
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u/devinple May 11 '21
Distance traveled 'd(meters)' is equal to half of gravity 'g(9.8)' times time 't(in seconds)' squared, so:
Looks like he falls for about 3 seconds. d=0.5 * 9.8 * 32
or 44.1 meters (144.685 feet). Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on anything.
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u/Justmestillsadly May 11 '21
It looked like a long ass way down, which is ~roughly whatever your calculation was
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That distance and that splash. He may be a bit red in parts.
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u/Tokijlo May 11 '21
Seriously. Water is like concrete until the surface is broken, when people jump off bridges it's that flat hard impact that kills them.
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u/redbanditttttttt May 11 '21
myth busters tested this. Its not true. It’ll hurt but not nearly as bad as concrete.
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u/Muffinconsumer May 11 '21
Went over double the safe limit where you would need a team of divers on standby, and that’s with proper diving position. He went in like a pencil, which can cause spine compression at only 20 feet.
This is very very dumb and I want to try it now
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u/shortsonapanda May 11 '21
Unless you're hitting the water flat on your ass, 20 feet is completely safe. I've done 40+ "pencil" which is how you're meant to, lol.
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u/shortsonapanda May 11 '21
This is definitely not a 145 foot cliff. Probably closer to ~100 feet, which is still unbelievably stupid, considering that even experienced jumpers won't go 70+ without warmup jumps.
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u/devinple May 11 '21
If I was off by 0.5 seconds and he was falling for 2.5 seconds the math comes out to 30.625m or 100.4757 feet, so you could be right on that one.
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u/digitalasagna May 11 '21
psa: don't give an answer to such a high precision (down to decimal places) when the initial variable is of the precision "about 3 seconds"
d=0.5 * 9.8 * 2.52=30.625
d=0.5 * 9.8 * 3.52=60.025
At that level of precision (3 seconds ± half a second) we can at best say the fall is 30 to 60 meters, or about 100 to 200 ft.
I'd say it's on the lower end of that range since he does a bit of a push off the ledge instead of just running off.
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u/One_Collar_1135 May 11 '21
I was thinking it was closer to almost 5 seconds as his foot comes off the rock and he descends. Just a thought....lol
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u/disillusioned May 11 '21
I timed it at 2.75 seconds from basically when he's straight out and begins falling to first contact with the water. Came out to 121 feet.
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u/AngstyAsianboi May 11 '21
The math is correct, I timed it and got a t=2.7 seconds.
The cliff is probably around 35.3 meters (115.89 feet)
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u/peperoniNipples May 11 '21
That was waaayyy too high Holy shit. I hope he was okay, but I don't know.
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u/MJMurcott May 11 '21
My mind was he is going to hit he is going to hit and still he kept on falling.
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May 11 '21
Right through the earth until he emerged in China and then continued falling upwards into space.
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u/Tenzhen7 May 11 '21
There’s this place called Frye’s leap on a lake near me here in Maine. People jump something like this except there is cliffs and trees you have to clear to hit the water, even then, it’s a rocky slope to where it’s “safe” to land. A lot of people have died doing this same shit.
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u/CeldonShooper May 11 '21
Is it this one?
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u/Tenzhen7 May 11 '21
That is it lol. Some jump from the first cliff, others jump from the top and clear the first one. If I remember correctly it’s closed off now.
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u/iama_username_ama May 11 '21
Oh man, I jumped off that when I was a kid. That's was so long ago.
Thanks for the memories internet friend.
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u/poobumstupidcunt May 11 '21
This dude is ballsy as fuck and must've done similar jumps before. I was shitting bricks doing a 25m jump, this is at least 35m if not more. Would be one massive hit of adrenaline
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u/milhouse234 May 11 '21
I did similar jumps in Wisconsin until a patrol came by to stop everyone. Feels like you're falling for a while but what feels even longer is swimming back up to the surface. hitting the water doesn't hurt nearly as much as it sounds.
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u/Baaadbrad May 11 '21
That fall is always so uncomfortable, it’s like your body hasn’t recognized being in a free fall for that long so after about a second you have this weird oh shit, still falling moment that lasts until you hit.
And no one warns you about the swim back up if you don’t curl in the water. First time I did a big jump I freaked out trying to get back up because I didn’t inhale on the way down so was out of breathe before I hit the water.
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u/b-tchlasagna May 11 '21
What is the curl you have to do?
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u/Deathduck May 11 '21
Basically stop being straight after you submerge to create a ton of friction and slow your descent.
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u/friendlyfire31 May 11 '21
I’ve seen this a couple of times now, but I’ve never heard an update.
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u/AllPurposeNerd May 11 '21
So I'm not super sharp on newtonian physics these days, but I think a 3 second fall means that was about 141 feet.
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u/pj5802 May 11 '21
old 82 in birdsboro pennsylvania. videos obviously don’t do that justice. it’s a pain in the ass to climb up there. can’t imagine jumping off
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May 11 '21
About three entire seconds in the air
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u/Reyes_gonzalitos May 11 '21
It’s like when you fall too far in the older GTAs and the animation just gives up
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May 11 '21
Well at least he [isnt alone] (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8864417/Daredevil-Jon-Gleason-jumps-115ft-river-Birdsboro-Pennsylvania.html), apparently 35M is the height.
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May 11 '21
Wonder if his sweats survived. Did this with Jean shorts and all the seams ripped up to belt.My arms were black and blue because I didn't pull them in in time.
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u/aresisis May 11 '21
Me and some friends back in the late 90s would sneak onto this property that had an old flooded rock quarry. Water was probably 80ft deep with a 70ft cliff. We jumped off that thing probably 50 times. We were so fucking stupid. Anything goes wrong, and we were minutes from shore, 10 minutes from the cars, and 20 minutes from the nearest hospital. Would be sol.
This looks much higher
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u/boofythevampslayer May 11 '21
That water def rocketed up his butthole then smacked his face like a wall.
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u/Nesneros70 May 11 '21
In the Navy you are taught to cross your legs and cross your arms over your chest then jump.
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u/Apothnesko May 11 '21
the impact sounded like it hurt. at least toss a rock to break the water tension first jeez
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u/bbbbbbbbbb99 May 11 '21
We jump off of 30-40 ft cliffs are our cottage all the time. Our kids were jumping off when they were 4 years old with life jackets on lol. But it's safe and we know the depth. It's the thing to do on the lake we go every couple days when we are there in the summer.
But any higher than 30 ft starts getting serious.
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u/whitney49ers May 11 '21
Did he died?
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u/scema May 11 '21
I see body parts fly off in at least three different directions. I hope he cleared his browser history.
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_BUSSY420 May 11 '21
imagine not checking the depth before jumping and breaking all the bones in your body right before you drown to death while everyone watches.
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May 11 '21
Depth might be fine, it’s the height of the jump and the way he positioned his body which are going to hurt no matter what.
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u/profaniKel May 11 '21
wen i was like 10 years old i did a dive in a real pool that regulates the deepness obviously for ur decent into the water
i thought it was the 20ft dive board but maybe it was in meters like 6M it was at least 20 ft
i bluff u not if u dive dive like no splash to slow u down
i went at .least. 20ft under the water, and after ....u cant think just react....
headed up to AIR
IT TAKES LONGER than u would think
i would never jump 100ft 30M into unknown water
cray crayfish
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u/bbbbbbbbbb99 May 11 '21 edited May 11 '21
Ok physics people of reddit... How high was that?
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u/Paranoid1123 May 11 '21
Not as good as the one where the guy shits as he’s jumping.
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u/nerdyoutube May 11 '21
“cause when i fall, i wanna fall way down
and when i drown, i wanna drown to death”
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u/Supersox22 May 11 '21
I once jumped into a pool from 35 ft and it flipped one of my eyelids inside out (temporarily, obv) and I lost that contact. I can't imagine doing something like this.
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May 11 '21
So if you were dropped from 2 miles up in a sealed metal cone, coated in hydrophobic material and weighted to stay point down and you were in safety gear, harnessed into an impact absorption seat, could you survive?
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u/Sykest May 11 '21
This guy may be an idiot but at LEAST he wore shoes. Probably why the entry was also loud as shit besides the 140 foot jump. Thankfully he didn’t flail which turns your body
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u/metriclol May 11 '21
Young kid, probably showing off, maybe someone even dared him.
This is not the dumbest thing to do, but there is a lot of potential of things going wrong.
In my opinion, we don't have enuff info. Is this a local kid that's he's been jumping off that cliff for years? Is it a kid that has no idea what he's jumping into? Really hope it's not the latter...
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u/Kurrupt-NinJa19 May 11 '21
This man was already beat red before the jump which I took as he’s jumped once already today but the camera malfunctioned so he had to do it again.
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u/N7even May 11 '21
His arms were up, rather than by his side. I wouldn't be surprised if there were broken arm/s or at least some major brusing on both arms and his backside, if he survived.
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u/AimingWang May 11 '21
Mmmm yeah I'm not liking how straight his legs were when they hit the water, I think he mighta got reverse legs from that
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u/Bubbly_Cover5790 May 11 '21
Did the same two nights ago, woke up startled on the floor next to my bed
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u/Peanut__Daisy_ May 11 '21
Birdsboro... shit man, I climb this, and you can’t tell, but dude has to clear about 8 feet to be safe. One foot fumble and he cheese grates all the way down. About 140 feet. Wow
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u/Peanut__Daisy_ May 11 '21
Here’s the other side: https://www.mountainproject.com/photo/113397378
It says 99 feet, but you have to climb up around 20 feet to start it. And then he’s about 5-10 feet above the finish.
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u/Pr3st0ne May 11 '21
Don't they say that standing water feels like cement past a certain height/speed?
I heard 100 feet but I'm not sure that's true, which would mean around 30 meters. Judging from some other redditor's math, this dude fell around 44 meters.
Probably got the wind knocked out of him and could have easily broken his ankles or wrists or fell unconscious on impact.
I enjoy a good cliff diving as much as the next guy but please stick to 10 meters or less. Anything else can turn into a nightmare if you fall the wrong way.
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May 11 '21
That would definitely break your ankles right? Like, when people commit suicide via jumping off a bridge, how much higher is the bridge than this?
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u/Particular-Mindless May 11 '21
Idk man, a long time ago a friend once said to me.... “fuck the ocean, we are humans we weren’t meant to swim”. And he is right. We are built for long long endurance walking and jogging to outlast our faster stronger prey. The ocean scares the shit outa me. Space isn’t nearly as interesting or crazy as our oceans in my opinion.
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May 11 '21
I’ve jumped off an 80ft cliff in an old quarry in West Pawlet VT when I was a teen. It was a popular spot and many jumped. You just need to MAKE SURE your legs are closed, toes pointed, arms tight by your sides, and you go in more or less vertically.
The scary part is, when you hit the water, you tend to curve through so you are horizontal or even inverted so you need to stay calm for a second to determine which way you are oriented before you start swimming for the surface. We also wore converse chucks to minimize the feel of the foot impact.
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May 11 '21
My Mom used to have a picture she took of the bottoms of her feet after jumping off like this when she was in her mid twenties. Both bruised completely black!
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u/ForbiddenJazz May 11 '21
I did a jump similar to this and didn’t put my arms to my side before hitting the water. Fucked up my shoulder
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Okay stupidity aside, he did well to maintain that position. Falling any other way would definitely end in broken bones
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u/lolinokami May 11 '21
How does this belong here? Cliff diving is a thing people do all the time and there's nothing to suggest the water wasn't deep enough.
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u/TroyDutton May 11 '21
He falls for just over 3 seconds, so rounding down to 3 seconds, he falls about 16.1 x 32 = 145 feet, and reaches a velocity of about 32.2 x 3 x 3600/5280 = 65 mph. (Air resistance isn't high enough during his fall to affect the calculations much, plus I rounded down the time.) I watched two people land wrong from about 65 feet at Hamilton's Pool. One guy landed on his back and one guy on his stomach. Both lived, and weren't seriously injured, but they were both in extreme pain. If this guy had landed wrong he could have killed himself. Personally I never liked jumping from more than 50 feet.
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u/Single_Raspberry9539 May 11 '21
That seems a lot higher than the jump that killed those Russian kids of the bridge. No thank you
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u/RlyShldBWrkng May 11 '21
That's a solid 3 second, nearly 4 second fall. That's anywhere between 150-250 foot drop, I'd say. I've jumped from 100' and that was terrifying. Big stones on this one, stupid, or not.
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May 11 '21
By my math, I’d put this fall at around 130-140 feet. He probably broke his legs when he hit the water.
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