Cliff jumping...

[40Hands]

Just got back from some cliffs in my area called red rocks. I go there a lot but this was my first time jumping off the 76 footer. What a fvcking rush!

A quick GIS found this

http://www.veemper.com/medley/chrisjumps76.jpg

Thats the one I did today. There is also a 40 foot one and a bunch of lower ones. I want to get out there on a boat and get some shots with my Digi Cam.

Whats the higest you've jumped from?

 

[Ika]

You mean like lemmings?

 

[compnovice]

OMG! :Q

Max, I have jumped was 25ft and I almost got cold feet... yes I am afraid of heights...

EDIT: And I don't know how to swim...

 

[Baked]

Pic of that guy's dead body at the bottom of cliff?

 

[40Hands]

Originally posted by: Aflac
You mean like lemmings?

Sorta but in the non-death way. That is unless you can't swim....

 

[olds]

This guy jumped.

 

[Cattlegod]

i've done it before. the one i went off of was only 40' though. super rush

 

[40Hands]

I'm not saying its totally safe but you really have to do some stupid sh!t to die in this area... I havent heard of one person dying in the 6 years I have lived here. The water is really really deep and the rocks don't extend out under the water...

 

[MrPickins]

Originally posted by: BroeBo
I'm not saying its totally safe but you really have to do some stupid sh!t to die in this area... I havent heard of one person dying in the 6 years I have lived here. The water is really really deep and the rocks don't extend out under the water...

It's all in how you hit the water.

I jumped from 60' once, and hit the water leaned just slightly backwards. It bruised the back of both legs bad. Blue and purple for weeks.

Had I not been a good swimmer, I could have drowned. Swimming and treading water with just your arms is hard.

 

[Leros]

I know a guy who just recently got paralyzed from the neck down because of this activity.

 

[imported_Stewy]

F that.

The highest I've ever jumped from was probably 25-30 feet. That was almost too high. There's no way I'd ever jump from something like that.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Originally posted by: JToxic
I know a guy who just recently got paralyzed from the neck down because of this activity.

Yep, very very dangerous, but it is an incredible rush. I did is dozens of times in my late teens and early twenties. My last jump made me stop, I hit the water at a very slight angle(not quite straight up and down) from about 90ft and it broke my tail bone in several pieces. As I recouped from that I realized if I had been just a few more degrees off: I would have been killed or crippled, never did it again

 

[tommywishbone]

lake powell

76 feet? :beer:Not bad. I've gone... hang on... 116 feet @ Lake Powell in southern Utah. The lake has everything from 10 feet to 330 feet aka possible death. Awesome lake. I wore a mouth peice & tennis shoes on my 116 jump. Nice straight entry... no problems. The wind noise as you rush towards the water is pretty cool.

Edit: Nice photo!

 

[40Hands]

Originally posted by: tommywishbone
lake powell

76 feet? :beer:Not bad. I've gone... hang on... 116 feet @ Lake Powell in southern Utah. The lake has everything from 10 feet to 330 feet aka possible death. Awesome lake. I wore a mouth peice & tennis shoes on my 116 jump. Nice straight entry... no problems. The wind noise as you rush towards the water is pretty cool.

Edit: Nice photo!

That must be a pretty intense jump. I would do it. I wonder whats the highest "safe" jumping distance...

 

[MixMasterTang]

Originally posted by: BroeBo

That must be a pretty intense jump. I would do it. I wonder whats the highest "safe" jumping distance...

Diving

The following table summarizes velocity of impact, and time-in-the-air, from the various standard heights of 1 m, 3 m, 5 m, and 10 m, that are found in municipal swimming baths, as well as from greater heights. The impact velocity and time of impact vary as the square root of the height. Heights beyond 10 m are not commonly found at municipal swimming baths, but exist at "use at your own risk" places such as bridges and cliffs. Cliff jumping, a common pastime for daredevil children, often takes place at heights of 20 m to 30 m. There is a limit to how high one can jump from and survive, regardless of water depth. For example, the Golden Gate Bridge is 220 feet (66 m) high and overlooks water deep enough to not hit the bottom, but the result is (almost) certain death. Thus the 66 m jump listed below is only used for suicide, but the other heights are typical of recreational bathing. Although 66 m is a "lethal dose", children often jump from 30 m (approximately 50% lethal dose) for recreation. This can be quite dangerous (e.g. if landing badly, or hitting a branch or dead fish or other object floating on the surface). The impact can also knock him unconscious, and, in absence of lifeguards (i.e. bridge jumping or cliff jumping), can cause drowning, even if from less than the lethal height. There have been documented accounts of people walking away from dives as high as 54 m, as well as the occasional Golden Gate Bridge survivor.

One should note that in heights above 30 m, there is little additional time in the air, yet the velocity upon impact increases considerably. Thus, diving from heights above 30 m offers no advantage for acrobatics or thrill-seeking, but instead greatly increases the risk of injury.

 

[Nerva]

Originally posted by: Aflac
You mean like lemmings?

that's exactly what i thought.

 

[ViviTheMage]

scary, I did roughly 60 feet in jamaica...scary :S

felt lilke 2 minutes of hang time before i hit the water.

 

[AbsolutDealage]

Probably about 30' at the Black Rock in Maui

 

[Unheard]

I've done ~50ft here in TN. Night jumping is even better, the moon reflection follows you all the way down.

 

[Alienwho]

Yeah I do it all the time at lake powell, about 90 feet is the highest I've ever gone. I have some Nike ACG sandels I always wear to protect my feet. It seems even if I point my toes I end up slapping my feet somehow on the water when I jump bare footed. My dad is insane, he only dives. The highest i'll dive is like 40 feet. Although I think a 100 foot swan dive would feel REALLY cool.

 

[40Hands]

Originally posted by: Alienwho
Yeah I do it all the time at lake powell, about 90 feet is the highest I've ever gone. I have some Nike ACG sandels I always wear to protect my feet. It seems even if I point my toes I end up slapping my feet somehow on the water when I jump bare footed. My dad is insane, he only dives. The highest i'll dive is like 40 feet. Although I think a 100 foot swan dive would feel REALLY cool.

I bought a pair of Keen Newport H2's They are working pretty well so far for climbing the rocks and hitting water off the 76er. I dove from as high as about 25 feet or so... My next dive will be about 40 feet. I am trying to work my way up to it. I couldn't imagine diving from the 76 footer... Your form would have to b perfect or you could hurt yourself pretty bad.

 

[JDPatch]

You couldn't pay me any money in the world anymore to try this. Two years ago, a group of us guys and our oldest sons were up in the mountains, and some were jumping out of a tree into water about 45 feet below. One of the guys somehow got turned sideways till he hit the water. He surfaced okay, but only swam a few feet before he passed out. We performed CPR on him for 45 minutes till the medics got there, but he never came to and died later that evening in the hospital. Left behind a wife and 5 beautiful kids.