Dark Window
Forest Wanderer
- Mar 12, 2024
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I understand it may be terrifying, but if I jump from a high enough height, and find a place where the fall is a straight drop, nothing to break my fall and lessen impact, then death is almost certain.
If I remind myself that it will essentially be over as soon as I hit the ground, then I'll jump and even if the fall is terrifying, it doesn't matter because the decision has been made and you will be unconscious on impact.
The above is true if the height is great enough.
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There's a bridge in the UK with over 800 RECORDED attempts, and only 3 survivors in 60 years. 150FT straight down into the water.
www.independent.co.uk
The last person to survive was a 19-year-old man from Fife, who jumped in March, 1998. His leap was watched by a Royal Navy cadet and an army corporal who were passing beneath the bridge in a speedboat. When they hauled him from the water he was still conscious. He is believed to have survived because the rucksack he was wearing cushioned his high-speed impact with the water.
So if you can avoid using protective gear and also land on concrete then you're almost certainly dead. This is 99.5% killing you even in water, concrete and good landing means pretty much instant death barring some miracle.
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I've seen another statistic about falls from 150ft which suggests somewhere between a 95-98% chance of death, but it didn't advise how many were clean free falls without interruption by objects on the way down, and which ones involved landing on concrete, water or grass etc.
I'd say the example above with this bridge with essentially a 99.5% chance of death is a good example. And she only survived because she was saved in time, think about those who survive the initial impact but quickly die of injuries while likely unconscious.
If I remind myself that it will essentially be over as soon as I hit the ground, then I'll jump and even if the fall is terrifying, it doesn't matter because the decision has been made and you will be unconscious on impact.
The above is true if the height is great enough.
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There's a bridge in the UK with over 800 RECORDED attempts, and only 3 survivors in 60 years. 150FT straight down into the water.
Woman survives 150ft jump from Forth bridge
A woman who threw herself 150 feet from the Forth road bridge in Scotland has become only the third person to survive the fall since the bridge opened in 1964.
www.independent.co.uk
The last person to survive was a 19-year-old man from Fife, who jumped in March, 1998. His leap was watched by a Royal Navy cadet and an army corporal who were passing beneath the bridge in a speedboat. When they hauled him from the water he was still conscious. He is believed to have survived because the rucksack he was wearing cushioned his high-speed impact with the water.
So if you can avoid using protective gear and also land on concrete then you're almost certainly dead. This is 99.5% killing you even in water, concrete and good landing means pretty much instant death barring some miracle.
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I've seen another statistic about falls from 150ft which suggests somewhere between a 95-98% chance of death, but it didn't advise how many were clean free falls without interruption by objects on the way down, and which ones involved landing on concrete, water or grass etc.
I'd say the example above with this bridge with essentially a 99.5% chance of death is a good example. And she only survived because she was saved in time, think about those who survive the initial impact but quickly die of injuries while likely unconscious.
