Help Is the sand below the Beachy Head summit too forgiving to guarantee death?

[DontTouchMeImFamous]

I think I've finally decided on my method. I am planning on traveling to UK on summer to jump from Beachy Head. So, I have been looking at photos of the Beachy Head summit and I noticed that there is no rocks at the bottom but a sandy beach which made me wonder why lostallhope said that it is a "high cliff with rocky landings".
Beachy Head in East Sussex, UK, is a notorious suicide spot but the jumper would land on sand. Wouldn't this increase the survival rate and ruin everything?

 

[OnMyLast Legs]

Seems like it wouldn't be a notorious suicide spot if that were the case

 

[NearlyIrrelevantCake]

Be aware that there's people patrolling Beachy Head practically 24/7 to prevent suicides.

 

[DontTouchMeImFamous]

Be aware that there's people patrolling Beachy Head practically 24/7 to prevent suicides.

So, how do I access it? Plz help!

Seems like it wouldn't be a notorious suicide spot if that were the case

Can you please elaborate?

 

[NearlyIrrelevantCake]

So, how do I access it? Plz help!

They are all over Beachy Head all day, every day, specifically looking to stop suicides. I would never consider this location to CTB. It's incredibly stupid when there's people whose only job is to stop you from doing it in that location.

 

[DontTouchMeImFamous]

They are all over Beachy Head all day, every day, specifically looking to stop suicides. I would never consider this location to CTB. It's incredibly stupid when there's people whose only job is to stop you from doing it in that location.

Yea but they wouldn't be able to stop me if I jump really fast, right? Beachy Head is a tourism site and many ppl come to see it.

 

[kurgan]

Yea but they wouldn't be able to stop me if I jump really fast, right? Beachy Head is a tourism site and many ppl come to see it.

Exactly that! On a warm summer day, thousands of people flock there, lol. So long as you're not acting distressed and are wearing hiking gear (rucksack, boots) you could stroll along beachy head all day long and they'll never suspect you.

 

[shampoo sniffer]

Be aware that there's people patrolling Beachy Head practically 24/7 to prevent suicides.

Damn you're right, it says so on Wikipedia

"Estimates of the number of annual deaths at Beachy Head were about 20 a year in the time period around 2009. At least 26 people died at the site in 2008. In 2010, it was the third most common suicide spot in the world, after the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and the Aokigahara Woods in Japan, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The Beachy Head Chaplaincy Team conducts regular day and evening patrols of the area in attempts to locate and stop potential cliff jumpers. Workers at the pub and taxi drivers are also on the lookout for people contemplating suicide and there are signs with the telephone number of the Samaritans urging potential jumpers to call them."

 

[NotSoEnchanted]

It sounds like there is rocks/ledges, not just a straight shot down onto the sand

Beachy Head suicide bid man rescued

A man who plunged off Beachy Head survived after landing on a ledge 200ft down and used his mobile phone to call for help.

www.theguardian.com

Some people have also survived this jump, so if you choose these cliffs as your final resting place, be very mindful of where and how you jump.

 

[DontTouchMeImFamous]

It sounds like there is rocks/ledges, not just a straight shot down onto the sand

Beachy Head suicide bid man rescued

A man who plunged off Beachy Head survived after landing on a ledge 200ft down and used his mobile phone to call for help.

www.theguardian.com

Some people have also survived this jump, so if you choose these cliffs as your final resting place, be very mindful of where and how you jump.

holy crap! how the hell did he survive a 200ft fall on solid rocks?

 

[metfan647]

OP, what makes you think there's sand at the bottom? I haven't seen any pictures showing a sandy area at the bottom of the cliffs.

I don't think this Chaplaincy team are paid enough or, at least, their beneficence wouldn't extend to the point of patrolling at certain hours of the day (i.e. 4 am etc.). As much as they enjoy virtue signalling and their friends and family knowing of their heroic work, I don't suspect it'd be enough to get them out of their toasty warm beds at sunrise. I could be wrong.