Jumping failures?

[Insert a name]

Has anyone on here failed a jumping attempt or know anyone who has? I'm considering this option strongly now as I've found it hard to do other methods and this one is easy to both locate and carry out. But I'm obviously worried about surviving it. I've heard lots of stories on here about people surviving other methods but not jumping, despite it being quite popular. Anyone know of it happening?

 

[Candour]

Just ensure survival is impossible, find a very high building/cliff/bridge etc ...with a very hard (rocky if possible) terrain below.

 

[Dog Food]

If you do it right, you shouldn't survive. 90% of people die at 6 stories and it increases after that.

 

[Insert a name]

Just ensure survival is impossible, find a very high building/cliff/bridge etc ...with a very hard (rocky if possible) terrain below.

How high are we talking for absolute certainty, or as close to that as possible?

 

[Candour]

How high are we talking for absolute certainty, or as close to that as possible?

upwards of 200 ft, 300 to be on the safe side . I've chosen Beachy Head in southern England, its over 500ft with rocky terrain below.

 

[Insert a name]

upwards of 200 ft, 300 to be on the safe side . I've chosen Beachy Head in southern England, its over 500ft with rocky terrain below.

That seems to be the top spot. Is there any record of people surviving jumping from there?

 

[Candour]

I don't know the exact figure, but its not many. Those that do land on a ledge or something, you've got to do it at a point where there's a sheer drop.

 

[Insert a name]

I don't know the exact figure, but its not many. Those that do land on a ledge or something, you've got to do it at a point where there's a sheer drop.

From a science perspective, is a 500ft drop onto a hard surface guaranteed death? What would be the specific cause of death, the guarantor?

 

[whatmattersmost]

If You jump from a skyscraper is it true you can die from like a heart attack or something before hitting the ground?

 

[your pathologist]

If You jump from a skyscraper is it true you can die from like a heart attack or something before hitting the ground?

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2005/09/13/1459026.htm

I feel it may be an urban legend. May not be that much to autopsy if done right. Too bad we can't ask those who've jumped why they died...

 

[IfHeDiesHeDies]

If You jump from a skyscraper is it true you can die from like a heart attack or something before hitting the ground?

I doubt it unless you have a pre-existing heart condition. What makes you think that?

 

[whatmattersmost]

Gosh

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2005/09/13/1459026.htm

I feel it may be an urban legend. May not be that much to autopsy if done right. Too bad we can't ask those who've jumped why they died...

Thanks for posting that it was an interesting Read.
That wouldn't be a bad way to die.
I planned Hanging this Weekend.
I might research free falling a little more now.

 

[whatmattersmost]

I doubt it unless you have a pre-existing heart condition. What makes you think that?

It was just something I had heard people Say along time ago, Never knew if it was true or not.
Guess it's Not true.
Look at article your pathologist posted.

 

[Arak]

Good thread.
Hypotheticals: what if someone who weighs 50 kg (120 lbs), body length 1.80 metres/about 6 feet) jumps from 100 metres ? Let's assume things don't go ideal, possibly even the survival instinct may kick in. Let's assume a fall with the body in horizontal position, so that weight is (sort of) divided over the 1.8 metres. 50 kg and 1 meters is not the same as 50 kg and a length of 2 meters.

QUESTION: With what speed would that person fall to earth ? Can anyone do the calculation ? Or an estimate, based on what ?

I'm trying to figure this out from a 'worst case' scenario. In the article above 'On the other hand, if you stop suddenly from 200 km/hr over a distance of a few centimetres, everything in your body effectively weighs 7,500 times more than normal. Your 1.5 kg brain briefly weighs 10 tonnes. In that brief instant, cells are burst open and blood vessels are torn asunder.' would the <bold> occur ?

I know that survival instinct may kick in, one may reflexively stretch arms and legs to break the fall. And there may be a side wind etc.
Caution about worst case scenario. You don't want to end up a paraplegic and survive with permanent brain damage !

Dying by accident is often easy, suicides tend to fail. I guess very old or very sick people are more likely to die because they are closer to death anyway. I know that many people survive planned suicides ... I prefer paranoia/

 

[Salvacion]

I'm praying that 130ff is sufficient. Only accessible area near me.

 

[Ghab]

I've literally been to 30 story hotels that have rooms with windows that open....and in fact, the Vegas shooter last year (the anniversary was yesterday, may god rest their innocent souls) used a hammer and just busted the windows out. A hotel is the way to go out, you can do it comfortably.

 

[Ghab]

It should also be noted that the suspect in this instance busted a window out in one of the most secure and wealthiest hotels in the world. It can be done in mush smaller hotels.

 

[Arak]

No high rise hotels here ....