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Jen Erik

Jen Erik

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Oct 12, 2018
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The bar I have available to me to tie my rope is rather low - like only 40-45 inches (101-114cm) off the ground.

Because it's so low, if feel like I would have to position similar to this (illustration credit: "Steven's Method"):
Stevens-method-suspension.jpg


But in my case, my arms would be low enough to touch the ground.

One thing I worry about being this low is if my limbs - particularly my arms - go rigid* after I have gone unconscious, that they might prop me up somehow, causing me to "unhang" myself.

Any thoughts on this?


*When I say "rigid", I'm talking about what's described in that paper on the analysis of movement in filmed hangings. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/91d4/a151683bcca5497cfb4150fdd501835d0bdc.pdf

(Edited for typo in the guy's name, respect for the deceased)
 

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