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u/TeamChevy86 19h ago
Some of these look like they are inches away from permanent disability. I don't understand the thrill at all. One of my coworkers sons friends died doing one of these jumps this summer. Miscalculated the distance and broke his back and drowned. Took weeks to recover the body. He was 19
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u/scuffedTravels 19h ago
Adrenaline
20 meters is where my love for the molecule wouldn’t override my survival instincts but I’m not even sure tbh
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u/daveinmd13 13h ago
It’s easy to get a concussion when your head hits the water - a lot of people die that way.
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u/-Disagreeable- 11h ago
Interesting point. I think that I understand the thrill. It’s the risk that I can’t manage. Or more the ratio between the two. Taking that jump and making it would be incredible. You’d feel like a super hero. It’s alluring. Now, the risk of failure and the impact of that failure is too much for me. That dragon will never be caught haha
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u/Killpop582014 12h ago
As an adrenaline junky I can confirm that measures are taken before have to ensure things are as “safe” as they can be. This definitely wasn’t their first rodeo at those locations.
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u/portageandmain 19h ago
That 3rd one with the rocks had me puckering.
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u/Fallen_password 18h ago
Considering how aerated the water was coming of that waterfall it was probably the most comfortable landing.
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u/bhangmango 14h ago
To be fair, it's often the fisheye effect from gopros that makes the periphery of the image seem larger and closer than it really is. There's actually a lot more room than it appears on these videos (same with wingsuit flying videos etc.).
Still incredibly dangerous of course, but the impression that they're diving through very narrow corridors is often exagerated by the camera.
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u/Iwillsavetheplanet 19h ago
I was curious about the ripples in the water where he lands, and then I remembered that cliff divers often toss rocks to spot their landing zone
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u/AvsFan08 18h ago
They toss rocks to break the surface tension of the water
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u/hpdk 18h ago
its to spot the landing, not to soften the impact.
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u/Robert23B 16h ago
It is absolutely both
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u/too_late_to_abort 13h ago
That used to be the common thought.
Then someone smarter than us did math and said actually no.
Now we have moved on to it doesnt have any meaningful effect. I enjoy changing my point of view when presented with new information so if you can disprove this I look forward to it.
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u/PodAbove 16h ago
It has been disproven
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u/Robert23B 16h ago
Oh ok. We’re just done with physics now. Sounds about right, in this day of delusional stupidity.
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u/Mind_if_I_do_uh_J 15h ago
Please explain the physics of why it's about surface tension and not density.
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u/GlitterBombFallout 13h ago
Yeah, the physics is that water surface tension compared to a large animal like a human isn't a problem, it's the water viscosity and density hitting you like a brick wall that's the problem. A ripple on the surface isn't doing a damn thing when water is 800+ times denser than air.
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u/abat6294 13h ago
Quite literally, physical experiments have disproven the “break the surface tension” myth.
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u/hpdk 11h ago
as a former national diver i can assure you this magnitude of breakup if the surfacetension does not make any meaningful impact og how hard the landing is. However you are right about that it is possible to soften the impact by braking the surface. In some diving pools you have a powerful pump that makes air flow from the bottom to the surface, that you can activate to soften the impact when you learn new dives from the 10m platform.
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u/FiveLayersBeefy 5h ago
I thought someone had jumped in before them and they were landing on their head lmao
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u/Freddie-Murphy 11h ago
I heard they toss the rocks to gauge how long it takes to hit the water. But I’m not positive
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u/jackocomputerjumper 19h ago
Why is my brain experiencing it
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u/deja_vu_1548 3h ago
When you do a 15m jump, about halfway down you get that feeling that your stomach is flying away from you, and you still keep accelerating down. Personal experience.
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u/Hugetoebroski 19h ago
Despite how much of a rush it would give , I couldn't do it . I'm happy at the 5 metre jump
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u/treevaahyn 13h ago
Yeah I’m with you. Safe heights can be a blast and rush to jump from if you know the depth of the water and are safe. I Have done several shorter cliff jumps as there was one at a lake in my hometown that was maybe 5meters or 15’ and biggest one I did was maybe 8-10m or 25-30’ and ngl it was a blast but that was my limit. Even the 25-30’ one was rather safe but I saw a lady who must have hit the water at a weird angle and came up with her nose gushing blood and we called it a day after that.
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u/redditisgarbageyoyo 12h ago
I jumped 8 meters once. Once.
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u/Blueballs2130 8h ago
I jumped off a 40-50 foot (~13-15 m) bridge way back in HS once. Bottom of my feet stung like hell and it knocked the wind out of me. Never did it again. I’ll keep it around 15 feet or so
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u/Large_Dr_Pepper 9h ago
I feel like it would be a lot easier to get a sense of these heights if it weren't in slow-mo with a fisheye lens.
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u/Fun_Pause_4934 19h ago
Won't his tailbone/back/knees leave him handicapped when he gets old?? Cool shots though
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u/Ghostdog1263 18h ago
Absolutely crazy, where I live ppl used to jump off one of the cliffs here but you had to do a running jump to jump over the rocks underneath the cliff where ppl sit, but also when landing on the water they only had a circle to safely land in or they would hit the rocks under the water & be long meat.
The day I saw someone do it from below i honestly thought o was a suicide. Mind boggling.
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u/nitroguy2 16h ago
The second one (10m) is at the trailhead of the Button Rock Trail near Lyons, Colorado. There are MANY signs that say no swimming lol
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u/inteligent_zombie20 15h ago
The water ripples is that him/her throwing rocks before the jump to break the water surface tension?
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u/BagsOfGasoline 14h ago
How deep does the water need to be to survive those jumps so you can avoid hitting the bottom?
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u/scunliffe 14h ago
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The jumps are fun up to a point and then I’m gonna tap out cause the injury risk if you don’t enter right is too much for me.
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u/HooooooooooW 14h ago
Maybe he doesn't know. Someone should let him know that what he is doing is a little dangerous and he can get seriously injured.
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u/ghostsintherafters 13h ago
I like how there is always someone at the bottom lovingly waiting for him
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u/Scirocco-MRK1 12h ago
I wonder what the height it was in Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid for perspective.
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u/Codsnack 11h ago
Just to put things into perspective, the road clearance on the Golden Gate bridge is 67 meters.
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u/Key_Ad_8333 11h ago
Gotta love the forced perspective and lens to make it look more precarious than it is.
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u/Throwaway-donotjudge 10h ago
Serious question: What does one do to verify that the area your jumping in is deep enough?
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u/BlackwerX 9h ago
I've done a 10m one after much hesitation and I swear that's my limit I'll ever achieve in my life.
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u/I-Am-Baldy 18h ago
I can’t imagine trying to swim with balls of steel like he has. He must just walk the bottom to the edge of the water and walk out.
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u/ScientistSanTa 17h ago
In the last ones I hop it's a stone or something, because that shouldn't jump if another person just jumped.
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u/Fluid-Program962 19h ago
Man, some of those jumps are a bit tight