Help Jumping

[preachyflockk]

jumping seems like the easiest way for me to ctb but I'm afraid of surviving. It's supposedly incredibly rare to survive from heights of over 10 stories but those who do are left with lifelong pain
Is there anything i can do to make it easier to jump and/or minimise pain and maximise effectiveness ?

 

[broken serenity]

People survive 10 story jumps all the time. I read 150+ feet is more surefire. Just know it's not gonna feel like a rollercoaster; it'll feel like falling to your death. I hope you can find something better. I know how tempting that choice can be

 

[natori]

From reading a bit, if you want a guaranteed instantaneous death no matter your body's position then your body will need to reach terminal velocity, which you reach after falling roughly 300 meters or 985 feet. Which at least in my situation is insanely hard to achieve due to the fact that I don't know of a place that has such heights.

However I'm planning on falling from a water tower or a cell tower, both are roughly 50 - 80 meters tall. Having a few drinks or taking something before letting go might help with anxiety or SI.

 

[HangMan123]

From reading a bit, if you want a guaranteed instantaneous death no matter your body's position then your body will need to reach terminal velocity, which you reach after falling roughly 300 meters or 985 feet. Which at least in my situation is insanely hard to achieve due to the fact that I don't know of a place that has such heights.

However I'm planning on falling from a water tower or a cell tower, both are roughly 50 - 80 meters tall. Having a few drinks or taking something before letting go might help with anxiety or SI.

Don't climb a cell tower. If the power is on—which it probably will be—touching even the base of the tower will electrocute you. Also, the antennas on there emit high levels of radiation—enough to burn, blind, and even kill you.

 

[natori]

Don't climb a cell tower. If the power is on—which it probably will be—touching even the base of the tower will electrocute you. Also, the antennas on there emit high levels of radiation—enough to burn, blind, and even kill you.

The maintenance ladder won't electrocute me at all, but yes it's true that the RF transmitter would still be powered. However that shouldn't be a problem since it'll only be very temporary exposure. Even if it would be strong enough to instantly kill me then I just see it as a bonus since the point is to CTB anyway c:

Only downside to that is I wouldn't get to enjoy the experience of leaning over and falling, which is a shame.

 

[HangMan123]

The maintenance ladder won't electrocute me at all, but yes it's true that the RF transmitter would still be powered. However that shouldn't be a problem since it'll only be very temporary exposure. Even if it would be strong enough to instantly kill me then I just see it as a bonus since the point is to CTB anyway c:

Only downside to that is I wouldn't get to enjoy the experience of leaning over and falling, which is a shame.

It won't be instant death, but even being near it for a second will give you radiation burns and will probably fry your eyes (I.e. burn your retinas).

 

[natori]

It won't be instant death, but even being near it for a second will give you radiation burns and will probably fry your eyes.

Interesting, I can't find anything online about it frying my eyes when close to one, besides the actual transmitter on the cell tower I have in mind is not omnidirectional, and I'm pretty sure the maintenance ladder is behind the transmitter antenna. In theory yes I would still be exposed by some amounts of RF but I won't be hit by the concentrated beam, so for the few seconds I'm up there shouldn't be an issue unless I'm wrong about that.

 

[Pony Slaystation]

People survive 10 story jumps all the time.

That's not correct.

Even 5 stories has a low chance of survival and the chances go down a lot with each higher floor.

Prognostic factors in victims of falls from height* : Critical Care Medicine

eased mortality rate in victims of falls from height. Design: Clinical observational study, retrospective for January 1998 to May 1999 and prospective from June 1999 to September 2000. Setting: The study population was drawn from Seine-Saint-Denis, an urban region near Paris with 1.3 million...

journals.lww.com

According to this French study, body orientation on landing is a big factor as well as height. Landing on your feet versus your back or stomach increases your survival chances by a big margin. And obviously landing on concrete versus snow or leaves is a big factor too.

According to the study, while you may survive a fall from the second, third or fourth floor depending on chance factors like body orientation or landing surface, once you get to 5 stories, your chance of survival drops by a big margin and even more so for each additional floor, with the ninth floor being more than twice as lethal as the fifth (which is already high risk).

Of course, there are rare stories of people who survive falls from 10 stories or higher -- like window washers. But it's usually because of luck such as a soft landing or a broken fall because they hit something else on the way down.

But normally a fall of 10 stories onto concrete would have no realistic chance of survival.

 

[sorcerergf]

That's not correct.

Even 5 stories has a low chance of survival and the chances go down a lot with each higher floor.

Prognostic factors in victims of falls from height* : Critical Care Medicine

eased mortality rate in victims of falls from height. Design: Clinical observational study, retrospective for January 1998 to May 1999 and prospective from June 1999 to September 2000. Setting: The study population was drawn from Seine-Saint-Denis, an urban region near Paris with 1.3 million...

journals.lww.com

According to this French study, body orientation on landing is a big factor as well as height. Landing on your feet versus your back or stomach increases your survival chances by a big margin. And obviously landing on concrete versus snow or leaves is a big factor too.

According to the study, while you may survive a fall from the second, third or fourth floor depending on chance factors like body orientation or landing surface, once you get to 5 stories, your chance of survival drops by a big margin and even more so for each additional floor, with the ninth floor being more than twice as lethal as the fifth (which is already high risk).

Of course, there are rare stories of people who survive falls from 10 stories or higher -- like window washers. But it's usually because of luck such as a soft landing or a broken fall because they hit something else on the way down.

But normally a fall of 10 stories onto concrete would have no realistic chance of survival.

Could you send the numbers here? I don't want to buy the article.