Apparently 200ft into water not fatal

[GravityUtilizer]

But three people are being treated for injuries after jumping off Durdle Door, Dorset, England today. 'The extent of their injuries is not yet known' (BBC News).

Stay safe.

 

[Living sucks]

@DoNotLet2 curious why the angry react?

 

[Jessica5]

Where have you seen the height being 200 ft? I seriously doubt they jumped from that hught would be almost impossible for 3 people to all survive a jump that high. Even if they individually each have a 1 in 10 chance of surviving, that would be only a 1 in 1000 chance of all 3 surviving.

I don't get the impression that these 3 people were attempting suicide either. They seem to have been daredevils who were trying to have a good time.

 

[Living sucks]

OP was just making an observation that jumping 200ft into water isn't fatal for 3 ppl that did it.
no mention of ctb.

 

[Jessica5]

OP was just making an observation that jumping 200ft into water isn't fatal for 3 ppl that did it.
no mention of ctb.

He hasn't provided a link that the jump was 200 feet though.

I haven't found any articles that cite how high their jump was, but I suspect their jump was around 100 feet. Enough to injure a person jumping into water but often not enough to kill a person. (Especially since they seem to have jumped into deep water.)

I think the odds that 3 people would all survive a jump of 200 feet into water (even deep water) would be infitesemal. Sure, one person might survive that, but 3?

 

[Ghassane]

He hasn't provided a link that the jump was 200 feet though.

I haven't found any articles that cite how high their jump was, but I suspect their jump was around 100 feet. Enough to injure a person jumping into water but often not enough to kill a person. (Especially since they seem to have jumped into deep water.)

I think the odds that 3 people would all survive a jump of 200 feet into water (even deep water) would be infitesemal. Sure, one person might survive that, but 3?

Durdle Door: Three seriously hurt 'jumping off cliff into sea'

Police were called to Durdle Door over concerns for people seen jumping from the cliff into the sea.

www.bbc.com

 

[Jessica5]

Durdle Door: Three seriously hurt 'jumping off cliff into sea'

Police were called to Durdle Door over concerns for people seen jumping from the cliff into the sea.

www.bbc.com

Where does the article say the cliff is 200 feet high?

And even if the highest point of the cliff is 200 feet, that doesn't mean they jumped from the highest point of the cliff.

 

[Ghassane]

Where does the article say the cliff is 200 feet high?

And even if the highest point of the cliff is 200 feet, that doesn't mean they jumped from the highest point of the cliff.

Where does the article say the cliff is 200 feet high?

And even if the highest point of the cliff is 200 feet, that doesn't mean they jumped from the highest point of the cliff.

If u google the cliff is about 322 feet

how tall is Durdle Door cliff - Google Search

Their is this also

'Morons' filmed jumping 200ft from Durdle Door arch before packed beach closed

A video shows someone leaping from 200ft cliffs at Durdle Door beach in Dorset and smashing into the sea as crowds at the packed tourist spot cheer them on

www.google.com

Where does the article say the cliff is 200 feet high?

And even if the highest point of the cliff is 200 feet, that doesn't mean they jumped from the highest point of the cliff.

 

[Jessica5]

If u google the cliff is about 322 feet

how tall is Durdle Door cliff - Google Search

Their is this also

'Morons' filmed jumping 200ft from Durdle Door arch before packed beach closed

A video shows someone leaping from 200ft cliffs at Durdle Door beach in Dorset and smashing into the sea as crowds at the packed tourist spot cheer them on

www.google.com

Some articles (not the BBC article) say the highest point of the cliff is 200 feet. However, the articles don't say they jumped from the highest point of the cliff.

 

[Ghassane]

Some articles (not the BBC article) say the highest point of the cliff is 200 feet. However, the articles don't say they jumped from the highest point of the cliff.

Welp their's a video of them jumping this height

 

[Jessica5]

Welp their's a video of them jumping this height

Where?

 

[Ghassane]

Where?

Maybe not heights point ?

 

[Living sucks]

Well they definitely jumped from the top of the arch. Not sure it's 200 ft but obviously painful!

Where?

In the posts on this thread!

 

[Jessica5]

Maybe not heights point ?

That doesn't look anywhere close to 200 feet to me. That doesn't even look like 100 feet.

 

[Living sucks]

The man jumping looked really small compared to the cliff.. let's say he is 6ft tall? X 30 of him would be 180ft. I think you could have stacked 30 of him from the water to where he jumped from.

 

[GravityUtilizer]

Yeah so I didn't realise this would be controversial. It's a 200ft arch and they seemed to jump off the top of it. Maybe not from quite the highest point? I don't know but Lost All Hope suggests 250ft over water anyway.

 

[DoNotLet2]

@DoNotLet2 curious why the angry react?

Because the fact that you don't die after jumping so high but become disabled forever is very bad and vexing. Why don't you react angrily to this fact too?

 

[Jessica5]

This BBC article says they jumped 70 feet.

A pretty far cry from 200 feet.

Durdle Door: Tombstoning continues despite three seriously hurt - BBC News

Police say people have been seen jumping again from Durdle Door despite three people getting badly hurt.

www.google.com

 

[overandout]

This BBC article says they jumped 70 feet.

A pretty far cry from 200 feet.

Durdle Door: Tombstoning continues despite three seriously hurt - BBC News

Police say people have been seen jumping again from Durdle Door despite three people getting badly hurt.

www.google.com

The mail on line said 200ft so did the mirror and the sun

Lockdown relaxed: Cliff jumpers injured at Durdle Door

The four unidentified jumpers vaulted from the top of the ancient limestone arch, known as Durdle Door in Dorset, which reaches 200ft at its highest point.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[GravityUtilizer]

Yeah every other news outlet says 200ft and even that BBC article says so in the third paragraph. Amateurish journalism I reckon.

Another update: one broke his leg, two have serious injuries (one of whom was rescued unconscious from the sea so presumably would have died somewhere quieter).

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11750194/durdle-door-how-did-cliff-jumping-incident-unfold/

 

[Living sucks]

Because the fact that you don't die after jumping so high but become disabled forever is very bad and vexing. Why don't you react angrily to this fact too?

Oh.. i thought u were angry at the OP for some reason. Thx for clarifying

 

[Jessica5]

The mail on line said 200ft so did the mirror and the sun

Lockdown relaxed: Cliff jumpers injured at Durdle Door

The four unidentified jumpers vaulted from the top of the ancient limestone arch, known as Durdle Door in Dorset, which reaches 200ft at its highest point.

www.dailymail.co.uk

The Dailymail and Sun said the highest point of Durdle Door is 200 feet. They didn't say the point the people jumped from was 200 feet.

Some points of Durdle Door, like the area this guy jumped from in 2010, are as low as 30 feet. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.da...t-Durdle-Door-tells-critics-running-jump.html

It's extremely obvious from the video that these people did not make a 200 foot jump. I'm getting the impression that a lot of posters on this thread (who keep insisting the jump was 200 feet) are the same person. Ghassane, Gravityutilizer, Overandout and Livingsucks all seem like the same person-and my guess is those people aren't the only 4 accounts that person has.

 

[Luchs]

But three people are being treated for injuries after jumping off Durdle Door, Dorset, England today. 'The extent of their injuries is not yet known' (BBC News).

Stay safe.

I guess that they went in feet first. That'll probably smash their feet and legs, or shatter their hips.

 

[Jessica5]

The George Washington Bridge is 200 feet high. There are about 10 jumpers off it per year. One person survived in 2009. There doesn't seem to have been another survivor until 2016. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.da...-jumps-George-Washington-Bridge-SURVIVES.html

That indicates the survival rate on jumps into water from 200 feet is about 3%. (2 survivors out of about 70 jumpers in a 7 year period) The odds that 3 people could jump 200 feet off Durdle Door and all survive is almost impossible.

 

[GravityUtilizer]

Latest video shows one of them right from the top BELLY FLOP into the sea. I assure you I am but one person J5. I'm sorry if this f's up your plans or something but this is good info to have I think. Also the time it takes to descend is approximately 3 seconds which fits 200ft.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11750103/moment-tombstoner-belly-flops-durdle-door/

 

[Jessica5]

Latest video shows one of them right from the top BELLY FLOP into the sea. I assure you I am but one person J5. I'm sorry if this f's up your plans or something but this is good info to have I think. Also the time it takes to descend is approximately 3 seconds which fits 200ft.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11750103/moment-tombstoner-belly-flops-durdle-door/

I don't even know why I'm arguing with you and your alters at this point, but you have to be stupid to watch the videos and think it's a 200 foot jump. It's clearly a jump of about 70 feet.

And why are you trusting newspapers like the Sun and the Dailymail over the BBC? For in case you're not aware, the Sun, the Dailymail, and about 95% of newspapers in Britain are even less credible than the National Inquirer. The BBC is practically the only credible source of news in the country.

And the Dailymail article doesn't even say their jump was 200 feet. It just says the highest point of the cliff was 200 feet. If you look at pictures of Durdle Door, it's easy to tell there are higher areas of the cliff then where they jumped from.

 

[faust]

It is something like jumping from 8th floor, that's not too much. Many people jump from such heights on a regular basis. Of course, they are well-trained, but still.

 

[GravityUtilizer]

And the Dailymail article doesn't even say their jump was 200 feet. It just says the highest point of the cliff was 200 feet. If you look at pictures of Durdle Door, it's easy to tell there are higher areas of the cliff then where they jumped from.

Yeah so looking again I concede the highest point (i.e. 200ft) must refer to the bit above the beach not the water. I would think that still makes the bellyflop jump over 100ft; maybe the first video was around 70ft?

I'm just getting to grips with heights and jumping myself so I do wanna get this stuff right. Sorry for any stress. I am but one person though!