How high is high enough?

[waterrrrrrrrrbottel]

How high up would you have to be to die on impact from landing? No chance of becoming paralyzed or surviving the fall, just straight death.

 

[Amakishiyo]

Absolutely does not matter, you can survive a fall from any height if you are lucky (or unlucky) enough, there is no 100% chance from jumping alone unless you don't get found and slowly die from your injuries. Probably not a risk worth taking for most

 

[downndone2]

I don't think anyone can say 100%. Do some research on it, I believe many sources say at least 10 storeys but I'm sure what you land on plays into factor as well

 

[Caoine01]

Water penetrates through the nose into the frontal sinus, it tingles and I can no longer control myself under water. So in a crouched position, I want to sink feet first to the bottom. Then I also have one hand free to equalize the pressure so that my eardrum doesn't burst (you know the pressure equalization in the inner ear?). With the backpack on your back, you will probably sag face and feet upwards. So you get water in your nose.

How is your backpack balanced and how much does it weigh and how much do you, if i may ask?

 

[FireWalkWithMe]

47 metres is 95-98% fatal on land. Presumably that is onto a hard surface, not grass or sand. Common sense would dictate you would want to land onto the hardest surface possible, avoiding obstacles and people.

So you can take what you want from that in terms of how good that is. It's a high success rate, but is not guaranteed to be even at that height and the consequences of failure are quite severe.

 

[Caoine01]

Thomas Magill, a 22-year-old New York actor, fell from the 39th floor balcony on Tuesday this week. The car caught him below. Magill survived the fall from a height of 120 meters (approx. 170 km/h) - he only broke both his legs in the impact.

Source: SZ September 3, 2010

From what I've read, mortality depends on: Altitude in combination with the hardness of the impact surface, physique and how the person landed.

 

[Walilamdzii]

Thomas Magill, a 22-year-old New York actor, fell from the 39th floor balcony on Tuesday this week. The car caught him below. Magill survived the fall from a height of 120 meters (approx. 170 km/h) - he only broke both his legs in the impact.

Source: SZ September 3, 2010

From what I've read, mortality depends on: Altitude in combination with the hardness of the impact surface, physique and how the person landed.

Crazy.