i've been watching a lot of cliff diving videos... now im not so sure about jumping anymore

[xXSufferingXx]

recently a bunch of cliff diving videos popped up on my feed, and i see people jumping 150 meters without trouble.
not professionals, but just everyone.
all this "the water will be like concrete" starts to seem like crap, i hope i'm wrong tho.

i would need a lot more info on jumping into water before hypothetically even considering that.
i highly highly doubt one would die upon impact with water, because out of the 100 videos i've seen, it hasn't happened once.

so when somebody succesfully suicides from let's say a bridge, i think here is what happens:
they most often just drown from being so far into water that there's no turning back to land + they might have broken bones, so they can't swim to land.

 

[chewedmeat]

This is all me guessing (alongside the fact im tired and might not be able to properly explain because of language barriers) but i think its because theyre for one, not jumping from 150 meters because the world record is 58,8 meters, and for two, even if theyre jumping from a high place they make their body so small so the impact of the water distrobutes around them instead of their body smashing against the water and slowing them down a lot (since their body gains a ton of speed when falling) which causes a lot of damage and is why most people die from jumping into water from such heights. So comparing water to hitting concrete is an accurate comparison.

As someone who has done zero research into what happens when jumping from bridges, id make the assumption the people jumping still pass out almost as soon as they hit the water (like people who jump from buildings) especially if they hit their head, which obviously drowns them. Youd probably be too weak after the damage from the fall to swim back up.

 

[xXSufferingXx]

This is all me guessing (alongside the fact im tired and might not be able to properly explain because of language barriers) but i think its because theyre for one, not jumping from 150 meters because the world record is 58,8 meters, and for two, even if theyre jumping from a high place they make their body so small so the impact of the water distrobutes around them instead of their body smashing against the water and slowing them down a lot (since their body gains a ton of speed when falling) which causes a lot of damage and is why most people die from jumping into water from such heights. So comparing water to hitting concrete is an accurate comparison.

As someone who has done zero research into what happens when jumping from bridges, id make the assumption the people jumping still pass out almost as soon as they hit the water (like people who jump from buildings) especially if they hit their head, which obviously drowns them. Youd probably be too weak after the damage from the fall to swim back up.

ok i about the amount of meters i mightve been wrong, but just go to instagram reels and type in cliff diving videos, and you'll see what im talking about.
they all seem perfectly fine after hitting the water from extreme heights.
bunch of random college kids doing it also, not nescaserily professional swimmers.

 

[chewedmeat]

do you have links to the videos? i scrolled through some videos but most looked to be from people who are expirenced with it since theyre in pretty good shape, have good form and usually base their accounts around cliff diving.

 

[xXSufferingXx]

do you have links to the videos? i scrolled through some videos but most looked to be from people who are expirenced with it since theyre in pretty good shape, have good form and usually base their accounts around cliff diving.

idk how to link them.
but yeah, they are in good shape, but i'm just saying a lot of them don't seem to be professionals (as in having taken any sort of classes)
i've seen drunk ones do it too

 

[outrider567]

recently a bunch of cliff diving videos popped up on my feed, and i see people jumping 150 meters without trouble.
not professionals, but just everyone.
all this "the water will be like concrete" starts to seem like crap, i hope i'm wrong tho.

i would need a lot more info on jumping into water before hypothetically even considering that.
i highly highly doubt one would die upon impact with water, because out of the 100 videos i've seen, it hasn't happened once.

so when somebody succesfully suicides from let's say a bridge, i think here is what happens:
they most often just drown from being so far into water that there's no turning back to land + they might have broken bones, so they can't swim to land.

Most jumpers from the Golden Gate Bridge die, and that's from about 220 feet--They either die instantly or their spine is severed and they drown in the icy cold water, a 98% fatality rate