Resource Jumping megathread

[Sanguinius]

As a rule of thumb (For almost 100% sure, immediately death):
100m (~328 feet) with landing on a hard surface.
200m (~656 feet) with landing on water.

I wouldn't recommend anything lower than this. Maybe you would die too, but it probably will take minutes to hours. The risk of "rescue" is high.

• How can I find something that high?

Just google "highest bridges in [your country]
There will be results as, ie. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bridges_in_the_United_States_by_height

If you can travel, norway has some cuties:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preikestolen
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjerag

• What if there is a fence?

If your bringe is only slightly frequented at night, there is a chance to cut through the fence with a wire rope cutter, I think. Just google them...

 

[furax53]

there is ah that the lists of bridges in the united states

 

[furax53]

Here are the lists of the highest bridges in the world : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest_bridges

 

[Zzzzz]

Would falling from the recommended height into water be a painless death ?

 

[GerMann]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_sites
But the most of them have protections nowadays

 

[Sanguinius]

Would falling from the recommended height into water be a painless death ?

Yeah, I think so. You would die before you can feel any pain

 

[furax53]

Would falling from the recommended height into water be a painless death ?

pain free I do not know but you can die from a heart attack before impact

 

[throwaway123]

How do you know that 100 meters is enough?
lostallhope says jumping from 150 feet (46 metres) or higher on land, and 250 feet (76 metres) or more on water, is 95% to 98% fatal.

My bridge is 50meters. It's mostly grass but I will try to land on the solid asphalt. It's the highest bridge in my town and my only available method.

I will probably go during the day because I will need to see where I land. Not everyone has the luxury of choice. If I did I would be long gone.

 

[furax53]

How do you know that 100 meters is enough?
lostallhope says jumping from 150 feet (46 metres) or higher on land, and 250 feet (76 metres) or more on water, is 95% to 98% fatal.

My bridge is 50meters. It's mostly grass but I will try to land on the solid asphalt. It's the highest bridge in my town and my only available method.

I will probably go during the day because I will need to see where I land. Not everyone has the luxury of choice. If I did I would be long gone.

you can go day to spot the places during the day and skip the night

 

[Arak]

Is this useful ?

https://sanctioned-suicide.net/thre...to-crunch-the-numbers.5383/page-2#post-136418

 

[Dor]

If you're going to jump why not decapitate yourself at the same time, will guarantee 100% death and you will never feel hitting the ground. Long drop hanging leads to decapitations if the rope is too long. Case study https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9932744

 

[OkTotti]

If you're going to jump why not decapitate yourself at the same time, will guarantee 100% death and you will never feel hitting the ground. Long drop hanging leads to decapitations if the rope is too long. Case study https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9932744

because people on here, myself included, don't want to CTB such a gruesome death, plus it would permanently scar anyone who would see you doing this. I don't want to do put that on someone else...

 

[Zzzzz]

Are there any instances of people falling that high into water and surviving?

 

[Zzzzz]

Yeah, I think so. You would die before you can feel any pain

It seems like that would be the case. Do you think there will be no pain because death will be instant? Or do you think that there will be no pain because consciousness will be lost on impact?

 

[RoadLessTraveled]

Tempted to jump off the Royal Gorge this spring. Probably the easiest method for me at my current state.
The pros
-incredibly tall height.
-won't have to travel incredibly far
-death is pretty much secured
-nine whole seconds of freefall time sounds fun
Cons
-Relatively high fence (but could probably scale the railing)
-Incredibly touristy
-Well staffed

Sounds like people have jumped from here in the past few years, even as recently as two weeks ago.
I CAN travel further if I gotta, I was gonna jump off the Golden Gate, but it sounds like they're almost done with the jumping net.

 

[Zzzzz]

Tempted to jump off the Royal Gorge this spring. Probably the easiest method for me at my current state.
The pros
-incredibly tall height.
-won't have to travel incredibly far
-death is pretty much secured
-nine whole seconds of freefall time sounds fun
Cons
-Relatively high fence (but could probably scale the railing)
-Incredibly touristy
-Well staffed

Sounds like people have jumped from here in the past few years, even as recently as two weeks ago.
I CAN travel further if I gotta, I was gonna jump off the Golden Gate, but it sounds like they're almost done with the jumping net.

I'm considering it, I'm a little concerned for some reason that I won't go unconscious on impact, and I'll die in pain. It could be irrational thoughts, I don't really know . I definitely don't want to exist anymore though.

 

[Sinbad]

Tempted to jump off the Royal Gorge this spring. Probably the easiest method for me at my current state.
The pros
-incredibly tall height.
-won't have to travel incredibly far
-death is pretty much secured
-nine whole seconds of freefall time sounds fun
Cons
-Relatively high fence (but could probably scale the railing)
-Incredibly touristy
-Well staffed

Sounds like people have jumped from here in the past few years, even as recently as two weeks ago.
I CAN travel further if I gotta, I was gonna jump off the Golden Gate, but it sounds like they're almost done with the jumping net.

Consider Rio Grande Gorge Bridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Gorge_Bridge

 

[RoadLessTraveled]

Consider Rio Grande Gorge Bridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Gorge_Bridge

Definitely considering. Will be a bit more of a pain (for me) to get to since I don't drive, but there is a bus line I could take. I like how low of a fence that one has and how remote it is. I'm pretty split between the two, as I definitely see the positives and negatives for each.

 

[Sanguinius]

It seems like that would be the case. Do you think there will be no pain because death will be instant? Or do you think that there will be no pain because consciousness will be lost on impact?

I think, the body sets much adrenalin free, so you won't feel any pain... And few seconds later you are dead.

 

[Sanguinius]

How do you know that 100 meters is enough?
lostallhope says jumping from 150 feet (46 metres) or higher on land, and 250 feet (76 metres) or more on water, is 95% to 98% fatal.

My bridge is 50meters. It's mostly grass but I will try to land on the solid asphalt. It's the highest bridge in my town and my only available method.

I will probably go during the day because I will need to see where I land. Not everyone has the luxury of choice. If I did I would be long gone.

Why don't you decapitate yourself?

 

[Zzzzz]

I've decided I won't try it over water, for now at least. I think from those heights it is pretty much a sure way to die, but I'm not convinced it will be painless for me personally. I don't think my adrenaline will remove all pain. And it seems over water will not necessarily be an instantaneous loss of consciousness on impact either. I'm speculating that it could take minutes before consciousness is lost. Although it seems like a relatively quick and very effective way to ctb.

 

[Zzzzz]

Where are the good places to jump over land? (where the land is on hard concrete or similar)

 

[Sanguinius]

Where are the good places to jump over land? (where the land is on hard concrete or similar)

Preikestolen, Kjerag, beachy heads...

 

[Zzzzz]

Preikestolen, Kjerag, beachy heads...

Thank you

 

[Arak]

My contribution, form an older thread. Don't land on your feet !

just got access to Geo Stone's book and I think this is a good guideline. Before all that modern internet crap. I haven't cross checked with other sources, please do ; )

Page 397 and 398

https://sanctioned-suicide.net/attachments/upload_2018-11-21_19-30-27-png.3633/

https://sanctioned-suicide.net/attachments/upload_2018-11-21_19-28-21-png.3632/

Doesn't look as most modern sources, does it ?

https://sanctioned-suicide.net/attachments/upload_2018-11-21_19-30-54-png.3634/
https://sanctioned-suicide.net/attachments/upload_2018-11-21_19-31-15-png.3635/

More or less a conclusion
' https://sanctioned-suicide.net/attachments/upload_2018-11-21_19-31-47-png.3636/ '

If you want to be sure you need to jump from an altitude of over 100 metres. Easy if you live at the right location.

 

[Zzzzz]

My contribution, form an older thread. Don't land on your feet !

just got access to Geo Stone's book and I think this is a good guideline. Before all that modern internet crap. I haven't cross checked with other sources, please do ; )

Page 397 and 398

https://sanctioned-suicide.net/attachments/upload_2018-11-21_19-30-27-png.3633/

https://sanctioned-suicide.net/attachments/upload_2018-11-21_19-28-21-png.3632/

Doesn't look as most modern sources, does it ?

https://sanctioned-suicide.net/attachments/upload_2018-11-21_19-30-54-png.3634/
https://sanctioned-suicide.net/attachments/upload_2018-11-21_19-31-15-png.3635/

More or less a conclusion
' https://sanctioned-suicide.net/attachments/upload_2018-11-21_19-31-47-png.3636/ '

If you want to be sure you need to jump from an altitude of over 100 metres. Easy if you live at the right location.

This is good information.

I still haven't decided where I'm going to jump from. (on land) I want at least 500 or 600 feet for terminal velocity.

 

[Othermind]

If you want to be sure you need to jump from an altitude of over 100 metres.

Your own source says 150 feet, 45 meters, not even half than that. Losthallhope gives a similar number.
Seriously I don't get it why people highball so much the height you need to jump from to ctb.

 

[Zzzzz]

Your own source says 150 feet, 45 meters, not even half than that. Losthallhope gives a similar number.
Seriously I don't get it why people highball so much the height you need to jump from to ctb.

It increases the chance of dying and dying quickly. The difference between 40 meters and 170 meters is about 60 miles per hour on impact. That is a significant difference. Velocity is a key factor in the jumping method. A Higher fall equals higher velocity up to terminal velocity, which is about 480 ft according to the article. Yes it is very likely a person will die at 150 ft, but it is basically considered the minimum distance for a serious suicide attempt. Higher (up to 480 ft) is only going to increase someones chances. 95% chance means 25 people out of 500 will survive. That's a lot of people surviving. 98% means 10 out of 500 will survive. The people who highball it want the odds to be in their favor as much as possible.

 

[Othermind]

Yes it is very likely a person will die at 150 ft

For most people, anything above that is incredibly hard if not impossible to reach, and over 50 meters you get massive diminishing returns; doubling the heights only gets you a 3% increased chance of dying.
Of course the higher the better/safer, but I'd rather someone jumped from 40m and have a 95% chance of dying than they attempted a drug overdose or partial hanging only to end up in a psych ward or permanently injured.
What I'm trying to say is that I'm not disagreeing with the sentiment, but I think people here get way too overzealous when they treat a very reliable method like it had the same odds of slashing your wrists with a letter opener.

 

[Arak]

There are many variables, I think Geo Stone adresses at least some of those.

What if, at a height of 70 metres your speed is only 90kph ? What if it's not even the worst fall (feet first) but a horizontal landing ? Shattering bones, getting your skull penetrated by splinters. But not immediately dead, and getting rescued. Imagine slamming against a wall with a speed of 90 kph. Are you sure it will kill you instantly ?