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About LinkBacksI made a jump a few months ago off a 170ft tower give or take a foot or so, over solid ground and was wondering what people know to be the lowest freefalled jump over solid ground not water???
HappyGroundRush
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March 30th, 2003 I made a jump a few months ago off a 170ft tower give or take a foot or so, over solid ground and was wondering what people know to be the lowest freefalled jump over solid ground not water???
HappyGroundRush
Dave }(
March 30th, 2003 The lowest freefall over hard ground (OHG) I ever saw is Slim (on video) doing a sub-200 foot cliff. The trick, he said, is throwing the pilot chute upwards . . .
Personally, the lowest freefall I ever did is 260-feet. I believe this is about as low as I'd go while still having a sporting chance of clearing a line over.
My lowest jump OHG is 130-feet off a downtown building. However, that jump is via direct bag.
The decision to go low, either by starting low or just winding up low depends on how much control over problems like off headings, stuck toggles, and line overs you are willing to go without.
"The Ground's the Limit . . ."
- Carl Boenish, BASE 4
C-ya,
Nick
BASE 194
March 30th, 2003 I've seen someone do 168ft over hard ground.
March 30th, 2003 Several folks have done muptiple successful (freefall) jumps from a 156 foot S over hard ground in our hometown. Most of these jumps were done on unvented canopies, pretty interesting data.
I've heard of 110 foot static lines, and I've done 132 myself with an unvented canopy. I believe a number of Canadian folks have done repeated 120 foot static lines up there over hard ground. I think several folks have been looking at 99-ish static lines, though I'm not sure if they have been done yet or not.
A "jumper" in WA went handheld from 99 feet over fairly hard ground (swampy creekside) with a 42 PC. He thought it was higher, and impacted with not much open. Lifeflight saved him, but the last I heard he is still in intensive care - almost a year later - and has suffered permanent brain injuries as a result. It's a very sad story.
Peace,
D-d0g
March 31st, 2003 My canopy opened in 157 feet, give or take a foot or two. Had I jumped from 160 feet, give or take a foot or two, I would have been OK or broken something at least.
Lasering sites for height? So....does this imply that there is absolutely perfect control of how fast a canopy opens within the same precision of a laser?
After all, it opens in 150 feet. so, I should be able to jump a 151 foot object, right?
I just want the record for "Lowest Freefall" .....or "Luckiest Sum'bitch alive still".
Why cut is so close? Is it that necessary to get within a foot or two of death?
My recommendation....EYEBALL 300 feet. under 200 feet? well, take your chances. If you can''t eyeball your site's height, best not freefall it.
April 3rd, 2003 I think it is around 5 meters which throws into the survivalbility quotient.
I have a student who has chosen a rocket deployed system that I helped develop and that has done a lot of sub 20m stuff, freefall. It gets stupid from here, same as Highest single Arch bridge made from iron with a little bit of carbon thrown in. To answer your exact question, it would be 5 meters, snowboarding off a dropoff that probaly would have killed him had he not opened due to the stoned landscape intersect below at 35Kmh. If you wish, I will have him post the patent link and some vids if possible. IMHO, FF is without any lift applied to the jumper during deployment, basically. I do not mean to take away from your 170ftr accomplishment. but tech has gone so far ahead that 5m freefalls are being done. I am in agreement that redefinition is in order.Please anybody feel free to rip me. I will be rippable until the point that my student agrees to allow the publication of his website. But hey, I saw an 18m jump myself from the said jumper.
April 3rd, 2003 Space living up to his name. How were the 'shrooms?
Are you trolling here Space cos you lit my imagination with this rocket deployment thing. My original idea regarding active canopy deployment and pressurization was closer to an airbag type deal. Or are you saying that he was stood on a 20m cliff and shot himself upwards using a rocket before deploying.
This sounds cool either way.
I still maintain that I'm the record holder at 8' 3" from my shed roof. I've also exited from close to 7m and landed on concrete without injury.
Survivability is basically just a question of how hard you are.
Can't wait to see the web site.
April 3rd, 2003 It ainīt a troll, the canopy goes to full line stretch but one just needs wind to get it working as like in an aerodynamic profile, which is provided by lateral vectors such as the speed from snowboarding,ski, bicycle, moto. etc,,,,Kick me a PM and I will getya a link.
take care,
space
April 3rd, 2003 This I gotta see... Please post a link.
April 4th, 2003 http://www.extremebase.de./
http://www.rocket-jump.com
Itīs not very good fotos but the tech details are there. I was there for the motocycle jump from 18 meters and developed a harness system interlock/release for the jump.
take care,
space
April 4th, 2003 Out of curiosity, what's the height from a gondola over the Mississippi River, in NOLA? ;) Hey Trace - just popping in to say hi.
Ms. Tabasco
April 6th, 2003 That is a dynamic question, as in The height now or say in 1992 (320ft), It doesnīt exist any more in NOLA. I heard some guy from Paraguay bought it for 3 Llamas. Maybe he can clarify.
Shoot me an e, we can Ketchup Ms. Tabasco ;-) Ok lame but I couldnīīt resist hehehehehe
take care,
space
April 8th, 2003 It wasn't an intentional freefall but I was static lining a 121ft bridge over hard earth and due to unknown reasons had a sl failure which you can see on video occurred at bridle stretch but before my velcro peeled. I proceeded to hit the ground with bottom skin inflation only breaking my leg pretty badly. I was jumping an unvented Fox which was later converted to a vtec and had it been vented already I reckon I'd have got away with it.
Lowest intentional freefall I've seen done over hard earth is 168ft with nice stand up landings.
Craig
April 8th, 2003 Ouch - 121 unvented, even with partial SL assistance, is nothing to sneeze at. Hope the leg healed up well.
We did loads off 180-ish last night, and I was glad of the 60+ extra feet. . . not to mention the bottomskin venting! Even the extra 25 feet over our lowest local freefall object was used - open, brakes off, small flare, pound. My theory is the 10+ mph tailwind slowed down bottomskin pressurization, else it was just the standard variability in opening from those altitudes.
"Hard ground" seems much harder when things open slowly!
Peace,
D-d0g
April 16th, 2003 >my first bridge day jump freefall photo,was almost a canopy opening photo, and i (let it go )didn't throw my pilot chute. so you can get ultra fast openings with a non vented old "Fury"canopy, no bag or tail pocket.
I trash packed using rubberbands from the hotel. but will it openfrom 150ft ?
act your age! hell no, thats to keep you harnessed to the daily grind. chuck :P
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