Would you jump?

mansize

https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000004882589/ten-meter-tower.html?smid=fb-share&post_id=10154182472722321_10154182474697321#_=_
No, btw.

CPTM

Yes - It's an awful long walk back down if I didn't. Ironically it would be my laziness that would help me get the job done.... Eventually... But I imagine most of the lights would be off and the car park would be empty, and just one yellow shirt guy/gal waiting for me.

Junkyard Tom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub1YI7LF3e8

duffman13

I'd say a lot of irish people don't jump. I did a bungy in nz last year and there was an Irish guy working there. Apparently the Irish and the Chinese are the worst two nations for refusing to jump when they get there. Id well believe it too, took me about 5 mins to jump (lean forward enough to fall)

Hilly Bill

I've done it, the pain in the knackers after is a bastard though.

Wanderer78

**** yea, leave me at it

Senna

I can't swim, so I'm going to answer NO

OldMrBrennan83

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Mountainsandh

Picture Mr Bean, female, not even getting off the ladder onto the platform.
Nope.

It is even doubtful if I would get to the top of that ladder in the first place.

The_Valeyard

F*ck that.

I've bungee jumped many a time and I've parachuted from a plane three times,

But id need a helicopter rescue from that.

Merkin

I'm so **** scared of heights I think I'm going to pass out if I have to stand on a chair

LordSutch

I admire that older lady who finally jumps @8m.28s ...

prinzeugen

Not a chance.. You would not get me up there to start with.

I don't know why, but I only got scared of heights in my mid 20's. I worked as a tree surgeon and had no issue climbing 50ft trees with a chainsaw.

Not now!

Red Kev

I've done it before as part of a test, so I know I'd do it again.

Funny the way the guy with the tattoos at the end wouldn't do it; and the couple about 5 minutes in where the guy took ages but the girl just went ahead almost straight away.

Great film.

Mellor

Yeah I'd jump. I've done it before.

Wanderer78 wrote: »

**** yea, leave me at it

There's a 10m platform out in the NAC in blanch. Off you go, only €7.50

RedXIV

I'm terrified of heights but falling into water? Absolutely no problem with that. I'd jump I think......

maudgonner

Scared of heights and I recently got vertigo standing on my tiptoes cleaning a window So no, I wouldn't make it up the ladder even.

Weirdly enough though I have done a skydive with no problems at all. There's something about being 13,000ft up that tricked my brain into not being as scared as I would at 13ft.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Absolutely not. I even feel dizzy looking at the canal

Tigger

we used to jump into the blessington resivour from the bridge

http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WI&regno=16303027



ive jumped from a high dive in torquay somewhere yers ago i don't think it was 10m but its a matter of trusting the design i suppose

Dpg21

Yep, I jumped off a 12m waterfall in Vietnam last year, took me ages to jump though, can relate to the guy in the video because I also had shaky knees,

Stigura

That little girl at 1:30! " Let's do this ..... " Slap, slap, slap, Plunge! Respect!!! That was mental as all f**k!

Yeah, I love heights and I love doing big jumps into water.

Check the record 59-metre waterfall jump (with extra takes to aerate the water more) and also http://reddit.com/r/sweatypalms if you're into heights.

whoopsadoodles

I read half the thread before posts I watched the vid and had decided I wouldn't jump without knowing what it was.

I would definitely go up the ladder. And ultimately I would most likely jump but I would take ages to do it and there would be a lot of "almost" jumping before I actually did. And when I did it once I'd want to do it four more times.

pickarooney

Linus does diplomacy like a boss!
"I'm just going to tune you out. No, you go ahead and talk, I just won't be present"

Not sure if I'd jump. I did a 17m belly flop off a cliff before and got a concussion and amnesia. Kind of turned me off.

Irish Guitarist

I wouldn't jump because I can't swim. I wouldn't go back down the steps because I'm afraid of heights and hate narrow steps. I'd probably die up there.

Your Face

Might as well jump. Jump!

Boom_Bap

I've stood on the middle one before and had to turn around and go back down the ladder. I was about 15 at the time.

I'd be interested to see how I'd cope now though, I guess that mankes me a maybe sort of.

BeardySi

I've done 12m jumps coasteering, so I guess so...

cruizer101

I would love to but honestly think I would struggle even with the 5m one.
Enjoyable little documentary though, thanks OP.

sjb25

Not a hope in hell although I wouldn't of even went up in the first place :eek:

razorblunt

I'd like to think I would, but it would be a long boring video until I get mentally prepared for it!
I'd find it alot easier going 3m, 5m then 10m than just walking to the top.

Fair dues to that old lady, she stopped herself on the ladder.
That kid was heroic though, few deep breaths, run and jump!

HigginsJ

Best course of action would be to climb up and jump off without looking, surely taking the time to study the height would screw your head.

I would say yes I would jump, think it would be a rush.

fryup

yes i'd jump

.................i'd jump on that woman at the end doing the back flip (fine body);)

MarkR

I remember we used to jump off the bridge in Ardnacrusha. Always seemed taller. Here's someone else doing. it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NCSPAXTOBY

How tall you reckon that is?

gandalf

I did a 10mtr jump once when I was a teenager in Portugal trying to impress the topless birds around the pool. Of course non took any notice of my extreme whiteness hitting the pool. The one thing I vividly remember is that I didn't point my feet when I hit the water and the soles of my feet felt like someone whacked them viciously with a paddle!

Even though heights scare the hell out of me I'd do it again

RicePat

Not into water and not on camera in my cacks

BBDBB

Yes,I did it when I was about 13 years old, I remember being really excited by the thought of it from down at the pool side, but it was very different when you are up there. I think I did it half a dozen times including doing a couple of running jumps. Don't think I dived, but I was trying to psych myself up for it and I think my common sense talked me out of it

Agricola

If I was up there on my own. Not a hope.

If the slow mo girl at the end was standing behind me waiting to jump, I'd be like Michael Phelps

MarkR

Agricola wrote: »

If I was up there on my own. Not a hope.

If the slow mo girl at the end was standing behind me waiting to jump, I'd be like Michael Phelps

Hadn't seen that, worth a look.

To save me 16 minutes, were there any good belly flops? Cannonballs?

LenaClaire

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

I read half the thread before posts I watched the vid and had decided I wouldn't jump without knowing what it was.

I would definitely go up the ladder. And ultimately I would most likely jump but I would take ages to do it and there would be a lot of "almost" jumping before I actually did. And when I did it once I'd want to do it four more times.

I've done it a few times and I am the same way. Go up, start to freak out, pace a bit, decide to jump, freak out again, finally jump. Hit the water and think, I need to do that again!

Mr.Plough

Suspect swimsuit choice by the first girl on the right, given the situation

Maximus Alexander

I've done it before, so yeah probably. It was in Thailand and there was a 10m high cliff that we were told was safe to jump off. I had second thoughts at the top, but after climbing up sharp rocks in my bare feet I wasn't going to climb back down, so once the first couple of lads started jumping and didn't die I followed them. It was great fun in the end which took the fear out of it. I'd say the knees would still be knocking a bit if I tried it again though.

scamalert

good video prob would jump,but would be more like soldier jump technique where you put your arms legs together and feet down.
once watching video its easy to get imagine what people think,since the longer one waits,lingers etc the more nervous one becomes,as opposed to going straight down without second thought starts running in the head.

them extreme height videos would be for someone who would be professional swimmer,diver since hitting water from such high theres only few positions one can land in without suffering broken ribs etc.

mickmac76

No not in a million years would I jump. I hate heights.

Rented Mule

I've jumped off of more ten metre boards that I can remember. Once you've done it a few times, it's no big deal.