Would you jump?

mansize · 06-02-2017 12:39AM #1

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

CPTM · 06-02-2017 12:54AM

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 · 06-02-2017 12:59AM

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

duffman13 · 06-02-2017 01:03AM

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 · 06-02-2017 01:08AM

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

Wanderer78 · 06-02-2017 01:16AM

**** yea, leave me at it

Senna · 06-02-2017 01:20AM

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

OldMrBrennan83 · 06-02-2017 01:23AM

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Mountainsandh · 06-02-2017 01:25AM

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 · 06-02-2017 01:31AM

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 · 06-02-2017 01:33AM

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

LordSutch · 06-02-2017 01:38AM

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

prinzeugen · 06-02-2017 01:40AM

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 · 06-02-2017 01:43AM

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 · 06-02-2017 01:48AM

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 · 06-02-2017 01:49AM

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

I think......

maudgonner · 06-02-2017 01:58AM

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 · 06-02-2017 02:12AM

Absolutely not. I even feel dizzy looking at the canal

Tigger · 06-02-2017 02:15AM

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 · 06-02-2017 02:24AM

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 · 06-02-2017 03:35AM

That little girl at 1:30! " Let's do this ..... " Slap, slap, slap, Plunge!

Respect!!! That was mental as all f**k!

06-02-2017 03:48AM

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 · 06-02-2017 07:08AM

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 · 06-02-2017 08:19AM

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 · 06-02-2017 08:33AM

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 · 06-02-2017 08:40AM

Might as well jump. Jump!

Boom_Bap · 06-02-2017 11:35AM

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 · 06-02-2017 11:42AM

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

cruizer101 · 06-02-2017 12:01PM

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

sjb25 · 06-02-2017 12:04PM

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

razorblunt · 06-02-2017 12:45PM

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!

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