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BASE Jumper Waits Too Long

2003 Reader Submission
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It seems a BASE jumper failed to learn his physics lesson on the speed an object has as it falls to earth. A group of BASE jumpers decided to jump off a new TV tower/antenna east of Orlando, Florida. The tower is 1682 feet high. One jumper waited 6 seconds before releasing his parachute. Another waited 8 seconds and one intrepid jumper said he was going to wait 11 seconds. Now the maximum speed one reaches in this free fall is 172 feet per second. You do the math. Now while it does take a short time to reach that speed, waiting 11 seconds is cutting it awfully close! Needless to say the one jumper died on impact. His so called "friends" then took the camera from his helmet (he was video-taping his jump) and fled the scene (instead of dialing 911 on a cell phone). Once they reached a pay phone, they called 911 to report what had happened and that their friend was dead as a result of the jump.

Submitted on 05/31/2002

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: Orlando Sentinel 5-31-02

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Sheryl said:
Definitely Toss: Not Amusing
Just plain tacky!


Mark said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
I found the Orlando Sentinel article ... no mention of the 'delay competition' (read: pissing-contest), or the 11 secs, only of an 'instinctive knowledge' of when to deploy the chute. So, he got it wrong. Seems there was a fog that day, too - now THAT'S stupid: BASE jumping into fog!


Eric said:
Maybe Toss: Lacks Excellence


Tracy said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
There's clever base jumpers, and there's not-so-clever base jumpers


Okie said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
The friends need the honorable mention as they are sure to be future Darwin award recipients.


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