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Is It Possible To Parachute Down From 100th Floor?

Tkcom From Canada, joined Sep 2001, 40 posts, RR: 0
Posted (10 years 8 months 2 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 1007 times:

I doubted it this morning. Is this idea practical?
All comments are welcome.

TK

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Watewate From Canada, joined Nov 2000, 2280 posts, RR: 2
Reply 1, posted (10 years 8 months 2 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 997 times:

Sure. I bet that's the dream for many BASE jumpers around the world.

I Like To Fly From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 1188 posts, RR: 2
Reply 2, posted (10 years 8 months 2 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 991 times:

Ever heard of Base Jumping?

Blackened From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 3, posted (10 years 8 months 2 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 978 times:

If you jump down from 400m it'll take you about 10.5 s to reach the ground even without a parachute. Base jumpers jump from 100m I guess.

Fallingeese From Canada, joined Apr 2001, 2097 posts, RR: 23
Reply 4, posted (10 years 8 months 2 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 939 times:

Haven't BASE jumpers already jumped from heights such as the former WTC? I remember seeing a documentary on them.

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Jwenting From Netherlands, joined Apr 2001, 10213 posts, RR: 24
Reply 5, posted (10 years 8 months 2 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 924 times:

They have. When the Petronas towers were opened in KL they jumped from there as part of the ceremony.
The Petronas towers are higher than the WTC used to be.

But it takes a lot of training (and guts I'd guess) to do. Just giving people in a highrise building parachutes will not help them (even putting aside other things like the number of people and the difficulty of getting windows that cannot open to open).

I wish I were flying

Petertenthije From Netherlands, joined Jul 2001, 3113 posts, RR: 15
Reply 6, posted (10 years 8 months 2 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 913 times:

getting windows that cannot open to open

In case of a emergency getting rid of a window isn't the biggest problem. If it were, there wouldn't have been people jumping of the WTC. And these people did it without a chute.

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9A-CRO From Croatia, joined Jun 2000, 1574 posts, RR: 10
Reply 7, posted (10 years 8 months 2 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 900 times:

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I remember that base jumpers jumped from thirty-story building in Zagreb - they said it is the minimum altitude you can jump from in order to get your parachute deploy before hitting the ground

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Jwenting From Netherlands, joined Apr 2001, 10213 posts, RR: 24
Reply 8, posted (10 years 8 months 2 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 894 times:

in this case the glass was gone from the blast. In most emergencies that would not be the case (fire for example), look at the AMEX building for example.
Opening the windows in a building on fire is very bad, as it can cause the fire to explode out of control.

I wish I were flying

Wardialer From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 1111 posts, RR: 0
Reply 9, posted (10 years 8 months 1 week 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 879 times:

Were you on the Bill Handel Show? Because someone called in with the same thought.

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