[quote]On a 10-meter high diving tower, fear of taking the jump is pitted against the personal loss that would arise if you didn't dare. What do we look like when we hesitate and when we make a decision? What does it look like when we overcome our fear?
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 15 | February 11, 2022 12:21 AM |
I might consider it if there were 3-5 successively higher towers from where I could jump over the course of several attempt.
Panic while jumping from the 10 meter platform without any real preparation could easily cause you to twist.
Remember, you hit the water at 35mph when jumping from 10 meters and water, contrary to popular belief, is still a relatively hard surface if you hit with too much of your surface area, rather than slicing through it.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | February 10, 2022 10:20 PM |
It wouldn't be a pretty or elegant jump, but I would jump (you know, eyes closed, arm close to the body, feet first).
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | February 10, 2022 10:21 PM |
Damn! That was anxiety-provoking just watching the people contemplate the jump!
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | February 10, 2022 10:30 PM |
As long as there’s water in the pool for christsakes!
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | February 10, 2022 10:35 PM |
Some of us are old farts on here (myself included), so fuck no.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | February 10, 2022 10:39 PM |
Some funny segments in this video when Tom took Lance to work one day.
"I'm having another issue .. my balls."
Somewhere within, Tom mentions it took James Cordon three hours to work up to the 10M. I think I could do it, but it might take about that long as well.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 6 | February 10, 2022 10:45 PM |
R3 I love the dramatic, last-second bail-out by the guy at 2:51 (the one with a hairstyle straight from a can of Dutch Boy paint).
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | February 10, 2022 10:48 PM |
No. I have sciatica due to compressed discs. Not willing to make it worse.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | February 10, 2022 10:51 PM |
What would I gain by doing it?
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | February 10, 2022 10:55 PM |
R9 a sense of accomplishment and a ruptured spleen
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | February 10, 2022 10:57 PM |
There are laws preventing from causing a tsunami.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 11 | February 10, 2022 10:57 PM |
I have jumped off the 10M tower several times at the Rec Center pool when I was a kid. I didn't like it, and in my 50s, I likely wouldn't do it now.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | February 10, 2022 11:01 PM |
That was like watching a Ingmar Bergman film.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | February 10, 2022 11:49 PM |
Absolutely not. I'm afraid of heights, but that was a fascinating watch. Thanks for sharing!
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | February 11, 2022 12:21 AM |
