Jumping off tower bridge...

themolland8 · June 2007

Go for it, just a few tips:
-Train, go down you local pool and try the highest board and find the best position etc
-What roj279 said, in WW2, specialist divers jumped from really high heights by dropping something like a brick like a second before they jumped to break the water
-Write a will
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Sav · June 2007

don't be a big girl, it's about the same height as a high dive board ffs!

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paul_smith · June 2007

clench your ass cheeks. it stops water rushing in to your body.

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Blue_Ink · June 2007

It would be a good idea to have the boat near by as i wouldn't bet on being able to swim to the shore easily as the temperature of the water alone makes it pretty hard to swim/breath (i speak from experience.... well it was February but its not much warmer now!)

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me_groovy · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by paul_smith

clench your ass cheeks. chris is coming to get you.

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roj279 · June 2007

yer its going to hurt no doubt, and i would get the people in the boat to get ready to jump in and get you, and yer i think the brick think is a good idea, just make sure you dont land on it!

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Random Vince · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by secondtimeuser

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Slightly more than 20' then as that's maximum boat clearance, probably nearer 25.

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varies between 20ft and 29ft,

time it for higest tide of the year and you're looing at about 25ft

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Random Vince · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by roj279

yer its going to hurt no doubt, and i would get the people in the boat to get ready to jump in and get you, and yer i think the brick think is a good idea, just make sure you dont land on it!

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they'll fall at the same rate prety much,

throw brick off, then jump,

brick hits water, sinks instantly but has destroyed surface tension
body hits water, will go deeper (but theres about 20ft of water, so it'll be fine) than without brick

the brick doesnt factor once its hit the water

there is always another option for breaking surface tension of water...

dump a load of washing up liquid in before jumping
bubbles ftw

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Original Rough Shaker · June 2007

I watched on Mythbusters or whatever that the throwing an object into the water before you jump doesn't actually help at all. You still hit the water with the same force

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JammyH · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Original Rough Shaker

I watched on Mythbusters or whatever that the throwing an object into the water before you jump doesn't actually help at all. You still hit the water with the same force

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I was going to say something along those lines [:)]

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shadow_ops · June 2007

i saw something where some guys worked on the theory of throwing a hammer in before you somethign about people falling out of high tower cranes into water. they dropped a hamer and a dummy. the dummy lost one limb first time and atleast a second limb the second time. they decided that this theory was invalid.

a little bit of pain never hurt anyone

TSawyer · June 2007

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<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by xcandy

i have done a cliff jump before , and its advisable to keep your arms folded across your chest and always look at your feet. This helps to keep you vertical.
i dunno how high tower bridge is ... but from 60 ft , the water clattered my knackers quite a bit (keep your legs together) and turned my eyelids inside out.

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you just dont know what you are gonna be splashing about in, mostly diesel and turds i would imagine.

i hope this is gonna be videoed [:D]
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Your name suggests your female, Might wana get that looked at.

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im just having a rest

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xc-andy · June 2007

i reckon the brick idea is a good one ... but you need to make sure you land on the spot where the brick has to make it effective.
To this end you will need to make sure its a big brick ( say a breeze block ) and you will need to tie the brick with about a metre of rope round your ankles.
this will ensure you land in the same spot and have a very comfortable landing.
No need to thank me [;)]

xc-andy · June 2007

and yeah XC Andy it is ..... damn my lower case laziness

dogtanian · June 2007

I wouldn't do it.

I used to commute to work on the Thames every day and you wouldn't believe the things i've seen floating on the surface. Also, although you can't tell by looking at the surface, the undercurrant is ridiculous... particularly near bridges because the struts of the bridge cause extra underwater downward eddies and currents due to turbulance.

I also agree that you're likely to break a rib or perhaps give yourself a tension pneumothorax when you impact upon the water... and in the latter case that'll mean you won't even be able to swim back up to the surface.

If you still aren't convinced that this is a bad idea though, at least try swimming across the thames at Tower Bridge a few times to get an idea of what you're going to be dealing with... and then try Blackfriars bridge first... which i believe is slightly lower.

Don't wanna piss on your adrenaline rush or anything... i just think it'd be a shame if you fucked yourself up.

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dogtanian · June 2007

Dropping an object beforehand to break the surface tension of the water is pointless.
The surface tension of teh water is a function of its density and viscosity... so will make no discernable difference.

It's a bit like the distinction between hitting flat concrete and concrete with a slight round-shaped pit in it.

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Shadow_Conspiracy · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by xcandy

i reckon the brick idea is a good one ... but you need to make sure you land on the spot where the brick has to make it effective.
To this end you will need to make sure its a big brick ( say a breeze block ) and you will need to tie the brick with about a metre of rope round your ankles.
this will ensure you land in the same spot and have a very comfortable landing.
No need to thank me [;)]
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Would a breeze block not just hit the water and float?

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gerallt · June 2007

I think steve-o has done, it could be one of the dirty sanchez crew mind

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Ben · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by dogtanian

I wouldn't do it.

I used to commute to work on the Thames every day and you wouldn't believe the things i've seen floating on the surface. Also, although you can't tell by looking at the surface, the undercurrant is ridiculous... particularly near bridges because the struts of the bridge cause extra underwater downward eddies and currents due to turbulance.

I also agree that you're likely to break a rib or perhaps give yourself a tension pneumothorax when you impact upon the water... and in the latter case that'll mean you won't even be able to swim back up to the surface.

If you still aren't convinced that this is a bad idea though, at least try swimming across the thames at Tower Bridge a few times to get an idea of what you're going to be dealing with... and then try Blackfriars bridge first... which i believe is slightly lower.

Don't wanna piss on your adrenaline rush or anything... i just think it'd be a shame if you fucked yourself up.

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How would this jump be more likely to break my pneumothorax thingymajig than any other bigger jump?

If it really is only 30 feet, surely it'll be smaller than jumping in from a 10m diving board...

As for the crap in the river, we'll have a small motor boat on hand to get me out asap, and an appartment very close by to ower immediately, plus we'll be wearing wetsuits.

Are the undercurrents so bad that there is a possibility of drowning, as obviously I'd rather that didn't happen...

Any video of afromentioned stevo/dirty sanchez jump?

Can't see it being much worse than that video earlier, and they looked fine (water looked quite dirty too...).

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dogtanian · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Ben

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by dogtanian

I wouldn't do it.

I used to commute to work on the Thames every day and you wouldn't believe the things i've seen floating on the surface. Also, although you can't tell by looking at the surface, the undercurrant is ridiculous... particularly near bridges because the struts of the bridge cause extra underwater downward eddies and currents due to turbulance.

I also agree that you're likely to break a rib or perhaps give yourself a tension pneumothorax when you impact upon the water... and in the latter case that'll mean you won't even be able to swim back up to the surface.

If you still aren't convinced that this is a bad idea though, at least try swimming across the thames at Tower Bridge a few times to get an idea of what you're going to be dealing with... and then try Blackfriars bridge first... which i believe is slightly lower.

Don't wanna piss on your adrenaline rush or anything... i just think it'd be a shame if you fucked yourself up.

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How would this jump be more likely to break my pneumothorax thingymajig than any other bigger jump?

If it really is only 30 feet, surely it'll be smaller than jumping in from a 10m diving board...

As for the crap in the river, we'll have a small motor boat on hand to get me out asap, and an appartment very close by to ower immediately, plus we'll be wearing wetsuits.

Are the undercurrents so bad that there is a possibility of drowning, as obviously I'd rather that didn't happen...

Any video of afromentioned stevo/dirty sanchez jump?

Can't see it being much worse than that video earlier, and they looked fine (water looked quite dirty too...).

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Although it doesn't look it, the Thames is very tidal and turbulent.
Also, the road level of Tower Bridge is a fair bit higher than 10meters... for a start, the tidal effect causes the level of the Thames to fluctuate by around 7meters on high spring tide.

http://www.portoflondon.co.uk/pdfs/hydro/Jun07.pdf

As i say... don't want to be a killjoy coz it sounds like a lot of fun... i'd just do a bit more research if i were you and perhaps try to speak to someone who's done it before.

I have a mate who used to work in the City Of London police... and now works in the private sector... if you like I can give him a bell during the week and find out what the chances of you dying are.

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Ben · June 2007

Yer, that's why I was asking people one here first, in the hope like someone like you would actually know something about rivers and shiz, as I'm a bit clueless on tides etc.

As far as the height goes, it's not a problem for me.

The dirty river isn't too much of a concern either, as I have jumped into the Seine in Paris before which is probably worse and have a shower nearby to wash in straight away and we'll be wearing wetsuits.

If you could have a word with your mate that would be ace.

Also, if anyone knows anything about currents etc would be helpful. I'm a big lad and a srong, confident swimmer if that helps...

Any video or testimonials of people who've done it would be awesome too.

Cheers.

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ddoogie · June 2007

Enjoy!

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Norco_Will93 · June 2007

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Ben · June 2007

Summer some time.

SDH replaced my topic with some gimp mod saying "fool"

Just goes to show what a bunch of boring cunts they really are!

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climber · June 2007

Stop being a bunch of pussies put a wetsuite on and lob yourselvs off as long as you dont drink the whole river you will be fine.

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Ben · June 2007

What if I drown due to sever undercurrents eh? Might not mean I'll be fine.

You f*cking idiot.

I'm going to do it, but in Summer. No harm checking out the do's and dont's.

SO STFU or GTFO you n00b.

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climber · June 2007

High tide,slack water no under currents,and less of the insults kiddy kins[:)]

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Oldmacdonald · June 2007

You've just got to hope that Moses doesn't turn up to do his party-piece as you jump in.

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Ben · June 2007

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High tide,slack water no under currents,and less of the insults kiddy kins[:)]

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Excellent news.

Sorry about the insults, and less of the "kiddy kins" sunshine. ANd please, never call me a worm.... you could never be further fromteh truth

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climber · June 2007

Worm?

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