BingerFang
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Ugly but he made it.
I think where it can go wrong is when the jumper gets the wind knocked out and they panic gulp water then .....
When I was younger I used to cliff jump all the time..
One day there was a board member that told a story where he jumped in feet first and the water blew his ear drums out. It was discussed at pretty great length on the forums and he was pretty adamant that he just jumped in like he had done a hundred times before and the water came together and just blew his ear drums out..
Pretty much cured me of ever wanting to cliff dive again.
Huh?
I watched a guy in 2006 sit up there for a long time and then walk down. Crazy you saw someone actually do it. I used to dive off that middle one in copper canyon but that was 12 years ago, not any more.I've never been big on jumping off rocks at the lake.
I did witness (circa maybe 2000) a guy jump from the freakin mountain that, if looking at the jump rock pictured above in Copper Canyon, is just to the left. Waaaaaaaay up at the top. Dude sat there for a while with people egging him on. Cops telling him on the bullhorn not to jump. Dude jumped, made it. I actually have it on VHS video. CRAZY!
This wasn’t cliff jumping but it was either the night of my prom or the next night of proms aboard the Queen Mary and a guy from another school jumped from the deck and got stuck in the mud/sand (the ship no longer floats since it was moved there, the bottom of the rust bucket was filled with mud and it rests on the bottom) and was found the next morning stuck up to his armpits.I got stuck in the mud jumping off the cliffs north of castle rock bay. About halfway to my knees. Luckily it was really soft and I was able to kick out of it.
Scared the shit out of me. Last time I will ever jump off a cliff.
It was gnarly. I have to get all my old school havasu VHS tapes converted to digital one of these days and find it.I watched a guy in 2006 sit up there for a long time and then walk down. Crazy you saw someone actually do it. I used to dive off that middle one in copper canyon but that was 12 years ago, not any more.
Dead or Alive?This wasn’t cliff jumping but it was either the night of my prom or the next night of proms aboard the Queen Mary and a guy from another school jumped from the deck and got stuck in the mud/sand (the ship no longer floats since it was moved there, the bottom of the rust bucket was filled with mud and it rests on the bottom) and was found the next morning stuck up to his armpits.
Dead or Alive?
We use to jump there back when we were kids. 1970 ish.My 10yo son gets pissed because I don't let him jump off of the rock across from Blue Water. I don't really care, rather have him pissed than not have him at all.
We use to jump there back when we were kids. 1970 ish.
I don’t blame you, I wouldn’t let my kids jump either.I see allot of people and kids jump. My BIL lets his daughter jump. But with all the stories I have heard about jumping off of rocks I just don't want to risk it. It also looks kind of shallow in areas near the bottom of the jump.
Well, did he stick the landing?
20 years ago I used to do Gainers off the rocks at Copper Canyon. As I entered the water I extended my legs forward to prevent my body from going too deep.
Holy chit......I know it’s not copper canyon... but a big jump last week at Topock
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I know it’s not copper canyon... but a big jump last week at Topock
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That's bad ass!!
Remember when the guy jumped off that bridge and landed in a boat?I know it’s not copper canyon... but a big jump last week at Topock
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Yup! That was a bad dealRemember when the guy jumped off that bridge and landed in a boat?
My buddy did the exact same thing up near there but broke his neck.I'll do a jump from time to time in spots I know. Copper canyon has been a while since I done that one.
However, I always check depth now before I dive. Labor day weekend 2007, Right off the end of this first finger at Moonridge on the strip I had been screwing around all morning diving and flipping in 7ft of water. We went down to Roadrunner for lunch and when we came back I dove off the front of the boat in the exact same spot to go put the trailer in the ramp. 7ft of water became 2.5ft of water just in the time it took to do a short boat ride and have lunch at roadrunner.
I had a deep gash in my face from my hairline down to my left eye, bounced over my eye, gashed the tip of my nose, and tore my upper lip open to where I could touch my gums above my front teeth from immediately under my my nose.
I soaked 2 full size beach towels in blood with my face, went to 2 hospitals, and ultimately had my face stitched back together by a plastic surgeon in Lake Havasu City. I still have the scar below my nose reaching down to my lip.
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I've been told about a million times how lucky I am that I didn't do that. My neck is still pretty jacked to this day though even despite not being broken. Did your buddy recover...?My buddy did the exact same thing up near there but broke his neck.
He did, had to wear a Halo for awhile, it was a long time ago. You got lucky!I've been told about a million times how lucky I am that I didn't do that. My neck is still pretty jacked to this day though even despite not being broken. Did your buddy recover...?