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gthornberg
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Danny Osman held the longest survived roped fall. In a 925-foot stunt at Yosemite, Osman jumped into the records books as the farther single roped jump in history. Unfortunately, Osman attempted to break his new record in the same day jumping for a 1,000 foot fall before the sun went down. His rope broke 150 feet off the ground where he fell to his death.
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floridaputz
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IN THE EARILY 80'S, I WAS ADVENTURE CLIMBING ON THE COCONINO SANDSTONE BAND AT THE GRAND CANYON, I TOOK A 60 FT FALL OFF A CHOCK STONE W/ A RUNNER. i DID NOT DECK BUT THE SLAP AGAINST THE WALL WAS PRETTY GOOD !
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clmbng_addict
Jun 11, 2003, 8:57 AM
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http://www.greenharbor.com/fffolder/ffresearch.html
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capuletts
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i think to that question, it boils down to whether you are suppose to die on that day or not. If you time is up you can fall 5 feet break your neck.
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dee
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I fell 800-1000 feet down the north face of San Jacinto, but, that fall is not even the record for San Jac. The "Alpeenist" was standing on the summit when the cornice broke loose and he rode the wave of the avalanche for roughly 5000' down the face. He survived and walked out on his own, his partner on top had no idea. He was probably wearing his tradmark WAY broken in leather Lederhosen.
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On the summit day on Mt. Mckinley in 1979, one of our two rope teams fell 2500 feet.
Two of the three died, but one survived the fall.
He lost all the toes and 8 fingers, and also broke one of his knees.
Mentally, he was totally broken down for a few years.
Everyday he was drinking madly and thinking about killing himself.
But he's finally come out of it and decided to climb again.
The first thing he had to learn, was how to tie shoe lace with 2 fingers.
He is still climbing today.
He is my hero.
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rokklym
Jan 16, 2004, 3:32 PM
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In reply to: On the summit day on Mt. Mckinley in 1979, one of our two rope teams fell 2500 feet. Two of the three died, but one survived the fall. He lost all the toes and 8 fingers, and also broke one of his knees. Mentally, he was totally broken down for a few years. Everyday he was drinking madly and thinking about killing himself. But he's finally come out of it and decided to climb again. The first thing he had to learn, was how to tie shoe lace with 2 fingers. He is still climbing today. He is my hero.
Damn! gotta respect that. I can imagine thats a pretty traumatic event. I was once in a motorcycle accident and I kinda got goofy for a few months and sold a bunch of my stuff cuz I didn't want to be posessed by my posessions. kinda makes you take a good look at life!
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diesel___smoke
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Someone claimed to have 'rode' the stairs down during the collapse of the World Trade Centers, he was later proved to be full of bullsh*t.
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scotto
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I think an ant holds the record for longest survived fall. Ants have a terminal velocity of about 2 miles per hour - so you can drop them from any hieght and they will always walk away.
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ONe time when i was downloading music i put the word "climb" under the search for video files. the only thing that came up was "2 falling climbers" i downloaded it and it shows a newsclip of either french or italian climbers being raised by a helicopter, the rope that is holding them breaks and they take a series of EXTREMELY bad falls, this made my almost shit my pants last time i was leading a runout. has anyone seen this video or know if the falling people died? cause if they survived the featured fall, thats some balls
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the_alpine
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The commentary for the fall those 2 took is in Spanish and they are said to have lived. Insane footage.
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raymondjeffrey
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gambler took an 80 footer on a little-ass hex. He kept the piece on his key chain as his good luck charm.
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speedywon
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I seem to remember a story on Ripley's Believe It or Not about ten years ago about a skydiver whose shoot didn't open. He bounced off the ground twice and then got up and walked away with even a broken bone. Does that ring a bell to anyone else or am I just getting delusional in my old age?
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In reply to: In reply to: Danny Osman held the longest survived roped fall. In a 925-foot stunt at Yosemite, Osman jumped into the records books as the farther single roped jump in history. Unfortunately, Osman attempted to break his new record in the same day jumping for a 1,000 foot fall before the sun went down. His rope broke 150 feet off the ground where he fell to his death. GT I could be wrong but I remember reading something about this. I though after Dan made the 925' jump he was going to call it quits in the rope jumping dept. The day after his jump he was gonna clean the anchors and rope off the LT but bad weather rolled in and postponed this for something like two weeks. After it cleared he went up to clean with a friend and wanted to try one last jump. It was assumed that the rope broke due to exposure. I always thought that this story sounded funky due to the fact that someone like Osman wouldn't have trusted his life to a rope that had sat on the rock for two weeks. As I said its just something I remember reading. Real sad though and I think he left a wife and newborn.
I'm not sure but I thought that Andrew Toddhunter said in the Fall of the Phantom Lord that Dan Osman died when attempting to break the record, and that the rope failed I think like midway, but the rope had been set up and had been rained on and was wet and therefore weak and broke. :( I don't know but as far as farthest fall on a climbing rope, I think Dan Osman takes the cake.
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jurch
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In reply to: what is the deal with the czech republic. i have a czech friend that survived a 3,000 ft. fall along with the two other members of his party. the alpine ice climb they were on turned loose and rode them from near the summit of the peak they were on to the valley floor. anyone remember the swiss dude that got plowed in an avalanche for over 1,000 feet and walked bac to town with an ice axe stuck completely through his chest. i wonder if he was of czech decent.;-) michael
vesna vukovic is (was?) serbian...
also, once a guy was skiing down from Triglav (Slovenia) and in the fog he hasn't seen the edge and fell over and down the north face (over 3000ft high - check the pictures). the joke is - he was a ski jumper and he instantly got into "flying position". even bigger joke was that he landed on some ledge with few meters of snow and survived without a scratch. third joke - he almost freezed to death (he had to wait for help)...
this happened few decades ago. i don't know the length/height of his jump but it was few hundred meters (few 300ft)... and i'm not joking :)
http://www.summitpost.org/images/56367.jpg
http://www.summitpost.org/images/31776.JPG
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littlejames
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In reply to: also, once a guy was skiing down from Triglav (Slovenia) and in the fog he hasn't seen the edge and fell over and down the north face (over 3000ft high - check the pictures). the joke is - he was a ski jumper and he instantly got into "flying position". even bigger joke was that he landed on some ledge with few meters of snow and survived without a scratch. third joke - he almost freezed to death (he had to wait for help)... this happened few decades ago. i don't know the length/height of his jump but it was few hundred meters (few 300ft)... and i'm not joking :)
Holy mother of God. Can you imagine what went through his mind when he suddenly found himself airborne?
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Apr 25, 2005, 5:50 AM
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I thought dan Osmond was BASE jumping and his chute didn't open. oh well.
vessna vulovic (correct spelling??) survived a fall from something like 33,300 feet without a parachute when she was a flight attendent. she broke a ton of bones.
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Apr 25, 2005, 6:11 AM
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the longest no-parachute fall survived i have head off before reading this thread was a girl in austria that fell a few hundred meters (i cant really remeber how far, i think it was betwen 100 and 300) into a deep pile of snow and survived.
but that was a really long time ago. like when i was 8 or so.
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Seriously. And how long would that take to hit the ground? I imagine it would be a darn long time--compared to sky diving. There would probably be a lot of things to think about. And plus, it would probably feel like you were falling for an eternity--Just anticipating your death...Maybe she just screamed the whole time!
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I've posted this before, but I like it so much, here it is again.
Especially note: Vesna Vulovic stayed INSIDE the plane.
WWII Freefallers:
Alan Magee, a gunner on a B-17 with the 303rd Bomb Group of the U.S. 8th Air Force, was on a mission to St. Nazaire, France in January of 1943, when his bomber was set aflame by enemy fire. He was thrown from the plane before he had a chance to put on his parachute. He fell 20,000 feet and crashed through the skylight of the St. Nazaire train station. His arm was badly injured, but he recovered from that and other injuries.
In March of 1944, Nicholas Alkemade was the tail gunner in a British Lancaster bomber on a night mission to Berlin when his plane was attacked by German fighters. When the captain ordered the crew to bail out, Alkemade looked back into the plane and discovered that his parachute was in flames. He chose to jump without a parachute rather than to stay in the burning plane. He fell 18,000 feet, landing in trees, underbrush, and drifted snow. He twisted his knee and had some cuts, but was otherwise alright.
The Fire Ant Girl
In September of 1999, Joan Murray's main parachute failed during a jump from 14,500 feet. Her reserve opened at around 700 feet, but then deflated. She landed in a mound of fire ants, whose stinging may have helped keep her heart beating. In a coma for two weeks, she was well enough to head home six weeks later. She returned to jumping in July of 2001.
The Stewardess
Vesna Vulovic was a stewardess on a Yugoslav DC 9 jet airliner that blew up in January of 1972 (probably as the result of a terrorist bomb). She fell more than 33,000 feet in the wreckage of the plane, which hit a snow-covered slope. The only survivor, she was badly injured and was paralyzed from the waist down, but later recovered and now can walk.
http://www.greenharbor.com/...lder/ffresearch.html
The Free Fall Research Page
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In reply to: Ive herd storys at my local crag about this guy who was boldering at the top buldge (real smart) and feel about 150 feet and landed on a picknick table and only broke a couple of ribs.... insain huh.....lucky guy!
heh...he wasnt bouldering on riverview ledge...he didnt fall 150'
and most importantly...he didnt break the picnic table :roll:
but i like your story better!!
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I seem to recall some guy fell grom near the summit of Mt Cook (Kiwiland) and fell something to the tune of 4 or 5 thousand feet. Walked away with a broken wrist.
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In reply to: In reply to: In reply to: Danny Osman held the longest survived roped fall. In a 925-foot stunt at Yosemite, Osman jumped into the records books as the farther single roped jump in history. Unfortunately, Osman attempted to break his new record in the same day jumping for a 1,000 foot fall before the sun went down. His rope broke 150 feet off the ground where he fell to his death. GT I could be wrong but I remember reading something about this. I though after Dan made the 925' jump he was going to call it quits in the rope jumping dept. The day after his jump he was gonna clean the anchors and rope off the LT but bad weather rolled in and postponed this for something like two weeks. After it cleared he went up to clean with a friend and wanted to try one last jump. It was assumed that the rope broke due to exposure. I always thought that this story sounded funky due to the fact that someone like Osman wouldn't have trusted his life to a rope that had sat on the rock for two weeks. As I said its just something I remember reading. Real sad though and I think he left a wife and newborn. I'm not sure but I thought that Andrew Toddhunter said in the Fall of the Phantom Lord that Dan Osman died when attempting to break the record, and that the rope failed I think like midway, but the rope had been set up and had been rained on and was wet and therefore weak and broke. :( I don't know but as far as farthest fall on a climbing rope, I think Dan Osman takes the cake.
Dan's rope broke because it crossed over the retrieval line (this was a line tied to the jump line so that the could bring the rope back up after the jumps). This was because he changed his launching spot without accounting for the retrieval line and jump line positions. When he jumped, the retrieval line crossed over the jump line and burned through it when the jump line was weighted.
Dan's lines did not break because they were old, wet, or had been exposed to the sun. It was purely pilot error.
Dan is survived by his wife and his daughter Emma (who is...i want to say a teenager by now, but don't quote me). There was a trust set up for Emma, the info is on the Masters of Stone V video.
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