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re: The physics of jumping from a balcony and grabbing on to the branch of a tree.
Posted on 5/1/20 at 9:49 pm to FightingTigers138
Posted on 5/1/20 at 9:49 pm to FightingTigers138
Well, in First Blood Rambo couldn’t do it off the side of the cliff so.....it can’t be done. 
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Posted on 5/1/20 at 9:49 pm to FightingTigers138
Unless you weigh about 150 pounds, good luck.
Posted on 5/1/20 at 9:50 pm to FightingTigers138
So your ole lady jumped
= trash
= trash
Posted on 5/1/20 at 9:50 pm to FightingTigers138
Posted on 5/1/20 at 9:52 pm to FightingTigers138
Well it’s not because your thumb isnt at the bottom of your palm like a monkey so you can’t grab something like that
Posted on 5/1/20 at 9:54 pm to FightingTigers138
If the branch is flexible you'll still hit the ground.
If not, you'll tear up your hands and arms.
Lose-lose proposition.
If not, you'll tear up your hands and arms.
Lose-lose proposition.
Posted on 5/1/20 at 9:56 pm to Fat and Happy
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Well it’s not because your thumb isnt at the bottom of your palm like a monkey so you can’t grab something like that
This
You’re greatly overestimating your grip strength.
In order for the branch to be small enough for you to grasp and hang on to after jumping, it would be too small to support you and that momentum.
Posted on 5/1/20 at 9:58 pm to FightingTigers138
Stop watching cartoons.
Posted on 5/1/20 at 10:09 pm to AMS
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The harder part would be actually latching onto the branch, the lift up would be easier imo
Im assuming no latch on the landing, but if you did the shock of stopping yourself it would be much harder to pull yourself up.
This post was edited on 5/1/20 at 10:14 pm
Posted on 5/1/20 at 10:20 pm to FightingTigers138
Leap for the tree trunk and stick like a gecko.
Posted on 5/1/20 at 10:23 pm to FightingTigers138
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This seems like something that is doable
Unless you’re properly trained in parkour, you’re an idiot.
Posted on 5/1/20 at 10:28 pm to FightingTigers138
It depends if you plan to hit the branch at chest height and wrap up, in which case you're probably looking at broken ribs. Or, if you plan to tru and grab with your arms extended, in which centrifugal force will flip you and you will land violently on your head. Pick your poison.
Posted on 5/1/20 at 10:38 pm to atxfan
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Or, if you plan to tru and grab with your arms extended, in which centrifugal force will flip you and you will land violently on your head. Pick your poison.
this is what I have envisioned. Grabbing and flipping backward and landing on my neck.
And dying.
Posted on 5/1/20 at 11:11 pm to FightingTigers138
I tried it off the deck when I was 7 or 8 with disastrous results.
Posted on 5/1/20 at 11:33 pm to FightingTigers138
If you try this take note- the ground is hard and you’re going to hit it.
This post was edited on 5/1/20 at 11:38 pm
Posted on 5/1/20 at 11:33 pm to The Spleen
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This post was edited on 6/14/20 at 8:19 pm
Posted on 5/1/20 at 11:49 pm to FightingTigers138
Seems like a good path to a Darwin Award.
Posted on 5/2/20 at 12:03 am to FightingTigers138
Posted on 5/2/20 at 12:52 am to FightingTigers138
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This seems like something that is doable, but when I think of my body weight, it doesn't make sense that, with the downward motion, I could stop myself, and then pull myself up afterward with just my arms and back. I'm not buying it.
I once witnessed two drunk, stupid teenagers jump from a 40 foot water tower, through the canopy of a tree, and manage to stop themselves in the branches before hitting the ground. They were pretty cut up and bruised, but neither even broke a bone.
So yeah, you can survive, but why the hell would anyone want to try this?
Posted on 5/2/20 at 12:58 am to FightingTigers138
I have no idea why this has downvotes. If there weren't posts like this on tigerdroppings, then there wouldn't be a reason to keep checking in.
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