World Record Cliff Jump on Skis - 245 Feet

[ChileMass]

Skiing Hero or Future Darwin Award winner??

http://www.helenair.com/articles/2006/01/29/national/a07012906_02.txt

 

[riverc0il]

old news my man, chile! but i say give him a darwin award... but since he lived to tell the tale... perhaps he will be eligable next year. i am sure he will go for something even bigger.

 

[montageskier]

That was actually broken a month or so after this happened. And jamie Pierre said he was gonna calm down, because he is afraid of death.

 

[awf170]

That was actually broken a month or so after this happened.

By who? And where?

 

[Jonni]

I think I remember seeing it Skiing Magazine one or two issues ago. I'll see if I can find anything on the internet about it from there website.

EDIT: Here's the link I found for Skiing Mag: http://www.skiingmag.com/skiing/news/article/0,12910,1157969,00.html

 

[ChileMass]

Yes, I realize this is old news (Jan 2006), but I hadn't seen it before and I hadn't seen it here. This guy is not destined to live a long life.....

 

[awf170]

About the safety of doing something like this:

I really do not think this is a dangerious as people think. He planned this for years looking for the perfect location and snow. As long as the snow is extremely deep and powdery I really don't think you are going to get seriously injured. You may break an arm or something or get a concusion but I really don't think it is life threating. Come on this guy landed on his head, probably the worst possible way to land it and came out with barely any injuries. The hard thing is finding a cliff with no rocks and the absolute perfect conditions so that you will not get injured. I still agree that this is absolutely sick and I would never do something that stupid or dangerous, but I don't think it is as life threatening as everyone says as long as he planned his jump accordingly.

 

[riverc0il]

it is a logical fallacy to believe that something is safe just because one person tried it and didn't die. i prefer to look at this guy's survival as a fluke. at the least, it is amazing the guy did not have any breaks or other serious physical damage. i think the real danger is people don't realize just how dangerous this is, not the other way around.

 

[awf170]

it is a logical fallacy to believe that something is safe just because one person tried it and didn't die. i prefer to look at this guy's survival as a fluke. at the least, it is amazing the guy did not have any breaks or other serious physical damage. i think the real danger is people don't realize just how dangerous this is, not the other way around.

Why aren't you out skiing?

 

[ChileMass]

This guy's margin of error is so small that it's only a question of when he gets himself killed. My concern is that he takes someone else with him when he goes (cameraperson, support people, onlookers) or worse, inspires others to try these crazy stunts.

It's a miracle, not a result of planning, that he survived the 245 foot drop......even in "perfect" conditions, there's no way he survives that jump twice......

 

[awf170]

It's a miracle, not a result of planning, that he survived the 245 foot drop......even in "perfect" conditions, there's no way he survives that jump twice......

He went of a 220 ft. drop before and landed on a rock and was perfectly fine.

 

[riverc0il]

Why aren't you out skiing?

it's pretty raw up here. occasional sprinkles with poor visibility. generally that would indicate even worse conditions in tucks with a wet TRT to boot. not my thing. i'll wait for a nice day. it's not like i have much to look forward to, it is desperation only at this point. besides, i need to get my stuff together for a short trip these next few days to the windy city.

 

[ChileMass]

He went of a 220 ft. drop before and landed on a rock and was perfectly fine.

Like I said, it's only a matter of when, not if.....

 

[shwilly]

Leaving aside the question of just how likely Pierre is to die on a given jump, I question the validity of this kind of record. He didn't land the jump in any meaningful sense. He didn't ski away; he wasn't in control for most of the drop; he didn't land in the orientation he intended. He needed someone else to dig him out of the snow.

So is the record just for "farthest fall, wearing skis, without dying?" I just can't get too excited about that record. There's little point in wearing skis if you don't land the jump and ski away. Remove the "not dying" requirement, and people have fallen thousands of feet.

 

[dmc]

Fallin' aint skiin'

 

[YardSaleDad]

Remove the "not dying" requirement, and people have fallen thousands of feet.

Some even lived, but they were not wearing skis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_fall#People_surviving_free_fall

 

[JimG.]

Some even lived, but they were not wearing skis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_fall#People_surviving_free_fall

Oddly appropriate that the hang glider amongst us has these facts close at hand.

 

[marcski]

I agree with DMC, huckin off a huge hill and falling horribly and living to tell about it, isn't really skiing. Now, if he hit the landing and skied a flawless line beneath..now that would be something.

IMHO, the best thing about this thread was Austin's post:

"Why aren't you out skiing"

lol

 

[SnowRider]

The guy is out of his mind. I mean he survived but I think you need some extreme skills to pull this off. There is NOTHING safe about this stunt. Sure the snow was deep but I believe this guy got lucky. To put in in perspective the cliff is about 1/5 the size of the empire state building.

SnowRider

 

[YardSaleDad]

Oddly appropriate that the hang glider amongst us has these facts close at hand.

Gotta be prepared.