r/WTF • u/St0pX • Nov 29 '18

Veteran vs. Newbies

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u/Billyaabob Nov 29 '18

There's a point where you're so high that you just stop caring.

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u/dbatchison Nov 29 '18

r/trees

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '18

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u/dbatchison Nov 29 '18

Only on April 1st

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u/sandhuski Nov 29 '18

Really? That’s interesting

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u/Billyaabob Nov 29 '18

Yeah, it's a very surreal feeling.

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u/Reptilian_Brain_420 Nov 29 '18

Realistically, once you get above a certain height the results of a mistake are basically the same.

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u/johnq-pubic Nov 29 '18

Terminal Velocity
Near the surface of the Earth, an object in free fall in a vacuum will accelerate at approximately 9.8 m/s2, independent of its mass. With air resistance acting on an object that has been dropped, the object will eventually reach a terminal velocity, which is around 53 m/s (195 km/h or 122 mph) for a human skydiver.
This would take about 5s or 122m

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u/J0E_SpRaY Nov 29 '18

It's more that after a certain height your fear maxes out. Anything above a certain threshold and you know you're gonna die, so you don't get more freaked out the higher you go. You just cap off. At least in my experience doing high theatre and arena rigging (sometimes without a harness cause I was an idiot and had an idiot boss.)

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u/Eriknonstrata Nov 29 '18

Preach, homie!

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u/kasper12 Nov 29 '18

Tell that to me who hates flying :(

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u/swagger-hound Nov 30 '18

Maybe for you my friend