Cliff diving -- 50 foot jump

[stevenmichaelis]

@ MrBrandonod: At least that makes perfect sense.....

[MrBrandonod]

thats not 50 feet and you didnt measure it if you did you made the measuring tape yourself cuz that is 50 ft

[kevphillips02]

More like 25-35 feet at most. No way is that 50 foot

[ArtyomShipoff]

@kevphillips02 agree. Feels like 10 m at most

[Gr4nT0rin0]

you were only in the air for about 1.5 seconds. That's about thirty feet. But nice try.

[stevenmichaelis]

Holy smokes! That is epic!!

[Geeky333]

35 years ago, we had a full sized trampoline on the edge of that cliff. The lake was way lower at that time too. That jump about ripped me a new a-hole…..I wouldn’t recommend it. I’ve seen dry land between the rock island and the cliff. Looks like the same route to climb up. Thanks for posting.

[jesusXbackflip]

It's alot higher now it's like around 60 now

[tech9dady]

i dove off an 80 foot the other day

[k6apa]

shit

[ihavetopoop2000]

that is not 50 feet

[stevenmichaelis]

@ihavetopoop2000 Well, I measured it, so I am pretty sure that it is. This cliff varies with the water level. I once measured the jump at 43 feet. A different time I measured it at 65 feet.  On this day it really was pretty much exactly 50 feet.

Thanks for commenting.

[nwmusik]

@stevenmichaelis not 50'... check your math d=1/2gt^2

[sk8ersynistersean]

@ihavetopoop2000 Its alot higher than you think my friend, its actually pretty fucking scary

[stevenmichaelis]

@ihavetopoop2000

Why all the haters? I measured the cliff with a rope and tape measure when we were out there. It was pretty much exactly 50 on that day. lol.

[HoustonsOriginal]

where is this location - directions

[stevenmichaelis]

@HoustonsOriginal @The cliff is in Pace Bend Park, a Travis County park, southwest of Austin, TX. The cliff faces East and is about in the middle of the park.

Good luck finding it!

[99ranger4x4]

its about a 30' drop right now with the lake a little over filled, judging by the rock in the water when he dropped it was probably 4-5 feet farther of a drop.

[ohboyz10]

wasnt dive o.o

[pbFreakk333]

jman. dont jump off the cliff. just go down the cliff, take the sandals off and climb back up you fag. think a little more. (:

[stevenmichaelis]

...well, sometimes there is broken glass there (beer bottles), so my Chaco sandals help more up at the top than at the bottom. Thanks for the comment.

[MaidenMegadeth666]

dont be retarded jman32092. hes jumping off a fucking cliff

[lindenln23]

i go jumping off cliffs in lakegeorge in up state newyork. fun place im there now but im going to the cliffs tomorrow.

[nerget1058]

ive been here once and its awesome who cares how high it is its still fun regardless. but anyone no the best way to see how deep it is i want to go soon but dont know when i should go

[stevenmichaelis]

I think the best time is late spring or early summer. These are the times when the water level usually is the highest. Round late summer the water level falls, and the climb out can be difficult for many people.

[Nunchuckpower]

nice dude in wich country is that?

[rocketfastproduction]

i see you live near lake travis me too

[JesustheLizard]

This spot looks fun, nice and wide open.

It might help you if you jump barefoot. At least if you want to jump from any higher.

[MichaelMantion]

I can't say for sure, but I got 1.8 seconds air time.. Which equals close to 52 feet....... sooooo

[gatvol666]

Depends when you start measuring the time. You can't start when the guy jumps cause he is jumping outwards before going into freefall. I estimate the freefall at about 1.3 seconds, which means the distance is closer to 30ft.

[haneyenah]

actually, the time it takes him to hit the ground will not be affected by the outwards velocity, because the horizontal component of motion in a single plane when referring to the acceleration due to gravity in the vertical has no effect whatsoever on the vertical displacement, it will however change the total displacement from point A to point B, but this will just give the resultant displacement which is the distance from where he jumps to the he hits the water.

[gatvol666]

That was really long winded and a waste of space because what i meant to say is "outwards and upwards".

[haneyenah]

so your original comment was a waste of space ;)

[mattraburnskate]

@haneyenah you made me feel really stupid. thanks a lot.

[haneyenah]

@mattraburnskate basic physics matey

[gi81215]

@haneyenah Kazoontite

[stevenmichaelis]

Not that I really care, but recently some jr high kid started emailing me about this video, claiming that there is no way that this is a 50' jump. Here's the formula:

D = 1/2 g t^2 = 16 t^2 -- where D is distance and t is time in seconds.

whip out your stopwatch, kiddos. A human body will fall about 16' in 1 second, and about 65' in 2 seconds. You do the math.

Peace and grease!

-steve

[stevenmichaelis]

sorry, 357dinko, you are mistaken. The water level there in Lake Travis can fluctuate more than 40 feet during your average season. I personally have measured this jump at 59 feet before. On the day I went jumping I measured the jump for some friends who were afraid to hop in, and it really was 50 feet.

Peace and grease,

-steve

[357dinko]

Have been there, "Paleface" is only 30 ft high.

[crbeebe]

Just jumped it yesterday and it was at 45 feet after 2 months with no rain....areas that you would normally swim through were dry land..it was a rocking awesome jump! :-)  It is normally only 30 feet though..You are correct...but not right now lake is very low.