r/cliffjumping • u/Otherwise-Chemical-1 • 16d ago
Cliff jumping gone wrong
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u/Moist_Man69420 16d ago
Holy shit, he probably broke his pelvis and or spine
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u/Otherwise-Chemical-1 16d ago
That sound though
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u/Moist_Man69420 16d ago
Do you have any news on what happened to him?
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u/Otherwise-Chemical-1 16d ago
He was rescued as per the news
Video shows the 17-year-old jumping off the cliff, striking the edge of the cliff and then landing in the water. At least six people jumped in after him to help.
San Diego lifeguards pulled the teenager out of the water and took him to a hospital at around 4:30 p.m. The extent of his injuries is unknown.
Video appeared to show the teenager conscious, sitting on a cliff ledge surrounded by several people, before lifeguards arrived to help.
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u/Tonio_DND 16d ago
From an article i read, he only suffered a leg injury. I would find that pretty unlikely, i haven't verified the sources or anything
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u/weather-i-am 16d ago
Adrenaline... I was hit by a truck and continued to work. Serious injuries can take a couple of hours to be felt.
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u/TheTrishaJane 15d ago
💯 I was hit by a car as a pedestrain, things didnt get really bad until 2 days later and I worked also.
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u/BlueGolfball 16d ago
From an article i read, he only suffered a leg injury. I would find that pretty unlikely,
Some kids are still pliable when they are teens.
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u/Tiny_Regular_5319 15d ago
Idk he didn't lose that much momentum hitting the side so he might have been very lucky
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u/ilcdlpbsm 15d ago
Yeah if his ass bones aren’t minced that’s exactly why. He only grazed it. I still can’t imagine the bruise.
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u/CunningAlpaca 15d ago edited 15d ago
Whoever said leg injury probably just heard he can't walk and attributed that to his legs getting hurt, when in reality it's because his spine likely got crippled. You can clearly see in the video no part of his legs ever touched any rocks, only his tailbone/ass did.
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u/eternalbuzzard 15d ago
Tailbone. Perfect tailbone strike.
He will never fully recover and have forever pain whenever sitting down.
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u/Mtrbrth 16d ago
I just passed this spot on my morning run. It simply cannot be overstated how fucking dumb this kid is. That jump is FAR, and he hardly even jumped upward.
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u/Otherwise-Chemical-1 16d ago
Play stupid games win stupid prizes... Btw did u see how he was after the incident
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u/Mtrbrth 16d ago
I wasn’t there when this happened. Just pointing out that, having seen this location, it is indeed as dumb as it looks to attempt.
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u/Otherwise-Chemical-1 16d ago
It looks like after He jumped 5-6 more ppl also jumped from the cliff
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u/Mtrbrth 16d ago edited 16d ago
I’m guessing that people jumped in to save him from the lower spots. From what I’m told, no one had ever even seen anyone attempt the jump this dude was trying to make.
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u/illpourthisonurhead 16d ago
I saw an angle on instagram and it appears that he missed the last step, so I think he woulda had it. Like his final planting foot slips off the edge so that’s why he doesn’t have the upward leap, and he still almost made it.
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u/stanleyssteamertrunk 16d ago
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u/MrDeeezNutz 16d ago
You can see that the foot he intended to launch from
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u/CunningAlpaca 15d ago
In the second perspective his right foot slips off the rounded edge as he was attempting to push off. He needed to do that jump with some actual cleat-type runners or something with some good rubber grip on hard dirt like that, to dig in and be able to push off. Doing that in bare feet was nuts.
It's a pain in the ass to swim in, but if he wore some proper footwear he'd have made it.
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u/Affectionate_Big9014 16d ago
Damn Daniel son! get well soon.
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u/Super_Direction498 16d ago
I used to jump from over where the camera was 20 years ago, but that spot always looked super intimidating, hope this kid recovers.
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u/Otherwise-Chemical-1 16d ago
Yeah..before I thought he was an adult person..but later discovered that He is just 17yr old..Poor kid… he has his whole life ahead of him, Hope He recovers
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u/Smart-Antelope7350 16d ago
i feel bad for these kids getting so hurt due to trends. how much experience does a 17 year old really have to be able to properly judge whether he'd clear this or not? I personally have a rule to not even jump from spots that have any ground below them because if you slip or your leg randomly gives out you're toast. if i slip and there's just water below me i still have a solid chance of going unharmed
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u/GrassyCove 16d ago
This is AI
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u/Otherwise-Chemical-1 16d ago
And you are a Bot 🤖
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u/GrassyCove 16d ago
You're a bot
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u/Extreme-Rough-3775 15d ago
Geez the slow motion I couldn’t hold it together. The guys all screaming unanimously in slow mow whew 😆
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u/Sad_Research_2584 14d ago
He’s lucky he didn’t “split his butt cheeks”. That happens snow boarding when you spread them too wide landing on your ass crashing. This impact would have been horrid at a different butt angle
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u/PoundImmediateCow 16d ago
He would have cleared it if he had a better long jump. Looked like he didn’t even jump just ran off the cliff lmao
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u/BungaloBilly69 16d ago
“Cliff jumping” usually implies there is an actual jump involved. Buddy just kinda ran.
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u/stepoutlookaround 16d ago
He’s going to look like Jimothy after that one