So I know I've posted before but I think I'm going to do it this week: jumping off the new river gorge in WV. I'm just so scared,... I watched documentary about the Golden Gate Bridge and it's so simple .... just jump ! Then it's all over.... but I am asking can someone please reassure me About this method ? I know Blackflag said it's an almost guaranteed death since it's so high up , but can anyone tell me with some sort of certainty that it will be instantaneous ? I just can't go through with like anymore, if I had any shred of self respect I would go forward and be fine. The only thing keeping me here is memories of being loved, which are powerful, but all they are now are memories. I abandoned myself a long time ago and I just don't see it getting any better with age.... I know it's the right thing to do and the timing is good because I'm heading down a bad path, even with the law. It's now or never and it's a bad idea to remain Alive in this state when in reality I died a long time ago inside. Between various bad decisions, pain from a brutal rape and being molested as a child (and when I say that NO one bats an eye, like it's just the new normal ) and coming from a family with high expectations (dad is a surgeon , mother started a community arts center that peoooe love m) I just don't fit into the mold and I struggle with immense issues that are not truly solve able. I wish I had some hope of an afterlife, or some kind of saving grace but I don't know what could possibly make it better. I am so ashamed of who I am and I can't live my life in a way that isn't lazy. I am beyond depressed, I feel psychoticslly hateful towards myself and spend all my time alone , barely bathe and take care of myself. It's pathetic. It's time to go, and yet I keep procrastinating. WHy? I need that final push, no pun intended.
That is also my bridge of choice, if I end up going that route. It's a few hours from me. I'll probably camp out somewhere, and go out on the catwalk in the middle of the night. There is a fence but it looks easy to circumvent. I wouldn't want to stop my car on the middle of the bridge like some jumpers do, that would attract too much attention.
Regarding the pain, it's more than 800 feet of freefall if you jump from the center, so I think it's probable that you would die or at least lose consciousness on impact. I am not certain of this, it's something I'm still researching. I've read that the water is difficult to aim for, since the river is only a couple hundred feet wide. Many jumpers end up hitting tree branches or landing on rocks. If you land on rocks, there will be no pain. Tree branches shouldn't be an issue if you are at the center of the bridge. I do worry about landing in the water and drowning before I lose consciousness though.
Next weekend they are having "Bridge Day", an annual event where one side of the bridge is closed and people come from all over the world to BASE jump off it. Was thinking of going just to watch.
Regarding the pain, it's more than 800 feet of freefall if you jump from the center, so I think it's probable that you would die or at least lose consciousness on impact. I am not certain of this, it's something I'm still researching. I've read that the water is difficult to aim for, since the river is only a couple hundred feet wide. Many jumpers end up hitting tree branches or landing on rocks. If you land on rocks, there will be no pain. Tree branches shouldn't be an issue if you are at the center of the bridge. I do worry about landing in the water and drowning before I lose consciousness though.
Next weekend they are having "Bridge Day", an annual event where one side of the bridge is closed and people come from all over the world to BASE jump off it. Was thinking of going just to watch.
Yeah it's my concern that I'll miss the point by hitting a tree
Do you think it will be a problem if you don't go directly to the water ???
Do you think it will be a problem if you don't go directly to the water ???
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Will you jump from the road or from the catwalk below? From the catwalk it will be easier to see any trees in your path, and approximately where you will land.
Even if you hit a tree, I think it's highly probable you will be unconscious before feeling any pain. This is something that's hard to prove though. Hitting the rocks would be ideal but I'm not sure aiming for those is feasible.
Even if you hit a tree, I think it's highly probable you will be unconscious before feeling any pain. This is something that's hard to prove though. Hitting the rocks would be ideal but I'm not sure aiming for those is feasible.
The catwalk is secured, but people find a way to get out on it and onto beam to jump to their death. Nobody who has jumped off that bridge to kill themselves has lived. It is always a body recovery and the injuries show death was instant.
I have read numerous people have survived jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge. The New River Gorge Bridge is different in that there have been no survivors. The damage is extensive regardless of what a jumper hits on the way down. It is death on impact. Just no way to survive that kind of height unprotected.
You die instantly even if you hit the river. If you make it too far down the river before recovery, it grinds your body up considerably. That is a river people come to white water raft on and there are rapids that people call neat grinders.
Death will be instant on this bridge. Many people have gone there to die and it has been instant for them. If you go off anywhere near the center, you are dead instantly upon impact. Most people hit on either side of the river.
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