Discussion Seeking Feedback on CTB via Long Drop Hanging

[melvin]

Originally I created this throwaway account to seek feedback on how to know when is time to CTB.

Maybe I'm past that already. I may still seek such feedback and will title any such post accordingly. But this post is to seek any expert (if there is such a thing?) advice to ensure a successful and painless long drop hanging.

for a bit of an overview, see for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_Table_of_Drops

Criteria for method:
Painless, quick
Assurable Success
Straighforward. (i.e., go to home depot buy hardware, get it over with.)

It seems if you implement the noose correctly, and you ensure that you have high enough a drop, then this really is straightforward. I'm looking for a ledge (apartment balcony for example, or a precipice, in both cases, need to hang onto something rigid). It seems I can just walk a plank if you will, just let myself drop almost 6 ft and the noose if properly self applied will snap and it will be done.

What are key details or any critical points of observation that anybody can make?

Really helpful if I even have an outright part number to go for as to what rope to buy where. The alternative is to buy a ladder at Home Depot and to kick it off (assuming a firm mount for the noose), but 6 ft is kind of pushing it using the ladder method.

Thanks in advance.

Please no sappy I'm so sorry or this or that. Not on this post anyways. Maybe if I make the other post. This is strictly for method proving only here.

 

[Bedrock48]

Apart from the obvious issue of finding a place you can securely drop 6-10 feet freely, getting the distance right is tricky. Even executioners back in the day would mess it up sometimes.

Too short of a drop and you risk not breaking the neck (the goal of long drop) thus potentially suffocating and suffering. Too long of a drop and you risking your entire head being ripped off, probably fine from your point but a gruesome thing for someone to find.

Unless you're willing to do the maths, diy and accept the potential risks of suffering you'd probably just as well off if you chose full or partial if that's what you want.

 

[melvin]

It's a single variable relationship (weight vs drop length). Seems to me rope selection, knot implementation, and site selection are the more worrisome parameters.

Honestly, if you can't do even that amount of math correctly (which is not much), maybe one does not deserve a painless death. For fuck's sae, tehre is a table, and you can make it longer at risk of snapping the head off.

but i totally hear you, choosing the right site will require a little bit of thought. I thought about setting up some noose off in some woods or wilderness, like you probably want half an hour of alone time after you walk the plank, and you need a good place to tie the noose too as you walk off to drop. i may end up taking pictures after scoping out some candidate sites

 

[securit]

when you say 6ft drop is it including say 4ft from floor to neck so 2ft below floor or is it 6ft from floor?