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Have any of you all jumped from a 300 ft. bridge? Just curious!!

If your asking if 300feet is high enough.

then yes it is. i have not done a 300feet bridge personally but have done 170feet over land.. and 120feet over water.

Rock on, thanks for the info!

Uh-oh. Don't do anything stupid. Landing area, possible object strikes (if it's a bridge you still have to worry about trees, canyon walls, and possibly more), and how you plan on getting a parachute over your head are all very important too.

Edited to add: Hopefully you're already considering those points, but the way the previous posts go, it seems like you figured since 300 is high enough your going for it.

Let us know where it is
and we'll check it out for you

i'll translate this for you...your skydiving rig will NOT do it for you.

hope you don't die.

No, don't worry! I'm not jumping it! There is a tall bridge in my home town and my friend and I were talking about it and what ifs. I don't own BASE gear, nor have I been trained... so I'm not about to jump it!!

You guys missed it. "Gail" posted her phone number in one of the threads in Bonfire.

It was an accident! I meant to send it as a PM to lisamarie to help her with a math problem!

guys guys guys....
dont lead her astray just to keep her out of our great sport. Adventurechick, use your skydiving gear. a 28" pc will work, but a 32 is a bit better. make sure you dive off the bridge, not feet down, you could get a bridal wrap. and smaller canopies are better, especialy for 300' bridges. if your not open and flying by 200' then try the reserve. those are packed better. and open everytime. good luck! let us know!

I've static lined as well as been PCAed off of a 180 foot span. So 300 feet is very jumpable. Just make sure you're using the right gear, the right gear configuration and well you know that the #### you're doing in the BASE environment since 300 feet is still very low and not at all like any sort of skydive you have ever made or ever will make.

My skydiving gear definitely will not work!! Currently, I have 1200-1500 feet openings.

crazy skydivers. you're all a bunch of nutters

meh, we will PCA you. thats what freinds are for!

you need a new main

Adventurechick/Gail's current wing: Spectre 170 loaded 0.88

...and unfortunately she broke her ankle under this canopy so
downsizing now is probably not a good idea for her

what makes you think we want her to downsize?

Ahhh! why am i green! i want to be blue! help!

Girls should go hand held. Always! skyjumping too.

you went bad and turned green. Ha!

I like your sig line. I just got banned from Bonfire for 7 days.

banned? Figures!.... Just quit peeing on the girls then.

i mean, they do track into walls and cant find their PCs, but at least they dont forget to pull!

I broke my ankle in february on a navigator 200! I'm now standing up all my landings on my spectre 170 :o)

go do your homework!


and look! i changed my sig line. good idea.

ok ok... I'll get my studying done!! And good job on the sig line!! I like it!!

Yes it is high enough to jump, in Australia we have a beginners bridge that is 184ft, you can even free fall it if you want to( which some people do). The landing area is sand, which does help.

I have free fallen a 180' cliff, with a 42" pc.