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I had a memorable experience when a basketball sized rock fell from a 1000' cliff above me. The rock made an unreal buzzing/humming sound as it flew through the
by rurp 1y ago
I had a memorable experience when a basketball sized rock fell from a 1000' cliff above me. The rock made an unreal buzzing/humming sound as it flew through the air. My first though was that I should throw my helmet on, followed by realizing how little that would help if the stone actually hit me. It missed by a decent margin, maybe ~100', but that was way too close for comfort. Given the angle I couldn't tell if it was even going to miss until the last second.
Rockfall is no joke. Even well established parks like Yosemite have seen a number of deaths from it.
- WalterBright 1y agoWhen I was a kid, we'd speculate what would happen if a penny fell off the Empire State Building and hit someone on the sidewalk. How far through the body would it go? None of us realized it would reach terminal velocity very quickly.
- mdp2021 1y ago> if a penny fell off the Empire State Building and hit someone There is a Veritasium video about that. # How Dangerous is a Penny Dropped From a Skyscraper? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16Ci_2bN_zc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16Ci_2bN_zc
- zx8080 1y agoWell then Italy is becoming a dangerous place for a family vacation. Isn't it?
- rurban 1y agoWhen I visited the Tre Cime di Lavaredo with my family, two days ago another German family went down to death on a backside climb. It still didn't look dangerous to me. On the other hand the Via Ferrata Monte Cristallo climb nearby is not recommended for families. This is the famous ladder in the movie Cliffhanger with Sylvester Stallone. Was always dangerous.