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SpudRider
05-25-2014, 02:41 AM
If you have acrophobia, you probably should stop reading this thread right now! ;) Here are some photographs taken by Russian tourists who climbed to the top of several buildings in Dubai. :tup:

http://s.imwx.com/dru/2014/05/d19677fd-2749-4180-a016-fbd5f312c1b3_980x551.jpg

http://s.imwx.com/dru/2014/05/8e551070-1ec8-4cf3-b9fe-cd676cd8f5c1_980x551.jpg

http://s.imwx.com/dru/2014/05/9bb30b15-ada9-4457-867c-3d59fe4a10bf_980x551.jpg

http://s.imwx.com/dru/2014/05/eebb256b-fbde-4277-bd28-060d48f686fc_980x551.jpg

http://s.imwx.com/dru/2014/05/7424f150-f15f-4a09-9fb3-0ee3adef0b81_980x551.jpg

http://s.imwx.com/dru/2014/05/b4ef1d3f-591b-419a-badb-2021551fe5a4_980x551.jpg

http://s.imwx.com/dru/2014/05/65882176-33c8-47bb-9ce7-ab46ea71f036_980x551.jpg

http://s.imwx.com/dru/2014/05/3073b239-1a3c-45c9-95f4-3f8896bd79a3_980x551.jpg

http://s.imwx.com/dru/2014/05/a4fd4193-f4c0-4abe-a3d6-046cb11df2df_980x551.jpg

http://s.imwx.com/dru/2014/05/d8ff75df-eb6a-45e8-ad5d-833aa58a75d4_980x551.jpg

http://s.imwx.com/dru/2014/05/882ce4e9-7886-4954-b9fd-d587e85bb931_980x551.jpg

http://s.imwx.com/dru/2014/05/72186403-434b-47e8-87ef-c27fa5bbae64_980x551.jpg

http://s.imwx.com/dru/2014/05/8245b68d-cd7e-4d41-a7a2-43ad51bdc163_980x551.jpg

This lovely young woman is not afraid of heights. ;)

http://s.imwx.com/dru/2014/05/fd3db77d-03f6-4619-b3f3-82e7f263ba9a_980x551.jpg

http://s.imwx.com/dru/2014/05/728d7755-84a0-418c-8038-f1c9e86fbb8a_980x551.jpg

The thrill seeks reported they had no problem accessing the buildings. “In Dubai, there are a lot of open roofs. It was not difficult to climb up to them.”
cheesy
05-25-2014, 08:20 AM
Ahh, to be young, invincible, and stupid again.
pchitti
05-25-2014, 04:59 PM
Nope, nope, nope, not in this lifetime. Lol
I went on the skybridge at the grand canyon, my hand never left the rail.
Weldangrind
05-25-2014, 06:26 PM
This lovely young woman is not afraid of heights. ;)

http://s.imwx.com/dru/2014/05/fd3db77d-03f6-4619-b3f3-82e7f263ba9a_980x551.jpg


I don't know; she looks to be clenching every muscle she has. :hehe:
FastDoc
05-25-2014, 09:09 PM
Pretty girl and lovely photography.

With that said...

Not-
For-
Me!

If there was a good guardrail, maybe. I am afraid of edges.
2LZ
05-27-2014, 04:40 PM
Not a chance. This has "self-cleaning gene pool" all over it.
Like I tell Mrs. 2LZ, "I'm not afraid of heights in the least, but I have a great fear of vertical impact."
FastDoc
05-27-2014, 05:30 PM
Maybe one of our members can calculate the negative G's generated by hitting concrete at terminal (in more ways than one) velocity.

For a 6 foot tall person, it would be 200-0 mph in about.... 6 feet!
alex_in_az
05-27-2014, 07:59 PM
Maybe one of our members can calculate the negative G's generated by hitting concrete at terminal (in more ways than one) velocity.

For a 6 foot tall person, it would be 200-0 mph in about.... 6 feet!

we normally rule of thumb terminal velocity is about 120mph in the airdrop business, so that would be around 80G decelleration. I think that's about twice the max G for NHTSA crash test chest loads, so probably not survivable.
FastDoc
05-27-2014, 10:25 PM
Good to know.

I guess the 200 MPH estimate was for a person in a deliberate dive.