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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
MEXICO CITY - A 16-year-old U.S. tourist fell 1,000 feet to his death at an abandoned mine in central Mexico, and rescue workers were trying to recover his body on Saturday.
Witnesses told police that Taylor Crane tried to jump over the 10-foot-wide shaft of the Cinco Senores mine in Guanajuato state and fell in Friday, said Jose Felix Velazquez, a spokesman for police in San Luis de la Paz, where the mine is located.
Damn. How far could a typical 16-year-old jump? An athletic 16-year-old?
The long jump world record is on the order of thirty feet.
I'm pretty sure I could clear 10 feet with a bit of a start, but not so sure I'd want to try it over a gaping mine shaft.
A quick google shows winning long jumps in high school competitions a bit over 20 feet.
30 feet, by people with bodies like Plastic Man, and with a nice running start and good form.
More to the point, where does one test one's longjumping abilities? Over a 1000 foot mineshaft is not my first choice.
I need new bookcases -- inasmuch as my old ones are both tippy and ugly -- but I think that I am waiting for the One True Bookcase, which frustratingly does not live at IKEA.
30 feet, by people with bodies like Plastic Man, and with a nice running start and good form.
I think 10 feet is reasonable. Stupid place to test...it's not so much about good form and running start as much as it's about a physical configuration tailored to the long jump. One slip on the foot and...well, there's probably a reason they don't have the competitions over a pit.
I need a new bookcase. But I want a new TV.
I need either a new bookcase (for the still-to-be-shelved), or a half a dozen new bookcases (for above, plus replacing some I don't like). But then, I don't remember ever not needing new bookcases. They're like heroin, but heavier to move.
I am starting the antibiotics for Lyme tonight. I decided to not wait on the blood work. I am EXTREMELY achy and lethargic and have a headache now going on 3 days - I never have headaches, so something is clearly up and I need to feel less like crap by week's end.
I'm curious how the guy fell into the shaft. Assuming he was capable of a 10 foot jump, maybe he landed wrong and fell backwards?
When I was in college, an elevator in a dorm got stuck between floors. The students inside pried the doors open and jumped down to the floor below. A drunk student made the jump, but then fall backwards down the elevator shaft and was killed.
Dunno why, but I'm kinda' morbidly fascinated with such accidents.
I hope the antibiotics help quick, msbelle.