Anyone seen this on video or in a photo?

**funkendrenchman** · 10-14-2003, 10:34 PM

I was just reading an article about cliff hucking in Skiing and the author started talking about Jamie Pierre. Besides making Jamie sound like a complete asshole (heard similar things myself), he mentions that Jamie attempted the US record - 160 ft- cliff huck last winter near Wolverine Cirque. Not only did he try it, he threw a lincoln off of it and stuck it. I must see this on film. ONS, anyone?

Oh yea, and he plans to do a 235 footer this winter on the backside of Targhee!

**Game Over** · 10-14-2003, 10:37 PM

he goes big in Junkshow.

**CantDog** · 10-14-2003, 10:59 PM

I was wondering the same thing, but I think he will definately kill himself jumping over 200 feet. Thats quite a step from 160...

**funkendrenchman** · 10-14-2003, 11:03 PM

Originally posted by CantDog
I was wondering the same thing, but I think he will definately kill himself jumping over 200 feet. Thats quite a step from 160...

"As soon as it is over 60 feet it is all the same." Obviously, he didn't get an A in physics.

**splat** · 10-15-2003, 12:53 AM

Originally posted by funkendrenchman
"As soon as it is over 60 feet it is all the same." Obviously, he didn't get an A in physics.

No, he probably didn't. But it's been proven that once you drop acid and huck over 200 feet, it really doesn't seem all that much different than falling out of bed. 'Ceptin there ain't that many people that crack their sternum from the impact of falling out of bed.

**EPSkis** · 10-15-2003, 08:47 AM

I'm all for seeing sick cliff hucks, but how big is too big? I mean, are guys gonna start going SO big, they're shattering vertebrae to get a sick shot? Cause massive internal injuries from the compression?

As they say, it's not the fall that hurts/kills you...........it's the sudden STOP.

**bad_roo** · 10-15-2003, 08:53 AM

Originally posted by funkendrenchman
. Not only did he try it, he threw a lincoln off of it and stuck it. I must see this on film. ONS, anyone?

Oh yea, and he plans to do a 235 footer this winter on the backside of Targhee!

I wonder if he can throw a Lincoln while simultaneously kissing his ass goodbye. That's progression.

**VTskibum** · 10-15-2003, 09:15 AM

Originally posted by bad_roo
I wonder if he can throw a Lincoln while simultaneously kissing his ass goodbye. That's progression.

2 drops!!

**splat** · 10-15-2003, 10:38 AM

Originally posted by EPSkis
I'm all for seeing sick cliff hucks, but how big is too big? I mean, are guys gonna start going SO big, they're shattering vertebrae to get a sick shot?

Yeah, morphine rocks.

**phUnk** · 10-15-2003, 10:48 AM

Originally posted by splat
morphine rocks.

Far skier's right on The Wall at Kirkwood?

Great area.

**bad_roo** · 10-15-2003, 10:51 AM

No, skier's left. Adjacent to Hospital Air.

**dipstik** · 10-15-2003, 04:18 PM

9.8 m/s acceleration during free fall = gh=0.5v(squared) = 29.4 X 235ft = 0.5v(squared) - v= sqaure root of 2x9.8x78.3 = the square root of 1534.68

Velocity = 39.2 m/s(squared)

Velocity = 87.6 MPH (on impact)

(thats assuming my math is correct)

**homerjay** · 10-15-2003, 04:32 PM

I got 59.1 mph, but keep in mind that it's just the vertical component of the velocity, assuming he started at Vy = 0.

**baseWeldr** · 10-15-2003, 04:36 PM

push your own limits but ski again tomorrow brother...

**dipstik** · 10-15-2003, 04:43 PM

Originally posted by homerjay
I got 59.1 mph, but keep in mind that it's just the vertical component of the velocity, assuming he started at Vy = 0.

right, exactly. but hey, even 60mph is pretty damn fast when your coming to a dead stop. Just think about it, people who are properly restrained in cars that crash at 60mph usually die. This guys only restraints are his hopes that his knees wont blow out and that the snow will be soft, and according to my physics.....well.......it 'aint lookin too good.

**Woodsy** · 10-15-2003, 04:58 PM

showing my ignorance

**splat** · 10-15-2003, 05:14 PM

no worry, mate.

**Samwich** · 10-15-2003, 09:37 PM

Originally posted by splat
If you are referring to the death of Paul Ruff, mud, it didn't happen in the area which phUnk mentions. I believe he speaks of Hospital Air, done only once and stuck clean by TeleRob. It exceeded 100 feet. Unless you are presuming Jamie Pierre is as good as dead. But I think he'll pull it off.

I was just about to mention Paul Ruff. I could never jump something that big knowing that someone ruptured their aorta attempting it. That's a big price to pay.

Luckily, Jamie Pierre has HUGE balls. Maybe they'll cushion the blow to his spine.

**alto** · 10-15-2003, 09:46 PM

Anything is possible. One a plane blew up and a woman fell to the ground from higher than 20,000 feet and lived. Russian roulette pays well.

**Dantheman** · 10-15-2003, 09:48 PM

Originally posted by Samwich
I was just about to mention Paul Ruff. I could never jump something that big knowing that someone ruptured their aorta attempting it. That's a big price to pay.

Didn't Paul Ruff land on rocks?

**Samwich** · 10-15-2003, 10:15 PM

yeah, he did. so i guess that if jamie pierre could find a sheer vertical drop of 200+ ft he might come out better than paul ruff... but still. There are so many things that can go wrong.

**Bum Z** · 10-15-2003, 11:39 PM

Jamie drops the 160 footer in High Life. I'm sure there was a clip of the week of it.

Secondly, when dropping cliffs that big, you don't try to land on your feet. It's all about landing on your back and rolling with the slope or something like that. At least that's what Jamie tried to tell me.

**funkendrenchman** · 10-15-2003, 11:43 PM

Originally posted by Bum Z
Jamie drops the 160 footer in High Life. I'm sure there was a clip of the week of it.

Secondly, when dropping cliffs that big, you don't try to land on your feet. It's all about landing on your back and rolling with the slope or something like that. At least that's what Jamie tried to tell me.

I am not sure that one was 160. It also said he landed a lincoln off of it.

Agreed.