Cliff jumping

[Shayne]

OK i've watched the making vid and now i can say with absolute certainty it is a fake . Watch the girl at the end who is pushed , she is standing without any difficulty while holding onto 2 or 3 1000ft lengths of rope , a fair weight i'd say . But what really decides it for me is the unquestionable fact that you cannot swing any real distance without passing directly under the pivot point the rope or swing is attached to . On the video the pivot point would have you somewhere near 50ft inside the rock face when you passed under it .

Tie a rope to your chimney , it doesn't matter where you swing from you will always collide with the house .

 

[Jon Wildsmith]

isn't the rope swinging from the one spanning the canyon, so the pivot point is out in free space. Haven't watched the making of version, that's just what I gathered from watching it once but wasn't that why they showed us them putting the rope across the canyon and didn't we someone climbing back up by where the rope goes across?

 

[Chas]

Yes you are right Jon, I've just watched the making again and there is a shot which clearly shows that, but I still say an arrow would NEVER bridge that gap with that rope they show, never!

 

[Lorin]

I think the arrow shot is both for drama and a deliberate poke at those silly enough to think it could be real. It is a consistent theme in these extreme sport films to mix the impossible with the seemingly impossible as a bit of an 'in joke' as well as to add cinematic drama. The swing however is unequivocally real.

 

[Shayne]

Well if Jon's right i'd do it , but has anyone considered who pays for these stunts . Youtube is probably giving these guys 30p every time someone clicks on the vids , that's £300 for every thousand views . Great way to make a living i'd say and computer wizardry can make Matrix look real .

http://www.examiner.com/article/video-eagle-grabs-baby-talons-a-hoax-school-admits