Quote:Angel' date='Nov 1 2009, 04:30 AM' post='174263']I'm debating soundtrack. Should it be Tom Petty - "Free Falling" - or maybe Afro Celt Sound System feat. Peter Gabriel - "When You're Falling"? Or maybe some Dylan - "Blowin' in the Wind"? Tough not to go with REM, though - it really is the end of the world as you know it, and it's just so darn cheerful.
What do you think, fellow lurkers?
Decisions decisions. Probably you want to do a quick back-of-the-envelope calculation about how much time you have before you hit the ground. Wouldn't want the song to end too quicky, or after you're paste on the ground.
On a more physical note, are there actually reports of people surviving terminal velocity falls into open water? Soft ground, maybe. If you get just the right point of impact, it might help break your fall. A snowy incline would be ideal. But water? That's like hitting solid pavement. Not to mention the fact that your rescuers would have to be within feet of you, because you're sure not going to swim to shore.
-Jester
Afterthought: This page has all sorts of neat facts. Apparently, falling into water without assistance at terminal velocity is pretty much fatal. From a couple hundred feet, you'd want to be legs-first if you didn't know what you were doing, or maybe in a dive position if you were an expert. From 35,000 feet, you'd want to be someone else, somewhere else.