I jumped off a 50-foot ledge into a lake today

[BailOut]

Look hard and you can see me smack in the middle of the photo, facing to the left as I psych up for my first ever 65-foot jump into a cold mountain lake. My friend Randy is on the right. I had a pucker factor of about 9:
http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs162.snc1/6060_1175124532462_1058535321_552249_4374021_n.jpg

You can see more pics of our adventure at Angora Lake today at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=28089&id=1058535321&l=4194e2ee01

It's a public album so no Facebook account is required. :smile:

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Brian, you're crazy. I had the opportunity to climb and jump off of a 100-foot tree back in high school, I didn't do it. I just can't jump off of high places. LOL. I hate heights, but I love roller coasters for some reason. hahahaha.

[Yar Is Word]

You are aledged in your own time.
I did it once off a 30 footer and my heart went up into my neck.

[eTiMaGo]

cooool... always loved jumping off high ledges into water :biggrin:

cannonball!!!!

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Imagine doing a belly flop off of a 50-ft ledge. hahaha. OUCH!

[MadMax]

Dude, you weren't that far from the rocks when you hit the water! :eek:

http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs182.snc1/6060_1175124572463_1058535321_552250_536294_n.jpg

[BailOut]

Dude, you weren't that far from the rocks when you hit the water! :eek:
It's impossible to tell in a 2D photo, but I'm at least 10 feet from rocks on all sides. That's more than enough as the rocks go straight down into the water.

[tk-421]

Nice pics... How cold is the water? Can't stand freezing water myself. :redface:

[cali yaris]

cool -- google map of the spot, please?

[DandiDani]

that looks fun, but soooo scary at the same time. i dont know if i couldve done it...

[BailOut]

Nice pics... How cold is the water? Can't stand freezing water myself. :redface:

The water temperature varied from about 55F to 65F depending on which part of the lake you were in. The coldest spot was one corner where a stream from still-melting snow up top was coursing down the rocks and into the lake.


cool -- google map of the spot, please?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=38.862367,-120.067692&daddr=&hl=en&geocode=&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=14&sll=38.866678,-120.073142&sspn=0.022521,0.055189&ie=UTF8&ll=38.864439,-120.07473&spn=0.022522,0.087891&z=14

[BailOut]

Correction: I have been informed by several sources that what we thought was a 50-foot jump is actually 65 feet. :smile: The shorter ledge that my friend Randy jumped off for his second attempt was the 50 foot one.

[kargoboy]

I couldn't do that in a million years...I also hate heights but love rollercoasters.