Nothing super about it, thanks. Just the influence of watching Jackie Chan movies.
Bill Sent from my iPhone On Dec 6, 2013, at 2:58 PM, caverarch <cavera...@aol.com> wrote: > We've always suspected you have super powers, Bill. > > Roger > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Speleosteele <speleoste...@aol.com> > To: Texascavers <Texascavers@texascavers.com> > Sent: Fri, Dec 6, 2013 2:37 pm > Subject: Fwd: [Texascavers] Could you survive after falling 45 feet? > > I fell 25 feet one time in an Indiana cave when I was climbing unbelayed on a > cable ladder and it broke. Four of us had gone down the ladder, gone caving > way back in the cave for many hours (Parker's Pit), and when we got back to > the ladder one caver climbed up it first and reached the top safely. I was > second and it broke on me just as I got to the top. I fell through midair the > whole way and remember seeing my light shine on the wall as I fell. I hit > real hard on a sloping mud bank and my chest slammed into the floor. It > knocked the wind out of me, I sprained my ankle, but other than that I was > unhurt. > > As far as Diana landing on me as she says below, I have a different version > of that incident. My version is that I was watching her downclimb from below > and as she fell I had a split second to either step out of the way or get > involved. I got involved, and liking Jackie Chan movies, and having watched > many of them, I kicked in Jackie Chan-like lightening action, operating in > the millisecond, and flipped her around in midair so she didn't land on her > head but instead landed on her rump. There were eye witnesses. > > Bill Steele > > In a message dated 12/6/2013 12:53:10 P.M. Central Standard Time, > diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu writes: > Listen to this fascinating Science Friday podcast and remember: if you spread > yourself out and fall flat into a specially designed mat, you'd probably live > but your organs would hurt. > > http://www.npr.org/2013/11/29/247381666/at-streb-action-lab-dance-and-physics-collide > > How is this related to caving? Anyone fall a long way in a cave? I've fallen > about 15 feet but landed on Bill Steele (and no, I didn't have the time to > spread myself out flat, Bill wasn't particularly designed to serve as a mat, > and the only thing seriously injured was my dignity). > > Diana > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > Diana R. Tomchick > Professor > University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center > Department of Biophysics > 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. > Rm. ND10.214A > Dallas, TX 75390-8816, U.S.A. > Email: diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu > 214-645-6383 (phone) > 214-645-6353 (fax) > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > UT Southwestern Medical Center > The future of medicine, today. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
