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(Message started by: maryl on Aug 17^th, 2003, 8:16am)

Title: Safe Landing
Post by maryl on Aug 17^th, 2003, 8:16am

A man falls 150 feet without a parachute. He flips upside down six times and lands safely on the ground. How does he do this?

Title: Re: Safe Landing
Post by Lightboxes on Aug 18^th, 2003, 12:16am

I say::
[hide]bungee[/hide]

Title: Re: Safe Landing
Post by maryl on Aug 18^th, 2003, 4:58pm

Lightboxes, when you bungee jump you don't land, you are suspended in the air, then I guess pulled back up-(have wanted to do that for years). Anyway, you do have the correct theme of things in mind.

Title: Re: Safe Landing
Post by Lightboxes on Aug 18^th, 2003, 6:45pm

Well, here are some (obviously not correct) answers but posting this might help the true solution to be found:
[hide]He is 151 feet from the center of the moon's gravational pull (center of mass) and lands on the ground of a gigantic hole.
He is dreaming and wakes up lieing on the floor.
He's actually Tom Cruise from Mission Impossible or George Clooney from Ocean's Eleven.
He was swimming, then blew out all the air from his lungs and landed on the ocean floor.[/hide]

Title: Re: Safe Landing
Post by maryl on Aug 18^th, 2003, 6:54pm

Well, I can't tell you the answer but I could scream if I needed to.

Title: Re: Safe Landing
Post by turtler7 on Aug 20^th, 2003, 3:10pm

a rollercoaster? Something like that. like drop zone at Kings Island in Ohio(i live in ohio so i realize some of u might not be familiar with it). Drop zone will let a man fall nearly 400 feet and land safly on their feet. This is my guess or gist of the idea.

Title: Re: Safe Landing
Post by That Don Guy on Aug 21^st, 2003, 1:08pm

My answer:
>he is in an airplane while all of this is going on.]<

At first, I thought:
>he was a lot higher than 150 feet, so he fell 150 feet and then opened his parachute<
However:
>if "without a parachute" means he does not have a parachute with him, then he could also be a stuntman who falls 150 feet onto a large air bag.<

Title: Re: Safe Landing
Post by Sir Col on Aug 21^st, 2003, 4:20pm

Perhaps...

::[hide]
The plane is performing aerial stunts, dropping 150 feet before performing six rolls. After this amazing performance, the pilot safely lands the plane.
[/hide]::

Title: Re: Safe Landing
Post by Speaker on Oct 6^th, 2003, 7:38pm

He falls 150 feet without a parachute. Well, is a parachute even effective at 150 feet? Anyway, maybe he had two parachutes, which is the standard arrangement. So, he fell with two parachutes, one was open. But, that does not seem to satisfy the spirit of the riddle.

How about:
[hide] he is an olympic class skier. He goes off the jump and spins six times then lands gracefully and slides to a dramatic stop in front of the camaras. I have never seen them do six flips, but they do fall more than 150 feet. [/hide]

Title: Re: Safe Landing
Post by mistysakura on Oct 7^th, 2003, 4:01am

on 10/06/03 at 19:38:38, Speaker wrote:

I think what he meant was that he fell for 150 feet, then opened his parachute with about 1000 more feet to go.

Title: Re: Safe Landing
Post by Speaker on Oct 7^th, 2003, 11:16pm

Mistysakura, is that the official sanctioned answer? That Don Guy got it a few posts back.

Anyway, if it is official, okay.

Title: Re: Safe Landing
Post by maryl on Oct 9^th, 2003, 5:03pm

Turtler had my answer, I hope he covers it up next time though.

Title: Re: Safe Landing
Post by Speaker on Oct 9^th, 2003, 7:53pm

Hence the scream :o

Title: Re: Safe Landing
Post by Jess_13 on Feb 21^st, 2004, 10:27am

ok ::[hide] Larry is on a giant roller coaster>? Is that right?[/hide]::

Title: Re: Safe Landing
Post by Icarus on Feb 22^nd, 2004, 1:27pm

Jess_13, if you will read the thread, you will find the answer already given and confirmed, so why are you asking if yours is right?

Alternative answer: [hide]The man is on a small planetoid with light gravity. The moon might work (roughly the same as a 25 ft fall on earth), but something even lighter would be better. For instance, Vega.[/hide]