– How do divers dive from like 170 some feet in the air and have zero damage, but if someone jumps off the Golden Gate Bridge, they are probably going to die.

Question

– How do divers dive from like 170 some feet in the air and have zero damage, but if someone jumps off the Golden Gate Bridge, they are probably going to die.

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Answer 1

Much of its entry form. Even at survivable dive distances you can be severely injured if you don’t enter properly.

Just remember the difference when you were an idiot kid and did a belly flop of the public pool high dive compared to when you dove properly, now magnify that by 10 or more.