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Originally posted by RoninLB
AFAIK a fall from 30ft is like getting hit by a car doing 60mph. If you survive brain damage is common.
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Last summer I fell 15 feet from a ladder and landed on my shoulders, neck and head onto my gravel driveway. I was cutting some branches on a tree near the house and one branch fell funny and knocked the ladder out from underneath me. I am VERY lucky to be alive let alone walking. I visit a sports masso-therapist every saturday and do exercises to regain the strength in my middle back. The pain after that fall was almost unbearable and I have a high pain threshold. The worst part of this whole story is that I used to own a tree-service after high-school, all of my safety gear including helmut and harness where safely stored at my father's house. I wound up with a gash in my leg and head and severely torn back muscles. The doctor told me that had I not been a weight lifter with decent muscle tone or been a little heavier I would have broken my back instead of just tearing muscles. The point is be safe and if you can't be safe then don't do it.
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