Extreme entertainment: from what maximum safe height can you jump into the water

Thrill-seekers do not miss the opportunity to tickle their nerves and others at every opportunity. While on vacation in exotic countries, many of them jump into the water from steep cliffs and special sites at sea resorts. From an incredible height, sometimes dizzy, but this does not stop fans of extreme sports. A possible sad outcome does not scare them, if the jump is completed incorrectly. Meanwhile, even for such a seemingly simple thing as diving, you must have certain skills.

This kind of jumping has its own name - high diving (English high diving), but jumping from natural objects is highlighted in a special variety called cliff diving (English cliff diving). High diving is a fairly young sport, the first world competitions in which took place only in 2013. Men jumped from a height of 27 meters, and women from 20 meter towers. But if world-class athletes make such jumps, having undergone comprehensive training, then tourists and visitors to extreme attractions most often have no idea how to jump from a great height. Let's see what the safe height of the diving platform can be.

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