It’s not the fall that kills you; it’s the sudden stop at the end.
Gravity sucks!
Or the heart attack whilst screaming! Nah, 21, too young. Always wondered what I would think facimg a death such as that. You know you have about a 99.999% chance of meeting your maker.
I think if I had worked there when I was a youngster, I would have carried a backpack with all sorts of things to break my fall. Small parachute? Axe to catch the mountain? Whatever.
Just as "fear of flying" is really fear of crashing.