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Hiker plummets 1,000 feet to her death after slipping on ledge: ‘She was screaming’
New York Post ^
| November 23, 2022
| Ben Cost
Posted on 11/23/2022 11:04:59 AM PST by nickcarraway
A woman plummeted 1,000 feet to her death after slipping off the edge of a cliff while hiking on a mountain in Italy.
“The news that arrived this evening of the tragic death of the young Maria Cristina Masocco, which took place in the afternoon in the mountains, strikes us in a truly profound way,” lamented Viviana Fusaro, the mayor of Feltre, Belluno, located in the region of Veneto, where the accident took place.
The disaster occurred around 4 p.m. on Sunday while Masocco, who lived in Feltre, was hiking with three friends in the Dolomites, the highest peak in which measures nearly 11,000 feet tall, Newsflash reported.
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TOPICS: Hobbies; Outdoors; Sports
KEYWORDS: belluno; bencost; dolomites; feltre; italy; mariacristinamasocco; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkpost; oopsie; veneto; vivianafusaro
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How long does it take to fall 1000 feet?
To: ProtectOurFreedom
To: nickcarraway
Thanks. My wife and daughter were hiking in the Dolomites five years ago and said there were a lot of scary stretches.
Poor girl.
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posted on
11/23/2022 11:07:21 AM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(If you're not part of the solution, you're just scumming up the bottom of the beaker!)
To: nickcarraway
How long does it take to fall 1000 feet? One's entire life.
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posted on
11/23/2022 11:07:46 AM PST
by
PGR88
To: nickcarraway
8-10 seconds, depending on your size, weight, etc.
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posted on
11/23/2022 11:07:57 AM PST
by
Timber Rattler
("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
To: nickcarraway
How long does it take to fall 1000 feet?
****
I don’t know and I damn sure don’t want to find out.
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posted on
11/23/2022 11:08:01 AM PST
by
deport
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
11/23/2022 11:09:25 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(We are already in a revolutionary period, and the Rule of Law means nothing. )
To: nickcarraway
9.8 M/s/s
1000 feet would be a little over 9 seconds I believe.
To: Timber Rattler
Any estimate on MPH at stopping contact?
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posted on
11/23/2022 11:11:27 AM PST
by
deport
To: Timber Rattler
Any estimate on MPH at stopping contact?
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posted on
11/23/2022 11:11:43 AM PST
by
deport
To: nickcarraway
Allow me...some assembly required...
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posted on
11/23/2022 11:11:44 AM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(If you're not part of the solution, you're just scumming up the bottom of the beaker!)
To: nickcarraway
1000’ / 32’ / sec squared = about 7.4 seconds.
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posted on
11/23/2022 11:14:19 AM PST
by
Ikeon
(The bible tells you NOT to fool around and find out. Doing any wrong has one punishment. )
To: PGR88
One’s entire life.
How about the rest of your life?
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posted on
11/23/2022 11:14:28 AM PST
by
deport
To: nickcarraway
Old saying in Colorado:
“The mountains don’t care if you live or die.”
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posted on
11/23/2022 11:14:42 AM PST
by
SaxxonWoods
(The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
To: nickcarraway
Sad, Dolomite is not a strong mineral, and does not offer good footing.
One should stay away from edges and greater slopes.
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posted on
11/23/2022 11:15:20 AM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(Celebrate Decivilization)
To: Timber Rattler
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posted on
11/23/2022 11:15:52 AM PST
by
gundog
( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: ProtectOurFreedom
They were right. It's been some 30 years since I hiked there, but I doubt those mountains changed much. Beautiful but scary mountains:
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posted on
11/23/2022 11:18:54 AM PST
by
CatHerd
(Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
To: nickcarraway
face facts, too many dumb assses are allowed a voice to the masses and other dumb asses listen to them telling them, “be what you want to be, you can do anything” . the chinese are laughing their collective asses off at westerners who believe their old wives tales and attemp stoopid stunts like walkng on coals, sky diving, swimming with sharks and hiking on 1000 ft cliffs
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posted on
11/23/2022 11:19:04 AM PST
by
Ikeon
(The bible tells you NOT to fool around and find out. Doing any wrong has one punishment. )
To: Timber Rattler
From 3rd grade science I can say that weight has nothing to do with it(Newton). And wind resistance really would not matter much in this case.
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posted on
11/23/2022 11:19:11 AM PST
by
Revel
To: deport
That would be about 160 mph...basically terminal velocity for a human shape with no pun intended
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posted on
11/23/2022 11:19:39 AM PST
by
dsrtsage
( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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