What do you reckon would be the highest ceiling that any person could touch by jumping?

The person can run up if they think it will help but they have to be barefoot.

I don’t want to play this game or clean up afterwards.

dv said:

What do you reckon would be the highest ceiling that any person could touch by jumping?

The person can run up if they think it will help but they have to be barefoot.

Getting a launch off a wall makes a big difference.

dv said:

What do you reckon would be the highest ceiling that any person could touch by jumping?

The person can run up if they think it will help but they have to be barefoot.

It depends how high they jumped from

You’ll need a note from your doctor or guardian

Depends on what planet they’re on.

dv said:

What do you reckon would be the highest ceiling that any person could touch by jumping?

The person can run up if they think it will help but they have to be barefoot.

I’m going to guess at something of the order of 5 metres.

dv said:

You’ll need a note from your doctor or guardian

How about a note from the cats?

Or Alllllllllllex?

AwesomeO said:

dv said:

What do you reckon would be the highest ceiling that any person could touch by jumping?

The person can run up if they think it will help but they have to be barefoot.

Getting a launch off a wall makes a big difference.

Okay I am ruling that out.

Dropbear said:

dv said:

What do you reckon would be the highest ceiling that any person could touch by jumping?

The person can run up if they think it will help but they have to be barefoot.

It depends how high they jumped from

12 feet perhaps

jump around
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jump around
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jump up jump up and get down

The Rev Dodgson said:

dv said:

What do you reckon would be the highest ceiling that any person could touch by jumping?

The person can run up if they think it will help but they have to be barefoot.

I’m going to guess at something of the order of 5 metres.

OK, that’s on Earth, from a flat floor, without touching walls, chairs, or anything other than the floor.

You’ll need to have para-touch jumping, with categories.

The Rev Dodgson said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

dv said:

What do you reckon would be the highest ceiling that any person could touch by jumping?

The person can run up if they think it will help but they have to be barefoot.

I’m going to guess at something of the order of 5 metres.

OK, that’s on Earth, from a flat floor, without touching walls, chairs, or anything other than the floor.

So someone whose 7 feet tall with arms above head crouches down and jumps up say two to three feet (if lucky) would probably reach a 12 to 14 foot ceiling above them

Cymek said:

Dropbear said:

dv said:

What do you reckon would be the highest ceiling that any person could touch by jumping?

The person can run up if they think it will help but they have to be barefoot.

It depends how high they jumped from

12 feet perhaps

The tallest person in recorded history was close to 9 feet, so he would have been able to touch close to 12 feet without jumping at all.

The current Olympic high jump record (men’s) is 2.45 m, if that helps.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Cymek said:

Dropbear said:

It depends how high they jumped from

12 feet perhaps

The tallest person in recorded history was close to 9 feet, so he would have been able to touch close to 12 feet without jumping at all.

I found this so 9 feet tall plus what 4 foot long arms plus 5 feet (assuming worlds tallest man could equal this) equals 18 feet

The highest standing jump onto a platform was 1.52 m (5 ft) by Justin Bethel (USA) at Presbyterian College Athletics Gym based in Clinton, South Carolina, on 27 April 2012.

With one’s own natural feet? I reckon those bouncy feet like Oscar Pistorius could jump quite high with a bit of practice.

Divine Angel said:

With one’s own natural feet? I reckon those bouncy feet like Oscar Pistorius could jump quite high with a bit of practice.

Natural feet only. No cyborgs.

The highest recorded jump touch was done my Mavis Mackellmore of Ridefast, Missourri, on April 23rd, 1954, on a Wednesday.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Cymek said:

Dropbear said:

It depends how high they jumped from

12 feet perhaps

The tallest person in recorded history was close to 9 feet, so he would have been able to touch close to 12 feet without jumping at all.

dvs problem isn;t very well formulated – vertical jumps are measured from the floor up, not the the roof down

Extremely tall people such as Wadlow tend to not be athletic, indeed he was basically crippled. His arm was about 1.3 m long but it grew from his shoulder rather than the top of his head but if he was able to at least do a bit of a hop he should have been able to tap 4 m.

What started me thinking of this was high slips catches btw.

diddly-squat said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Cymek said:

12 feet perhaps

The tallest person in recorded history was close to 9 feet, so he would have been able to touch close to 12 feet without jumping at all.

dvs problem isn;t very well formulated – vertical jumps are measured from the floor up, not the the roof down

I don’t understand your objection. I think my question is well formulated and unambiguously expressed.

Dropbear said:

The highest recorded jump touch was done my Mavis Mackellmore of Ridefast, Missourri, on April 23rd, 1954, on a Wednesday.

Well it would be surprising if the record was held by a woman.

My guess was based on:

Height to top of shoulder for reasonably athletic person: 2.5 m
Arm length: 1.0 m
Jump height (rise in CoG with body ending up close to vertical): 1.5 m.

dv said:

Dropbear said:

The highest recorded jump touch was done my Mavis Mackellmore of Ridefast, Missourri, on April 23rd, 1954, on a Wednesday.

Well it would be surprising if the record was held by a woman.

I suspect that Dropbear just made that up, but if he didn’t someone should tell Wikipedia.

The Rev Dodgson said:

My guess was based on:

Height to top of shoulder for reasonably athletic person: 2.5 m
Arm length: 1.0 m
Jump height (rise in CoG with body ending up close to vertical): 1.5 m.

I would probably guess something like that. It should be in the Olympics.

dv said:

Dropbear said:

The highest recorded jump touch was done my Mavis Mackellmore of Ridefast, Missourri, on April 23rd, 1954, on a Wednesday.

Well it would be surprising if the record was held by a woman.

man it’s the 21st century, you can’t say that..

you probably don’t even believe she was white.

The Rev Dodgson said:

dv said:

Dropbear said:

The highest recorded jump touch was done my Mavis Mackellmore of Ridefast, Missourri, on April 23rd, 1954, on a Wednesday.

Well it would be surprising if the record was held by a woman.

I suspect that Dropbear just made that up, but if he didn’t someone should tell Wikipedia.

:-O surely not

Keiron Pollard takes a catch that must be nearly 5 metres off the ground:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8pvw_aoXw

The highest standing jump onto a platform was 1.52 m (5 ft) by Justin Bethel (USA) at Presbyterian College Athletics Gym based in Clinton, South Carolina, on 27 April 2012.

but that’s not quite what we want…

diddly-squat said:

The highest standing jump onto a platform was 1.52 m (5 ft) by Justin Bethel (USA) at Presbyterian College Athletics Gym based in Clinton, South Carolina, on 27 April 2012.

but that’s not quite what we want…

No but we know someone can jump around 5 feet off the ground from a standing start plus their height and however much their arms extend above their head

Cymek said:

No but we know someone can jump around 5 feet off the ground from a standing start plus their height and however much their arms extend above their head

Do they do Toyota ads?

Divine Angel said:

Cymek said:

No but we know someone can jump around 5 feet off the ground from a standing start plus their height and however much their arms extend above their head

Do they do Toyota ads?

Oh what a feeling that would be

Cymek said:

diddly-squat said:

The highest standing jump onto a platform was 1.52 m (5 ft) by Justin Bethel (USA) at Presbyterian College Athletics Gym based in Clinton, South Carolina, on 27 April 2012.

but that’s not quite what we want…

No but we know someone can jump around 5 feet off the ground from a standing start plus their height and however much their arms extend above their head

seems the highest I can find is someone that demonstrated a vertical reach of 13 feet (that’s a touch under 4.0m)

diddly-squat said:

Cymek said:

diddly-squat said:

The highest standing jump onto a platform was 1.52 m (5 ft) by Justin Bethel (USA) at Presbyterian College Athletics Gym based in Clinton, South Carolina, on 27 April 2012.

but that’s not quite what we want…

No but we know someone can jump around 5 feet off the ground from a standing start plus their height and however much their arms extend above their head

seems the highest I can find is someone that demonstrated a vertical reach of 13 feet (that’s a touch under 4.0m)

Was it George Costanza ?

Cymek said:

diddly-squat said:

The highest standing jump onto a platform was 1.52 m (5 ft) by Justin Bethel (USA) at Presbyterian College Athletics Gym based in Clinton, South Carolina, on 27 April 2012.

but that’s not quite what we want…

No but we know someone can jump around 5 feet off the ground from a standing start plus their height and however much their arms extend above their head

Their feet moved 5 feet of the ground, but the rise of their centre of gravity would have been quite a bit less than that.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Cymek said:

diddly-squat said:

The highest standing jump onto a platform was 1.52 m (5 ft) by Justin Bethel (USA) at Presbyterian College Athletics Gym based in Clinton, South Carolina, on 27 April 2012.

but that’s not quite what we want…

No but we know someone can jump around 5 feet off the ground from a standing start plus their height and however much their arms extend above their head

Their feet moved 5 feet of the ground, but the rise of their centre of gravity would have been quite a bit less than that.

Thats true, I was thinking they’d also be standing completely straight which they wouldn’t

Cymek said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Cymek said:

No but we know someone can jump around 5 feet off the ground from a standing start plus their height and however much their arms extend above their head

Their feet moved 5 feet of the ground, but the rise of their centre of gravity would have been quite a bit less than that.

Thats true, I was thinking they’d also be standing completely straight which they wouldn’t

It’s easy to get your feet more than 5 feet off the ground if CofG is not an issue. Do a handstand.

The current high jump record is 2.45 m, the space cleared by the body.

The vertical jump record from a standing start is 1.17 m (in addition to height reached without jumping).

Using non-standard leap techniques a jump the maximum recorded height is 1.52 m from Kadour Ziani (in addition to height reached without jumping).

http://www.topendsports.com/testing/records/vertical-jump.htm

Dropbear said:

The highest recorded jump touch was done my Mavis Mackellmore of Ridefast, Missourri, on April 23rd, 1954, on a Wednesday.

But April 23rd, 1954 was a Friday.

btm said:

Dropbear said:

The highest recorded jump touch was done my Mavis Mackellmore of Ridefast, Missourri, on April 23rd, 1954, on a Wednesday.

But April 23rd, 1954 was a Friday.

You’re accounting for leap years