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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Chimney Rock accident
	Date:	6/10/2010 1:23:05 PM

I think everyone here agrees that jumping from the highest part of the rock is not worth the risk. I have never done that and would not allow my children to do it (although they have never asked). There are plenty of ways at Lake Martin to thin the gene pool and many more people drown than are killed jumping off the rock. I don't view swimming at the lake to be any more irresponsible than jumping off the lower rock.

Having said that, hundreds, if not thousands have jumped off the high portion with nary a scratch. Even so, the ramifications of hitting the water wrong from up there are more serious than the lower rock, which are almost nonexistent. In the 10 years I have been going there I have never heard of someone having serious injuries (or even minor) from the lower level, even when they land wrong. But to me, and others here agree, the higher rock level represents too much risk of injury and should be avoided.