r/newfoundland • u/definitelydontknowwh • 4d ago

topsail bluff viewpoint

how dangerous would it be for someone to fall off the topsail bluff viewpoint accessible from near 200 summit drive? i seen a story about someone surviving a fall around there but I was wondering how precarious it is?

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u/butters_325 4d ago

You doing ok, OP?

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u/Mattscrusader 4d ago

You will not survive the fall so don't get any ideas.

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u/EbriusOften 4d ago

Someone did indeed survive the fall at least once! Caved in a good chunk of their skull and it's a miracle they survived.

I wouldn't recommend it.

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u/TjmcNfld 4d ago

As a writer I always assume posts like this are from other writers who are planning to push a character off Topsail Bluff, not try it in real life.

Don't try it in real life!

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u/mattman9723 4d ago

I have never really gone super close to the edge but im pretty sure there is a lower ledge just below the very top viewpoint area, i think I have heard of people falling down on that lower ledge or intentionally going down there.

I wouldnt risk it either way, could bounce a weird way or slip and then you just die. Idk if it woukd be a quick death either, not sure what you would encounter on the way down but id think a lot of banging off trees or cliff edges to the bottom and that might slow your descent enough to die a pretty painful slow miserable death.

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u/adjga 4d ago

A person who fell there was doing activity like attempting to climb or abseil.

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u/definitelydontknowwh 2d ago

hoping to do it this weekend