Swedish film-makers paid 67 people $30 to jump from 10 meters for the very first time. Would you jump? Or run away?

We used to jump off the roof when we were kids. I have no idea why we did it. I suppose at the time my neighbor and I had become good friends and were always competitive. I imagine it had something to do with that. Until I slipped on a rock while climbing in the mountains at like age 18 is when i finally developed a fear of heights.

When you experience a slip and realize how close death was, it changes your outlook. The roof we jumped off was about 9-10 feet and we did it so many times and never got hurt. So I never had fear and I always was very confident climbing trees, walking on tall walls until that day in the mountains.

I noticed the little girl in the first part of the vid. Little kids dont have that sense of fear like adults do because alot of them havent been in near death experiences before. Same as really young drivers who drive reckless. Ive had many near death experiences both in a car and out. A lot of things terrify me now after i realized how easy it could all end in a blink of an eye.

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