Why build a diving board twice the Olympic height?

The Montreal Olympic Sports Centre has a 20m (65ft) diving board. That's twice the Olympic height. Why would anyone need that? ◾ The Centre: parcolympique.qc.ca/centrespo... ◾ Thanks to @Lysanne_Richard
Edited by Michelle Martin / mrsmmartin
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[@TomScottGo]

I did ask, and no, I couldn't throw the 360° camera down at the same time!

[@TrantaLocked]

@@LukeWaters1 Third?

[@jaxonrohrer]

Thats a shame. You should build your own board

[@repiteren]

noo😢

[@Noblixzy]

2 days ago?

[@dammeboix1011]

Oof.

[@j.malo-roper4050]

"Because I am 41" That hit me like a tonne of bricks.

[@AlRoderick]

She's the same age as me and I get sore getting off the floor.

[@SubjektDelta]

@@AlRoderick all you gotta do is sports

[@V77710]

@@SubjektDelta sports hurts too :p

[@acidhelm]

ikr? I had to rewind to make sure that I heard her correctly.

[@demacherius1]

@@AlRoderick maybe try to not lay on the floor all day then. 🤣

[@Lysanne_Richard]

Thanks for the chat Tom! It was a pleasure meeting you and have a chance to talk about my sport!

[@alun7006]

Thanks for sharing your talents and knowledge, Lysanne - you're a total badass!

[@TheTermi1]

Let me say, for your age, you look much younger. Keep up the good work, and thank you for sharing this bit with us.

[@cooperised]

You made for a great video - clearly passionate about your sport and an excellent communicator too. Thank you!

[@OnTheCrux]

You were amazing and an inspiration, it was a pleasure to edit this!

[@foreststewart1968]

The dive was the perfect finale for the video, of course, because of its beauty. Merci!

[@21Walls]

Legend has it Tom is still up there to this day, wandering the scaffolding and trembling as he clutches the railing. It is said that if you stay still and listen closely, the railing will sway and wobble as you hear "I'm harnessed in, I'm harnessed in, I'm harnessed in."

[@vinawaldren6888]

🤣

[@sablesaber5930]

Bruh I'd be praying to all the gods of our human history to save my life

[@caracalboy6000]

🤣🤣🤣

[@hb1338]

@@sablesaber5930 It is much quicker and easier to save your own life. The only difficult bit is climbing down ladders, which needs much more care than climbing up them.

[@davidm5707]

She'd come up and rescue him. 😆

[@traviswilliams2348]

It's one thing to drop like a stone, it's another to drop with such grace and do all those flips and turns. Absolutely crazy talent.

[@aktan4ik]

I can do that, hold my beer.

[@GerinoMorn]

All those flips and turns in I think all 3 axis, AND perfectly vertically hit the water surface with feet. The time-space-body control and awareness is amazing.

[@sykamoreva9803]

At 41 years old, no less!

[@MicroageHD]

It's 99% work not talent.

[@6SecondSilence]

Zero 'talent' involved here. It's practice and work. Anyone could do this, but few choose (or have the means) to.

[@ElectroBOOM]

The precision of diving from so high and landing so smoothly in water is incredible! I have been dropped on my back in water enough from just a meter enough to be scared of 2 meters for life, let alone 20 meters!

[@frits191]

I bruized a rib or two once from a board like 1.5m up, it hurt to breathe for like 3 weeks after that

[@AKuTepion]

I can feel your pain, Mehdi. 1 meter is no joke, especially when the water is frozen.

[@Burgerking-Foot-Lettuce]

I bet if we apply some high voltage to the pool, you wouldn't hesitate :D

[@abhijithm360]

What about diving into an electricuted pool ur next video mehdi😃

[@helmit14]

Just put some voltage in the water and you will be fine ;)

[@usernamemctypey428]

Love how Tom restates facts about how safe he is to himself when he's afraid.

[@ulalaFrugilega]

Makes one realise how crazy brave he is! Doing things that are so deeply frightening for him, so we can see. I love him for that, and much more, of course.

[@darkacadpresenceinblood]

right! i know this video was primarily about high diving itself but it's also a brilliant demonstration of how to deal with emotions in a healthy way. he acknowledges that he's terrified af and has every right to be because, yk, he's 20 meters up in the air. he doesn't let it stop him, he lets his fear and his curiosity coexist, and he constantly reassures the logical part of himself that he's safe even if he doesn't feel that way in order to manage the nerves just enough to be able to do that. didn't expect a random Tom Scott video to give me a lesson in anxiety management as well as show me cool facts about a sport but here we are :D

[@novaa802]

he is scared of everything bro he has extreme vertigo lmao

[@trustbuster23]

I've jumped off a 10 meter high dive, just once. Straight down, not trying to do anything but survive. It is an extremely intense experience. I cannot imagine doubling that height and then trying to do something athletic on the way down. This has to be one of the most extreme sports out there. There is absolutely zero room for error.

[@johndododoe1411]

Survivable errors include hitting the water with the wrong body end (but still using the proper technique to break the surface), making fewer saltos than planned (but still becoming a vertical stick before impact) etc. So the margin for error is tight but not zero.

[@jprevatt]

True, entry to the water like a bullet! But I guess the flips break up the distance

[@adifferentangle7064]

Mad respect for that lady. 41 and diving 20 metres like it's nothing. Absolute mad lad.

[@Lysanne_Richard]

👊🏻

[@adamr141983]

@@Lysanne_Richard You rock

[@HannyDart]

apparently high diving makes you age only half as fast.

[@galfisk]

Mad lady.

[@Wylf]

@@galfisk Mad lass!

[@DavisSystems]

I could sit down and dangle my legs at that 20m board but my body would physically not allow me to jump down there. What she's doing is nuts, props to her.

[@euansmith3699]

I could sit down and dangle my legs on the edge of the pool; but I wouldn't be able to watch you on the 20m board; empathic vertigo! 😵🤢

[@jsplit9716]

If I dangled my legs off the board I would definitely not do it. That would just increase the fear. Not thinking about stuff like this helps immensly. Don't look down just jump.

[@alainx277]

@@jsplit9716 Unfortunately on the 20m board that might kill you.

[@i-love-comountains3850]

@@jsplit9716 A friend of mine sent it off a huge cliff without shoes on, after being warned to wear some watershoes, and he didn't really know what he was getting into. He hit flat-footed, and the impact on the water tore his foot open about 3" and forced water into it. He got an actual hydraulic injection injury. Almost lost the foot. If you've never gone cliffjumping/high diving, it's so far beyond unwise and unsafe to "just send" a 20m drop. "Just send it" is absolutely how you work your way UP to it though for sure.

[@ashleycrow8867]

if I would sit down and dangle my legs off the 20 m board I'd sit there and be too scared to get up in fear of falling down so I could not get away ever

[@ecogeilsnw]

I’ve dived from that exact 5m board. It felt so high, it took me a day to work myself up to it. I never noticed the 20m board.

[@antonjanus7340]

Tom just gave more publicity to Olympic diving than the Canadian Olympic Committee or the sport itself had ever done. Amazing exposé.

[@calsavestheworld]

That's because it's a stupid event. It's not even sport, it's recreation.

[@minimuu3453]

@@calsavestheworld then what counts as a real sport

[@Itgetsbetterofficial]

@@calsavestheworld It is good that the other sports of the world are not recreational. Nope. Strictly business.

[@DaJodad]

@@calsavestheworld Ah yes, because every sport is simply business only. After all it's not like half the worlds population enjoys soccer recreationally lmao.

[@ejg1932]

@@calsavestheworld 🤡

[@janschwendimann1958]

The contrast between Tom Scott in support and the diver that is going to jump down without any is hilarious

[@SamSitar]

yes it is.

[@kentslocum]

It's so nice to see a former Olympic aquatic venue being used, instead of abandoned like in Brazil.

[@ninjacole803]

The stadium was home of the Montreal Expos baseball team right after the Olympic a until the team relocated! It’s a pre and well-loved stadium :)

[@BigChiken44]

Montreal's Olympic park is one of the most famous spots in the city

[@kentslocum]

@@BigChiken44 As it should be!

[@AlphineWolf]

Well considering we went years into debt to build that thing, you can bet we are getting our money's worth out of it.

[@jamesbizs]

@@AlphineWolf it’s insane that this happens. And continues to happen, knowing that this happens. The Olympic committee should be ashamed of themselves

[@ab3040]

I would LOVE to see a video on the physics of what it takes to be safe jumping from that height

[@BHarris25]

Landing right.

[@kerbodynamicx472]

Landing on your feet

[@Phlappulf]

@@kerbodynamicx472 More like landing on your toes

[@huntermctotahypnosiscrew6211]

There will be alot happen looks bad

[@XibaXela]

As well as what others have said you have to actively squeeze your legs together so the impact doesn't force them apart into involuntary splits

[@Austin-rm9ip]

The most interesting part of this video to me is how small her splash was. I mean that was like 2 feet? I splash bigger when I dive from 10-12 feet. Like the form to go in with such a small splash is crazy, literally a human bullet

[@pauldwalker]

if you’re making a splash, you’re breaking bones.

[@Alex.R.O.P]

Yea.. Less speed = larger splash

[@rhettorical]

My sister did diving in college, there's a surprising amount of skill involved in getting the technique down to making very little splashing. As others have said, it serves a practical purpose of not shattering your bones, but less splash means higher score in competition.

[@aboundedsumo7984]

Often when i see images and videos of old stadiums from previous Olympics, it's almost always horror stories of empty stadiums left to fall apart from disuse. So seeing one that is not only still fully usable, but accessible to the public, is a breath of fresh air. And the fact that it's from the 90's just makes it even cooler to me.

[@TheSpacemannspiff]

Older than that ,the Montreal Olympic Games were in 1976. Olympic stadium was also at one point home to the Montreal Expos baseball team who now play in Washington DC.

[@AdornThyHeadset]

Montréal has done a great job using the space around the Olympic stadium. There's a planetarium, botanical gardens, insectarium, and zoo/aquarium all within a few blocks

[@patricescattolin43]

@@AdornThyHeadset the Botanical garden predates everything else by a country mile. That whole park was intended for the botanical garden.

[@johndododoe1411]

@@patricescattolin43 So how many rare plants did they have to remove to build sports facilities?

[@patricescattolin43]

@@TheSpacemannspiff the velodrome is next to the pools was finished in 73. The whole thing was finished just in time in 76.

[@cdbtheclaw]

I always wanted to try jumping from higher than 10m but then again I already have to push myself hard to jump from there. Huge respect to Lysanne for still doing this at 41!

[@lun5089]

Try doing it in nature. If you go cliff diving at a see or a lake it doesn’t look as high as it is. Near my place there are 14-16 meter cliffs to jump off. Kids are doing this regularly

[@scv4236]

@@lun5089 so true, near my city there's a coastal area with lots of cliffs and the local kids jump from different places between 10-25m in height and they're totally fine, I have even seen some of them doing backflips and stuff. Highest I jumped from was 12m and it looked scary though.

[@RevCode]

@@lun5089 What I personally fear from jumping down a cliff is to beeing grabbed by a sudden gush of wind and then beeing introduced to the wall, that the cliff rests upon. The towers are fine for me, for some reason.

[@the1barbarian781]

Jumping from 10 meters is already crazy

[@JonesP77]

@@RevCode I dont think this is possible if the weather is normal and calm. If you do it during a storm, yes it could happen. But you need a strong storm, a weather where no one in his right mind would jump from a cliff. But there are no sudden winds in 20 meter height or 100 meter or 300 meter that are able to push you to a wall. your weight is just too much for this to happen. Think about the windspeed that would put enough force on you for this to happen. Such sudden winds from nowhere do not exist. On earth at least ^^ No reason to fear such a thing.

[@richardfarrer5616]

I've done a (very basic) dive off a ten metre board (many years ago). I enjoyed that. I suspect that, forty years later, even getting up to the 20 metre board would cause me palpitations

[@riptidev10]

The only time I jumped the 10m platform was on my 14th birthday, the view from the ground and the view from up there is so different.

[@gardeninginthedesert]

I'm getting them just watching the video. 😵

[@GonzoTehGreat]

I tried 10m once. Once was enough. I can't even imagine being 15m up, nevermind 20m!

[@tonyj9743]

I went to the Navy rescue swimmer school years ago and we had to do a 10 meter dive, then swim the length of the pool without breaking the surface. As someone who hates heights, it took me a few tries to pass that one.

[@MrBogus213]

This is my dream. I'm cripplingly terrified of heights. My body nearly shuts down from fear. What an experience that must be.

[@UrsaMajorPrime]

The Marine Corps confidence course did that for me. 12ft in the air and a rope 6 feet away I had to jump and grab. If I fail to even try, I don't become a Marine. It was a clarifying moment I will never forget.

[@GumbyGoons]

@UrsaMajorPrime what are you jumping over? I'd feel safe doing that over water but over concrete or something I'd be terrified.

[@GG-jn4dx]

I feell it at the beginning am I’m not there. 😱

[@paulhamilton7854]

As someone terrified of heights, I remember standing on a diving platform and realizing that it isn't just the height of the platform that is frightening, but that you can see all the way down to the bottom of the pool. It makes you feel like you are that much higher up.

[@nicolala7132]

It doesn't even help that when you look down it looks way deeper that it originally was because of your height.

[@Simson616]

Luckily, at that hight it does not make much of a difference.

[@drops2cents260]

@@Simson616/videos Yep - because it's already too high anyways. :-)

[@cole.-4688]

That’s why they usually have water jets spraying over the pool to create a visible surface

[@jamesbizs]

@@cole.-4688 ugh. It also disturbs the water so that you don’t smack into a flat surface.

[@evanlucas8914]

The self control it takes to throw yourself off a 20m high drop is incredible. I've done rappelling (aka abseiling) from that height, on an open wall where I was hanging free. Even knowing all the safety equipment was perfect it took a lot of self control to overcome my brain telling me to not do it. Believe it or not skydiving was actually easier despite the altitude being magnitudes greater. At that height the fall just seemed less real than 20m.

[@kenbrown2808]

I've done a 100' free drop. at that height, the mechanics of it start to make their own problems.

[@MP-35]

@@kenbrown2808 I can relate also, I myself did a 98 feet free drop falling into a net, and that stuff is really intense. You can definitely feel the net and everything around moving to catch you

[@johndododoe1411]

For some it takes a lot of self control to _not_ jump from such an inviting ledge.

[@adamtrotter4910]

Maybe because that ground is so far away your brain doesn’t instinctually understand the threat. After all the ground is what kills you not the falling itself.

[@kenbrown2808]

@@MP-35 this wasn't a freefall. just an open air descent.

[@kingof24]

That dive was truly breathtaking, it gave me tingles down my spine. Absolutely amazing athletic ability to dive from that height. And a thank you Tom for showing the whole of KZbin that this facility exists in Canada, as I'm sure I'm not the only Canadian that had no Idea we had a 20m indoor high dive platform.

[@Connection-Lost]

65.6 feet

[@Connection-Lost]

Taller than the sphinx btw

[@ktheveg]

Goes to show that where you live, even simply to the province/territory (or state, ig) could be much larger than you expect, and there could be so much unexplored yet interesting things in just the areas you thought you knew. I had a trip to Montreal once, and it was breathtaking to see another side to a country that I've lived in all my life

[@logan2113]

It's nice to see somebody invest in something that they are hoping will benefit people 45 years down the road. If politicians did that they could make a really positive impact on the world

[@CollinGerberding]

2:02 "You do not do highdiving because someboy asks you. You really have to feel that you have to do it, you know?" I love seeing a person talk about a true passion.

[@DrD0000M]

For the curious: "In 2015, Laso Schaller broke the cliff jumping world record. He jumped 58.8m (192ft) off the Cascata del Salto in Switzerland, reaching an eye-watering 76.4mph (122.31kmh) in the moments before he hit the water. "

[@classicambo9781]

Dislocated his hip while doing so. That is an injury that requires extremes forces and I hate to think what his skeleton will look like as he ages. There are things we can do but shouldn't.

[@Apjooz]

And there wasn't even a crater because water is harder than concrete.

[@Lucien86]

It is actually quite easy to jump from a lot higher - its just surviving at the bottom that isn't so easy.

[@samh2023]

@@Apjooz I promise you that's not true. If you jump from 58 m on concrete you will cause a hell of a lot more damage than a dislocated hip.

[@plzletmebefrank]

@@samh2023 Harder is a strange word with many meanings. Water is incompressible. Concrete can certainly be compressed. I'm curious if because water is incompressible that it has a higher stopping force with high velocity projectiles than metal or concrete.... Not sure. A lot of weird physics come into play that I don't know enough about.

[@bigutubefan2738]

Great job with the audio Tom - I felt the deep boom from the watery impact.

[@flowerdolphin5648]

I am terrified of heights, this made me feel dizzy just watching! I could never. Props to her.

[@anthonyfaye3344]

I'm not afraid of heights, and my palms got sweaty watching this.

[@TrojanHell]

"its not something you do because someone asks you its a feeling that youve gotta do it" >immediately heads for the door toward the jump Most natural reaction Ive seen in ages, love it! Same with the zipline down. Cool video! Very inspiring to hear olympic stadiums are investing in staying relevant.

[@TheRoonie222]

Olympic Park is really fun and I highly recommend checking it out if you ever end up in Montreal. I went there once in college and there are facilities like they mentioned but also a zoo and museums and other cultural things in the complex. Absolutely worth the visit.

[@safe-keeper1042]

Her saying she wished she could zipline down with her shoes is the most circus thing I've heard in a long time.

[@johndododoe1411]

The Barcelona stadiums have become successful event venues supplementing the large exhibition venue elsewhere in that city. I have been in the city for 3 events in past decades, and they clearly have a great overall organization workforce. Unfortunately, a few city activities aren't keeping up.

[@cidercreekranch]

As a native of Montréal I could not help but laugh at the "winter can be harsh" statement.

[@jk-gb4et]

yes do not want to high dive 20 metres into the frozen water 😂

[@kinetic-cybernetic]

@@jk-gb4et oh I get it now

[@senffabrik4903]

this makes Robins (How i met your mother) "Bikini Weather" statements funny too

[@tommysoprano1441]

I have been to Montreal many many times il GELE !!!!

[@tommysoprano1441]

But I still love Montreal. My favourite city in Canada.

[@KangaGamer]

Toms face during the interview, 18m up, was pricless. Trying to be polite and also holding of a heart attack.

[@TerjeMathisen]

48 years ago I, together with two friends, started the diving club in my home town, since this got us dedicated training time in the city pool. We only had the standard 1 & 3 m spring boards and a 5m platform there so I never even tried 10m platform diving. I still make backwards volts from 3-7m cliffs but I would never even dream of dropping in from 15+m meters! That said, it was really nice to see that they managed to fit higher platforms into the old olympic facility!

[@maxbracegirdle9990]

6:06 Tom trying to listen casually while scared out of his damn mind

[@ashley_neal]

The performers from Cirque du Soleil are a different breed and a different level. Once they finish performing, life must feel a bit dull unless you obviously start jumping off cliffs in your spare time. Respect to this lady!

[@ArceusShaymin]

I gotta say, Tom, it was really interesting being able to see the two different points of view in this video; one from the athlete and the other from an official! It's interesting how different the perspectives are, even within the same sphere of influence. Great video!

[@wxcvbndu51]

I remember when I got old enough to jump from the 10m plank back when I was a kid, and I wasn't smart enough to not have my feet parallel to the surface of the water. Can't even imagine what it must be like with twice the height

[@mytube001]

Got a severe fear of heights. I dived from a 3 m (10 ft) springboard once. Absolutely terrifying! I felt like I was in the air for minutes! And the water hurt like hell when I landed. I am certain that I would die if I jumped from 10 m (30 ft) and I would shatter into fleshy fragments falling from 20 m...

[@martiraz]

Well done on challenging your fear. The pain issue is probably about how you land, with some propper instructions from someone you trust I'm sure that one day you can do a 10 m. Just dont give up buddy, we can all make it!

[@lonestarr1490]

I would never jump from 10 m. They'd have to throw me.

[@TheYakusoku]

When I was a child, to pass a swim class (private lessons, not part of public school's gym class), I had to jump from the high dive, which was only 5 meters, IIRC. It was good to experience it once, to say I've done it, but if I never do it again in my life, I'm fine with that. I can't imagine jumping 10 or 20 meters down.

[@torfossberg1137]

@@lonestarr1490 I once jumped from 10m and it took me about half an hour to work up to do it

[@pastelshizu]

I did fall on my belly after a frontflip at that 3m and was in so much pain I couldn't move an inch for the entire day, I don't wanna know what these guys feel if something goes wrong

[@isaacmarks31]

"Just to set your expectations, I'm not jumping from that tower today". You know your fanbase too well, Scott! I was definitely keen for another "Scott faces his fears" video, haha.

[@TJjjjjjjjjjj]

I use to be terrified of heights. So To get over it I forced my self to go sky diving, bungee jumping, high diving etc and now I’m proud to say I’m still terrified of high diving 😬 perhaps its because you having nothing else attached to you or maybe just the fact you’re half naked and vulnerable but this is the only activity I’m still petrified of

[@GonzoTehGreat]

What about climbing?

[@metalclaw149474]

i really liked the length and editting of this one tom! it reminded me so much of older crt era interviews because you showed at length having a conversation while cutting to all the intresting facts or the other fast questions style interviewee. thanks as always☆♡

[@ClipHero11]

Jumping from 5 meters feels like falling for eternity. There is this uncomfortable moment where you start thinking "I've been in the air for long enough now" and you keep falling anyways. There is no way I would voluntarily jump from 20 meters, let alone perform some artistic stunt. Massive respect to her!

[@Jojo66630]

Really? I kind of like the falling part, feels like flying, but definitely not the impact.

[@aceman0000099]

When I jumped from 10m, I fully felt the acceleration of gravity and realised just how true my physics lessons were. I was falling long enough to not only think about the fall, but to think about it a second time and comprehend the difference between the two feelings of speed. Like a natural rollercoaster. At 10m, you land going 50kmh. So beyond that height, every meter you add only gives you a fraction increase in time or velocity. It takes about 45x that height to reach top speed at the bottom, which is about 200km, so 45x the height for 4x the speed.

[@33m3c]

@@aceman0000099 its also funny to think that that feeling is acutally the earth moving towards us, rather than us falling to the earth

[@aceman0000099]

@@33m3c not quite. We're moving toward eachother, and the earth moves much much less than the person

[@jama211]

@@Jojo66630 I've bungee jumped and skydived, and to me it always felt more like falling rather than flying, I was disappointed too!

[@georgedoty-williams2085]

"I'm not jumping from that tower today" What Tom is saying is that he's jumping from that tower ANOTHER day

[@iododendron3416]

'I am not jumping from *that* tower over there.' Maybe there is a higher one.

[@npc6817]

"I'm coming back to the olympic pool to conquer my fears and jump from that tower"

[@emberthecatgirl8796]

Or another tower the same day, he deserves some time off at the pool to relax.

[@jackeea_]

Next week, on Tom Scott Plus: * Tom hits some water at terminal velocity

[@erikziak1249]

I am waiting for the 22 meters tower to be finished.

[@marys.9367]

I've been there! Granted, it was over a decade ago on a school trip, but it was really cool. We had some free time to swim around in the shallow and deep pools (I jumped off the lowest high dive and it was terrifying), then they gave us all life jackets, turned on the jets(!) that they have in the pool, and had us run a safety exercise on how to group together in turbulent water. Behind the high diving boards, I don't know if it's still there, but there was a really deep column of water, maybe like 30m deep? I don't remember what it was for, maybe diving in the only-underwater sense. There was a plastic chair at the bottom that I guess had fallen in and no one bothered to bring it back. Very cool place, and a hell of a local swimming pool.

[@johndododoe1411]

Chair at the bottom seems a standard challenge in that other meaning of diving. That said, it's traditional to make pools very deep just below high-diving platforms just to avoid hitting the bottom and getting hurt from that after surviving all the other dangers.

[@alexia3552]

This is exactly the kind of place I'd want to climb up and peek around in so thank you for taking us up there via camera!

[@EarlHare]

Well done Tom! As a person who is also afraid of heights you are an inspiration. And imagine, you actually conducted an entire interview at the same time, incredible.

[@MrJoegotbored]

I hadn't even considered that. I remember noticing he was afraid, but other than his self-reminders re his safety gear, he seemed perfectly at ease taking her interview. Thanks for being brave for us, Tom!

[@nate_river_]

I imagine having something to do helps distract you from the worst of it. Even so, balls of steel.

[@pipsapossu1699]

@@nate_river_ hes a coward i work above such drops on the regular

[@ryanpayne7707]

@@pipsapossu1699 Alright, you now know where a 20m platform is.

[@SECONDQUEST]

@@pipsapossu1699 So then you know a large majority of people wouldn't do your job, which means you should be proud, not belittle people who won't do it. It's worthless to talk smack on people for not doing things we can do, it makes it look like what we do is easy which degrades the value of our work. Plus it makes you look like a jerk.

[@Redarmy1917]

One thing Tom has taught me over the years that's never explicitly said. Doesn't matter how many crazy places you go, you'll never lose your fear of heights.

[@hb1338]

With a bit of effort, you can rationalise all those fears down to negligible levels.

[@ryano.5149]

It's not the heights...it's that sudden stop at the bottom that worries me!

[@domobject]

As someone who has a lifelong fear of height, but also worked for some years as a theater light tech, I had to get over the fear of climbing lighting rigs, leaning out over railings to focus lights, and things like that. I got comfortable with those specific activities, and how to feel in control of the safe gear used. But it does NOT apply to other heights. If anything I'm more fearful of heights now when I'm not in complete control of the safety equipment and familiar with the space.

[@23nyte]

@@ryano.5149 why? you wont feel it.

[@ThePeej]

Thanks for this video! I absolutely love that the Montreal Olympic Village continues to be invested in & accessible to the public. And what’s not to love about Lysanne being an absolute G in her forties!! Inspiring 💪🏼🥳

[@eedoamitay3341]

Brilliant interview, so well paced and timed questions, especially the end. Lysanne has a fascinating story and life, great video.

[@hansangb]

In the Army, we decided to do the Combat Water Survival Test using the 10M board. Just to dial it up. It didn't seem that high until you go up there. Then you had to blindfold your self and walk the plank to drop (w/ all your gear, you have to hit the bottom, un do every equipment and swim back up). That walk, it did have a high pucker factor.

[@jimdennis2451]

Yep, the only time I was on a 10M board was for the Navy swim test. No thank you.

[@wiggy5209]

Did the ten meter board in the Royal Navy ....escaping the submarine escape tank is far worse.

[@hansangb]

@@wiggy5209 oh I'm sure. The height wasn't as much an issue as the blindfolded walk. For those who were not good swimmers, I'm sure it was terrifying. Getting out of a sinking sub? No thank you

[@James-mb3je]

A friend of mine told me that if you are "lucky" enough to be aft of the reactor you have a chance to get to the escape tube but don't expect to survive, you'll just be a bright orange corpse (cos of the survival suit) floating on the surface.

[@thijsschipper6406]

@@James-mb3je Why?

[@fantansam]

Amazing!!!...Kudos to Madam Lysanne Richard. An example of talent and courage. Not too many people can do that.

[@AnastasiaCooper]

I got issues with my ears just jumping from 5 meters. While not being afraid of hights, nothing would get me to jump down that thing. I can't even imagine what kind of training you have to go through to make your body fit enough to just ... function after a jump like that. It's amazing! Tom really knows how to find interesting topics!

[@MyceliumMan17]

As a Quebecer I am so happy with your little ''Québec series'' with Sherbrooke and now Montreal. Happy to have you here and hope you enjoyed your trip!

[@cybhunter007]

It would be interesting if Tom does a bit on the Nun's that are interned at the Maison Mere Des Soeurs Gris

[@sirluis4louis]

Same here!

[@Davion197]

As a proud Saskatchewanite, Quebec should be walled off and declared a quarantine zone.

[@unemilifleur]

What did he do in Sherbrooke?? I only remember his Asbestos video.

[@flzubuduuz]

@@unemilifleur the video about the river that can be turned on and off, from last week.

[@carissacarter2051]

The 2 lanyards on your harness are there in order to stay 100% tied off at all times. You only need to have 1 lanyard attached. You hook the second lanyard while transitioning to another area then remove the previous lanyard to continue. There should have never been a moment you were not tied off during that climb.

[@teejaye110]

It's hard to tell, but the lanyards may not be long enough to reach, like he has 6 ft lanyards, and the shortest line between the two points is over 9ft so he wont be able reach the next tie off line. You are right though, it's a poorly designed tie off system if you aren't able to reasonably have one hooked at all times

[@Roccondil]

@@teejaye110 Yep. and the ladder if it was too tall to have a lanyard at the bottom and one to the top (when halfway through/transitioning) should have had a slider along its height to facilitate the short length of the lanyards. Of course, the slider assumes that the someone who goes up will also come down that way too.

[@Thehouseoffail]

@@teejaye110 I agree that this is probably the case. But that seems like an extremely negligent design flaw.

[@SpaceRaccoon22]

@@teejaye110 He should be able to clip onto the rungs of the ladder as he's climbing up. It's slow because you have to reclip every few rungs, but it's safer

[@kevinwetter4406]

Im more impressed of how that safety line works along one of those straight bridges. Its attached and fixated at several points but the harness is connected in a way that still allows it to slide through without detaching and the safety line being structurally strong enough to hold a person. How is that connection type called and how does it work?

[@rim7115]

I was thinking "sure, jumping off it would be scary but it couldn't be that bad" Then I saw her flip/twist off it. That is absolutely insane

[@jemand-xt2zd]

I jumped from 5m once. I defenitly hurts a bit on the feet, I cant imagine how bad it is from 20m.

[@punxrath123]

It's not as painful as you might think. More of a full body impact at that height that doesn't really hurt but more feels a jolt through your body

[@charlesburns7391]

I did a jump at these cliffs at my friend's cottage. Maybe 25-30 feet. When I looked at the video, i was literally inches away from being able to touch the wall as I fell.

[@nickgoodall578]

Huge respect for the athlete. Not said: "I do it now, because I can't stop." When you get accustomed to that level of stimulation, it's hard to give it up.

[@jannik6147]

the one thought i have every single time i see a diving board that high up is ''i could hit the floor next to the pool'' and that creeps me the hell out

[@Thergh]

And if you made a mistake while jumping hitting the water woudn't be much different.

[@poja82]

Same here

[@lucbloom]

-_- same

[@idontwantahandlethough]

Think of the *_sound,_* Jannik! Think of the sound you would make :| Me too though. Uncoordinated People..... UNITE!!!! Oh. We missed. Try focusing on my elbow this time, not the hand. Uncoordinated People.. UNITE!! _Theeeeere_ we go :)

[@euansmith3699]

@@idontwantahandlethough This could be the new Olympic Sport of Highboard Falling (you score extra points for helpless flailing on the way down, or doing a Wilhelm Scream).

[@TimSenna]

That ending shot is absolutely spectacular- she's a real life superhero doing that

[@rjpilgrim]

Absolutely incredible and inspiring. Thank you for sharing this with the world 😮

[@MatsJPB]

Wow. Watching her jump from the the same height was totaly different then seeing the same jump from groundlevel. Made my stomach tie itself into a knot. Mad respects to anyone with the guts to do that stuff. I would have started crying half way upp.

[@SamSitar]

her jump was very artistic.

[@Lysanne_Richard]

My stomach ties sometimes too haha!

[@andrewprevost]

Tom, your ability to find interesting stories to tell, hidden in plain sight, will never cease to amaze me. I've lived in Montreal for 24 years now, and had no idea either of the things you've explored in your two Quebec videos existed here. Hoping you filmed a few more videos during your visit to Quebec, so I can learn about more nearby things I never knew about. Keep up the great work!

[@austinhawkins1443]

Is it true that nobody in Montreal claims themselves to be a canadiens fan

[@ItsYourBoiUhh]

@@austinhawkins1443 not in my experience no, but you do find more hardcore supporters outside the metropoplitan area

[@austinhawkins1443]

Is it kinda like how down here you see a guy with a Texans shirt, or someone with a Texans sticker on the back of their car, but you know it’s old and it’s not because they’re ACTUALLY a fan of the team anymore because of how bad they are?

[@VLQL]

@@austinhawkins1443Yes, but only in the sense that the canadiens are so popular and omnipresent that to be a fan is expected and therefore no one really needs to clarify

[@inconnu4961]

@@VLQL Well, i was surprised just how many Bruins fans are up that way, of all the teams!

[@MrKruger88]

The budget for this building was $250M, and it ended up costing $1.4 BILLION. It took the city just over 30 years to pay it off.

[@dark-sec]

What an incredible lady, and so jovial while she's doing this. I love heights myself and always feel like jumping off when I'm somewhere high up. But it's just a feeling in my mind. I wouldn't dare jump off that board for real, it would mean a direct trip to the hospital!

[@Opus313]

"I'd applaud, but my hands are a bit busy." Me too. I'm wiping the sweat from my brow!

[@terryboyle]

This is one of the most interesting ones I have watched. Thank you for this. I grew up in Montreal and worked at the 1976 Olympics. So glad to hear the facility is still relevant. As I recall, the pool was also used to train scuba divers for police and military at one point in time.

[@parcolympiquemtl]

Still is ;)

[@jimdennis2451]

I remember watching cliff diving from Acapulco on Wide World of Sports in the 70s. I don't remember how high they were, but no thank you.

[@audreysavard3248]

All pavillon of the olympic park are still in use. The velodrome become the Zoo and another pavillon (i don't remember wich one) become a planetarium. They are still making renovation. One part of the is for spectaclen, like the OSM one, and another park is now a skatepark and a temporary climbing part. A acrobatic kid park is added. Oh it is also a vaccination clinic when there big campain. I love the stadium and use it a lot of time.

[@fdtori]

@@audreysavard3248 The exterior running track also became Stade Saputo where Montreal FC play (MLS soccer team)

[@_perza]

@@parcolympiquemtl nice facility you have, if I’m ever in Canada I’d love to see it

[@Albatrox]

Hey happy to see you in Montreal Scott. Thanks for the video!

[@EarendilMitsos]

Especially that ending shot of getting back in the corridor made me think that it was taken out of one of the Myst games.

[@Koff33y]

It’s really cool to hear the guy from the Olympic park talk about making sure that the giant investment for the Olympics in the 70s should be something that still pays off today.

[@svenjaenisch]

This is so nuts. I love it. Just gotta admire Lysanne's dedication to the sport!

[@Lysanne_Richard]

Thanks!

[@larsgoran9926]

In the world championships, men jump from a 27-metre-high (89 ft) platform while women jump from a 20-metre-high (66 ft) platform. But yes sure, she's the most amazing diver to ever walk the earth...

[@francisplante3858]

So cool to see Tom in Quebec ! Hope you had fun here! And thanks for make md learn new things about my home 😁

[@flyingo]

I want to visit this place! I’ve been diving from 40’ and higher since I was 7 years old and absolutely LOVE the serenity and exhilaration you feel when you commit to the dive and throw yourself into the air. Of course, most of my diving was/is from high cliffs into lakes, so the climb up is usually more “dangerous” than the fast trip back down. Oh, and side note.. I’m 63. This past summer my favorite lake was in a low water state so the height was about 46’.

[@Slackker_]

Usually it's hard to get scale conveyed through a screen, but as soon as you tilted the camera up to that thing attached to the roof I felt actually terrified. I'm not scared of heights but there is no way I would ever even think of jumping off that. People really are so diverse

[@notafanboy250]

You're scared of heights and that's perfectly normal.

[@ChristianPaulDelage]

I remember diving from the 10m there, that felt more than high enough 😅 Incredible athletes and happy to see they've got a long term plan for the Olympic Stadium. I really enjoyed that video Tom. Thanks

[@hungryshark97]

Est-ce que les personnes "normales" peuvent sauter de plus de 10m? ^^ asking for a friend ;)

[@Rethaxian]

Same. Very happy they had a long term sustainable plan back then. So many Olympic structures become urban exploration ruins. And it's a sad waste.

[@blengi]

They need a more exhilarating combo sport for the olympics as not enough spectator thrills in a 20 metre dive. I propose base jump diving:.dive from a 200 metre platform, do your mid air trick, orient and release drogue shoot to slow you down to 70 kph and hit the water like a boss....

[@Brownsy67]

Tom, you are quite a brave soul. I've done highrise window cleaning, and have been a roofer with one bounce under my belt for about 10 years now. Watching this made my hands sweat in a way they haven't in a long time. Kudos eh. Lysanne Richard, you are nuts. Nice dive though.

[@WryAun]

Very cool to see! Tha ks Tom, I love these unexpected behind the scenes videos of stuff I'd never thought about. Though I'm also glad this was a regular video and not a feature on Tom Scott Plus. 😨

[@TheNickLux]

I was lucky enough to go visit the Olympic Park and that Pool when I was a kid and I remember very vividly seeing just the concrete diving platforms and wondering how anyone could be brave enough to jump off of those. Absolute respect for Lysanne!

[@cupguin]

I swam there when I was incredibly little and I also still remember it. It's a really amazing place to swim when you're a kid.

[@stephen9894]

I do the other type of diving (going under the water instead of high above it) and this has really helped to put the depth into perspective. I'm only qualified to go 18m down but it doesn't actually feel that deep. Then when I see her jump off a 20m platform it looks way higher than I thought it would.

[@danieldekker7008]

What a great point! That does make 60ft (for us Americans) seem really deep! No wonder the pressure is so high.

[@AndyGneiss]

@@danieldekker7008 It's definitely quite a lot of water above your body when you are that deep.

[@ConnorNolan]

And water is so much heavier than air. Diving really puts that into perspective when you see how compressed the bubbles are deep down.

[@user-pn4py6vr4n]

@@AndyGneiss Pressure increases by about 1 atmosphere per 10 metres, so at 18 metres, you're at almost 3 atmospheres, including the 1 atm from the actual atmosphere. I've only been to 10m myself, and it feels shallow. I don't imagine 18 metres feels all that deep either. It's once you stop being able to see the sun things get scary.

[@MrNicoJac]

Yup, this makes safety stops and such _feel_ much more acute and sensible, hahaha

[@brandocalrissian3294]

Wow, I've jumped off a cliff that was 14 meters, but doing flips off 20 is insane. She's super talented.

[@tappajaav]

Talented? She's been jumping all her life. That's the results of hard work that you're seeing here.

[@thecomfyshirt]

Wow, maintaining use of old Olympic facilities?! Imagine!

[@lonestarr1490]

I get sweaty palms from the footage alone... Mad respect for climbing up that wobbly framework, Tom.

[@mrquirky3626]

Tom was safely harnessed in but if he did fall he would have likely been dangling for hours before they could have gotten a rescue team up there to either pull him back up to the platform or lower him completely down to the ground. In all my years of working in construction and engineering, I been on lots of sites that had fall arrest systems in place but no actual plans as to how to recover anyone that may have to use them. It's not like the person that does fall but gets stopped by a life line can just easily pull themselves up again.

[@Curt_Sampson]

I myself was wondering how they would deal with someone who fell and was dangling from a tether!

[@blazedray9903]

Any time I've worked at height we have always had a rescue plan In place they usually involve a cherry picker or a scissor lift you should have one if you were stuck for hours the harness can cut off blood to your legs and cause clots

[@TokenTombstone]

Not to mention his rope has 19 meter of slack ha ha.

[@timbroski4487]

You can just pull yourself up using the tether right?

[@blazedray9903]

@@timbroski4487 you would be surprised how many unfit people work at height and couldn't do a press up let alone lift themselves.

[@TonyfromLaSalle]

Happy you made your way to Montréal to see the big-O! It’s an incredible stadium and it’s athletes are some of the best in the world

[@boxhawk5070]

Huge props to Tom for doing this. My palms were sweaty just watching.

[@Trekki200]

That's how facilities for those massive sport events should be. Build in a way that they can be used for a long time and are properly maintained and updated so they stay relevant. Not just a bunch of buildings somewhere no one will ever use them again, so they are just left to rot...

[@simonro9168]

There's pictures of the Rio Olympic pool decaying and with dirty water just six months after the games. Such a waste of resources. Munich on the other hand still uses the stadium for concerts, the park surrounding it is always busy & hosts festivals, and the entire city got a properly overhauled commuter rail network, originally built for the games, but it has become integral to the city. Crazy how differently host cities can be affected by the games. Even more crazy that we build new facilities for every game, instead of finding some way to re-utilize the existing ones. Same goes for World Cups.

[@lonestarr1490]

You're not, by any chance, thinking of a specific sportsy occasion in some specific desert, are you?

[@simonro9168]

@@lonestarr1490 No, I, an atheist, a big fan of human rights and member of the LGBTQ community, would never imply anything negative about a currently ongoing sporting event in a theocracy that doesn’t even have a connection to the sport, being enabled by old men in suits with their pockets full of bribes and blood on their hands.

[@idontwantahandlethough]

Right?! It sucks seeing massive, amazing stadiums sit dormant and end up overtaken by wildlife within years of the olympics. It's such an insane waste of money that any country that wants to hold the olympics must do. And that's just the money, not even mentioning the loss of human life often incurred building these places :/

[@mikeFolco]

That stadium has been MASSIVE financial burden on the city of Montreal from the day it was built.

[@StormhavenGaming]

As someone with an intense fear of heights, this whole video made me extremely uncomfortable. It's a credit to Tom that I watched until the end. Well done. And massive respect to Lysanne Richard as well.

[@dmh2546]

Always love your videos, thanks for all you do.

[@cyberpunk.386]

That was a worldclass dive!

[@Titan-8190]

I'm used to 8~10m jumps and I jumped from a ~13m cliff once. The difference was insane. Anything flat against the surface was in huge pain (foot sole, elbow, under jaw) even with shoes and wetsuit (wetsuit that was ripped apart). my neck got hurt and was stuck for days and my ear-drum got damaged. I don't know how anyone can jump from more than that.

[@duseylicious]

I've frequently done (25-40ft) 8-12m cliff jumps. It is a big difference! I once did what we estimated to be 70-75ft (22-23m) We could have been off in our measurement but I wouldn't suspect we were for more than 5-10ft (2-3m). I had heavy sandals on and wore a ski-jacket / life vest. I rehearsed each step to run off the cliff for 30 minutes, I even threw a pebble off to see how long I'd be in the air (about 3 seconds!). Even with the ski-jacket on, which prevented me from going too far under to hurt my ears, etc., I ended up much deeper than I anticipated. (I usually let the jacket pull me up but I had to start swimming.) All this to say, it was very stupid and I'd never do it again! It was a really bad idea! I certainly wouldn't try to do any flippy-fips!

[@cerealdude890]

I’ve done 50 ft, and have 0 desire to ever go higher. My arm was barely off of my body, and it bruised my bicep. 25-30ft is the most fun in my opinion. Perfect trade off between safety and thrill

[@aidanbyrne8267]

Tom Scott plus - I learned to high dive

[@Analog109]

As someone who's from Montreal it's glad to see the sports centre get some recognition!

[@BesttBi]

Everything about this facility is 150% Awesome!

[@RandomBogey]

I’m less surprised that they were able to, or even willing to, build a platform 20 meters above the water line and more impressed that the existing pool (presuming it wasn’t modified in conjunction with the 20m platform) was already deep enough to accommodate someone falling from 20 meters…

[@a_921]

I'm not sure how terminal velocity works, but at some point, I think it doesn't matter how high the drop is (in terms of depth). Somebody math-y can probably do the calculations.

[@OytheGreat]

@@a_921 You're not close to terminal velocity after 20 metres at all though. That's approx 200km/h. From 20m, I'd estimate it's about 100 km/h.

[@icannotchoose]

@@OytheGreat But wht about the terminal velocity in water? Sure, you'll hit the water much faster, but won't the water very quickly decelerate you regardless?

[@fredbirdcinema]

@@icannotchoose you need a a fair bit of height to be able to reach terminal velocity, and then you'll be going so fast that you will hit water like it's concrete

[@glax2174]

@@OytheGreat they said around 70kmh in the video.

[@cedricg.-s.7593]

As a Montrealer who's gone to the surrounding exhibits for years, I had no idea there was a 20m diving board there this whole time!

[@misskwannie]

Same and i even had swimming lessons there

[@johndododoe1411]

It's somewhat new.

What an amazing video, I've been there many times and never even spotted the 20m!

[@orangecrush5862]

Really cool that facility listened to her and built the high platforms! Awesome!

[@jean-charleslavigne1298]

I went to that planform one time for work and i can tell you it's much scarier in real life than the video lets it appear and i'm not scared of heights. So good job Tom for going there!

[@gazs7237]

I couldn't even go out on that gantry with a harness let alone jump off it. Massive respect to that awesome diver and also Tom for even setting foot on it

[@KlaunVI]

Tom Scott, you are a treasure. Cheers.

[@christopher19894]

Wow. I wasn't expecting such a compicated dive. That's mental!

[@Dalenthas]

I've been to Montreal only a couple of times, but it's hard to forget that Olympic stadium. It dominates the skyline. There's a funicular that runs diagonally up the spine of the spire and takes you to the very top, where you can get an amazing view of the whole city. Now I want to go to Montreal again 😕

[@alun7006]

I'd never seen it before this video. What an AWESOME building!

[@NiGHTSaturn]

Come back anytime 😊

[@Dalenthas]

@@NiGHTSaturn my passport is a little expired and I'm a little broke, but thanks for the invite!

[@NiGHTSaturn]

@@Dalenthas I know the feeling. The city ain’t changing much too, we’re just getting way more food options but the activities are still awesome. So even if you come back in a few years, you can expect a similar feeling.