text: is a 50 foot drop enough to kill a person? well, we're going hiking on this 50 foot cliff thing and i'm wondering what'll happen if some1 falls down the cliff. yes. however it depends on what you hit at the bottom. if your head hits a rock, definitely. true story: a man parachuted from 5000 feet and his chutes didn't open. he landed feet first (must have been a really soft surface) and walked away. the only difference was that he was an inch and a half shorter.  so you just never know, but a fifty foot fall could kill you depending upon what you land on and how you land.