# Why yell Geronimo when jumping? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 29, 2004, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-yell-geronimo-when-jumping/237046 "2004-03-29T07:17:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tipidude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@tipidude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tipidude)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-yell-geronimo-when-jumping/237046/1 "2004-03-29T07:17:50Z")
I asked Jeeves how far Geronimo jumped on his famous jump and came to this forum and the question of why people yell Geronimo when they jump. When I lived in Lawton (named after one of Geronimos pursuers) I visited the Fort Sill military reservation and learned of Geronimos near capture when he was surrounded at the edge of a cliff. Rather than give up he jumped with his horse down (way, way down) into the Medicine River. Looking over that cliff, he must have been contemplateing suicide. The river from up there looks like a stream from a horse relieveing itself. THat could be a reason that the paratrooper choose that name to yell. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-yell-geronimo-when-jumping/237046/2 "2004-03-29T07:21:02Z")
Ask Cecil: [Why do parachutists yell “Geronimo!” when jumping from an airplane?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_146.html) ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-yell-geronimo-when-jumping/237046/3 "2004-03-29T07:29:23Z")
And what did Geronimo yell when jumping from an airplane? “Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!” This is what you come up with when you post at 2:30am.