Linguofreak
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Well, some point or other past that. Jumping off just a little bit above GSO would put you in a slightly eccentric orbit with perigee at your jump-off point and apogee a bit higher. Jumping off a bit further up the cable would put you in a very eccentric orbit with perigee at the same point and apogee quite a bit higher. Jump off far enough up the cable (assuming it goes far enough), or with enough of a "running start", and you will be on an escape trajectory.
Now, if you're staying still on the cable or moving down it with a constant velocity, and you're above geosynchronous orbit, you will feel upwards g-forces (so that you're standing with your head facing Earth). But there's not much reason to not be doing that above geosynchronous orbit. You'll probably either be "sliding" up it (letting centrifugal force pull you upward faster and faster), in which case you'll feel a bit of acceleration eastward (westward g-forces), but, I think, none on the up/down axis, or else you'll be using the mechanism you're gripping the cable with (as I said, probably something like maglev) to actively accelerate, in which case you'll be feeling a upwards acceleration (downwards g-forces) corresponding to however fast you're elevator car is accelerating, and an eastward component as in the "sliding" scenario.
