Felix Baumgartner
Felix Baumgartner
Felix Baumgartneris an Austrian skydiver, daredevil and BASE jumper. He is best known for his participation in the Red Bull Stratos project, in which he jumped to Earth from a helium balloon in the stratosphere on October 14, 2012. Doing so, he set world records for skydiving an estimated 39 km, reaching an estimated top speed of 1,357.64 km/h, or Mach 1.25, . He became the first person to break the sound barrier without vehicular power relative to the surface on...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionDaredevil
Date of Birth20 April 1969
CitySalzburg, Austria
CountryAustria
To jump and break the sound barrier will not be a mere record breaking experience or another extreme event that ends once the mission is accomplished.
I've done a lot of things in a business where you're lucky to stay alive, so when the time comes, I'll be happy to pass my knowledge along and help someone else.
I had to work with a psychiatrist.
I love a challenge, and trying to become the first person to break the speed of sound in freefall is a challenge like no other.
I base jumped off one of the highest buildings in the world.
If I do something, it's always 90% obvious and 10% unknown.
As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.
At a certain R.P.M., there's only one way for blood to leave your body, and that's through your eyeballs. That means you're dead.
I was crossing the English Channel with a carbon-fiber wing on my back.
I can't bear the thought of my mother having to push me around in a wheelchair. I'd rather die quickly.
Learn to love what you've been taught to fear.
It feels great to be on top of the world but the greatest feeling is when your feet are on the ground.
We want to push mankind's boundaries out a little further.
If something goes wrong, the only thing that might help you is God.