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Lets not forget the original hero -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos…In which the first attemp of a high altitude jump he nearly died, but still did a further two jumps.
What the red bull dude is doing is v impressive and brave, but kittinger did it not knowing what would happen with 1950's equipment. That takes some massive balls.
His balls were so big that on one jump he noticed "one of the seals around his wrist leaked reducing the pressure in his suit (pressure which keeps the oxygen in his blood from boiling). He said nothing out of fear of the jump being canceled. So his hand swelled to twice its normal size. The swelling resealed the suit, almost certainly saving his life."
Thankfully the red bull dude gives credit to kittinger and kittinger is an advisor and radio man on this jump.
Kittinger holds loads of records.
having the highest, fastest and longest skydive, from a height greater than 31 kilometres (19 mi),[1]
and for being the first man to make a solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in a gas balloonSome people also believe he was the first man to break the sound barrier, as the air gets less dense the higher you go, causing free fall speeds to increase, but as far as I know this isn't confirmed.
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