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One of the most exciting moments was standing out on top of the world, 30 seconds before stepping off.
Felix Baumgartner
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Felix Baumgartner
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: April 20
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Skydiver
Felix Baumgartener
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Fearless Felix
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I don't like to rate myself others can do that.
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People are fascinated about the world above them because it seems so out-of-reach. My jump gave them an opportunity to come along for the ride. They could watch live on their screens how someone rises all the way up into the stratosphere.
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Extreme sport has only ever been about goals and the ways to achieve these goals. Adrenaline plays a part, but it's never in the foreground.
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If I do something, it's always 90% obvious and 10% unknown.
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I want to inspire the next generation. I want to be in mission control with someone younger than me wanting to break my record.
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I want to find a nice decent job as a helicopter pilot.
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Learn to love what you've been taught to fear.
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I don't like to rate myself others can do that. I've spoken with a number of young people who weren't even born in 1969, when the first moon landing was made. They've witnessed the first person to fly at faster than speed of the sound without propulsion. These kids are happy to have had such a momentous event in their lifetime.
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You have seen on TV how hard it is to go up 129,000 feet and how hard it is to come down.
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When I was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble, you do not think about breaking records anymore, you do not think about gaining scientific data. The only thing you want is to come back alive
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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.
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I know the whole world is watching now. And I wish the world could see what I can see. Sometimes you have to get up really high to understand how small you really are. I'm going home now.
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I started skydiving because I loved the idea of freedom.
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I have a lot of fears that normal people have.
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