Must See GoPro Video: Re-Experience Felix Baumgartner's Jump From The Edge Of Space (Red Bull Stratos)
Sunday, February 2, 2014 at 06:32AM
This GoPro video was just released on Friday and it's already well past 3 million views... and it's easy to understand why once you've seen it. It's an all-new view of Felix Baumgartner's Red Bull Stratos jump from nearly 128,000 feet above the Earth's surface, and for me it was every bit as intense seeing it from these seven GoPro cameras as it was seeing it live on October 14, 2012.
I haven't met Felix Baumgartner but I did meet and talk with both Joe Kittinger and Red Bull Stratos Technical Project Director Art Thompson at Oshkosh 2013 and I must say that these men are two of the nicest guys I've ever met. I was very impressed with their kindness as human beings, and would imagine Felix is cut from the same cloth. Knowing that these good people were at the core of the Red Bull Stratos project makes me respect what was accomplished on that day all the more.
And to quote Felix while standing on the step about to jump: "Sometimes, you have to be up really high... to understand how small you are." #humility
(more Red Bull Stratos posts on AirPigz)
(click pic to enlarge) GoPro HERO2 HD screenshot of Felix Baumgartner just off the step
Reader Comments (1)
its was fascinating watching his speed fluctuate along with his heart rate. Very cool video :)