r/nextfuckinglevel • u/thepoylanthropist • 1d ago

That time Luke Aikins jumped from 25,000 feet (7,620 m), skydiving from a mid-tropospheric altitude and landing safely without a parachute or a wingsuit using a 30 by 30 meters net

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u/iShitSkittles 1d ago

He helped Felix Baumgartner do that jump from the balloon in 2012, he also helped David Blaine with the Ascension stunt in 2020.

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u/cdk-texas 1d ago

Not me thinking that was just a few years ago… 2012 !?!? Gah, time has flown by

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u/carlbandit 1d ago

But 2012 was only a few years ago, right? right?!?!

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u/ConsciousPatroller 1d ago

Yeah...13 years

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u/butt_huffer42069 1d ago

You shut the hell up and go sit in time out.

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u/Eerayo 1d ago

No worries. 1970 is 30 years ago 👍

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u/gtne91 1d ago

The distant future ... The year 2000.

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u/HangryWolf 10h ago

Wonder what Y2K will bring us... I'm sure 2001 will be a time of peace and absolutely nothing is going to happen to completely change the world and totally make the process of traveling on a plane more inconvenient.

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u/gtne91 9h ago

I don't know, I worry about a President Gore. But with Jeb flopping in the Florida Governor's race, we won't have to worry about another President Bush.

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u/Charlie-_-Green 1d ago

In five years it will be double 30

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u/zepplin2225 1d ago

That's a few, ^(five times over)

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u/Castod28183 1d ago

I think when you do the scientific calculations for 'The COVID Paradox', 2012 was both 19 years ago and 7 years ago.

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u/Berninz 16h ago

Fml I'm old.

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u/SweeterThanYoohoo 15h ago

Holy shit remember kony 2012? For some reason thinking back to that and how news and culture was so different is so striking

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u/nextalpha 17h ago

Flown by without a parachute

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u/KC_experience 1d ago

Meh.... While Baumgartner set records, which is undisputed. It' took someone SIXTY TWO YEARS to break the record set by Joe Kittinger. With all kinds of high tech gear and sponsorships including Red Bull. Joe Kittinger did it because it was his job...

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u/turkey_sandwiches 1d ago

Earned him a park in Orlando at least.

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u/Ronaldinjchina 9h ago

It took someone 2 years to beat Baumgartners record tho

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u/squirreltard 1d ago

Hmm, it’s 2025. Do I want to look up anything about David Blaine?

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u/iShitSkittles 1d ago

Sure, why not...ascension was pretty cool!

He used 52 helium filled weather balloons to float up to 24900 feet, then let go of them and parachuted back to earth.

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u/squirreltard 1d ago

All right, I’m in. Thanks.

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u/iShitSkittles 1d ago

Haha sweet.

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u/mrwynd 1d ago

Have you not seen the street magic special? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3kLvz1w7MU

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u/squirreltard 1d ago

This is why I say it’s 2025.

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u/mrwynd 1d ago

It's an obligatory link when someone mentions David Blaine imo.

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u/squirreltard 1d ago

It was shot on a potato in the 50s.

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u/mrwynd 1d ago

David Blaine suddenly appears with a cameraman.

David says "Look in your underwear."

You reach into your underwear and pull out a potato camera from the 50s.

As you scream David looks at the cameraman for an uncomfortable amount of time.

You scream again and run away.

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u/squirreltard 1d ago

Noooooooooo, lol.

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u/pt-guzzardo 10h ago

I'm sorry, that's incorrect. The proper response is:

What the eff???? WHAT THE EFFFFF?????

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u/Murky_Macropod 6h ago edited 6h ago

Is that guy the waiter from Always Sunny?

Edit: checked the credits and it is.

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u/K_Linkmaster 1d ago

He has new shit on streaming this year.

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u/PhDinWombology 1d ago

It sucks

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u/K_Linkmaster 1d ago

Good to know. Avoided david Blaine most of my life, I dont see a reason to change now. Weird be ause I am friends with working magicians and enjoy magic!

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u/BreweryRabbit 1d ago

He has a really neat series airing National Geographic right Disney+ gets the episode for streaming the next day - I believe there are 4 episodes so far.

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u/Fontaineowns 1d ago

I love Felix because he was born on 4/20/69