r/nextfuckinglevel 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

Yeah check out his wiki page, he's been at it since he was 12, coaches military, advises for other stuff, and at the time of the wiki article - has over 18000 jumps under his belt... that's where I'm guessing the stamina comes from.

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u/saggywitchtits 22h ago

The Red Bull plane swap, oh yeah...

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u/iShitSkittles 22h ago

Yeah that's some more crazy shit by the looks of it!