Felix Baumgartner
Felix Baumgartner
Felix Baumgartneris an Austrian skydiver, daredevil and BASE jumper. He is best known for his participation in the Red Bull Stratos project, in which he jumped to Earth from a helium balloon in the stratosphere on October 14, 2012. Doing so, he set world records for skydiving an estimated 39 km, reaching an estimated top speed of 1,357.64 km/h, or Mach 1.25, . He became the first person to break the sound barrier without vehicular power relative to the surface on...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionDaredevil
Date of Birth20 April 1969
CitySalzburg, Austria
CountryAustria
Felix Baumgartner quotes about
Never accept your limitations - because there are NO limitations.
I'm not an adrenaline junkie. It's never been about thrills for me. I'm just someone who loves a challenge.
Don't live life as a spectator.
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.
When you stand up there on top of the world, you become so humble,
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
Well, I jumped for the first time when I was 16. I just loved it and immediately realized that it was what I wanted to do.
I don't like to rate myself; others can do that.
I'm retired from the daredevil business.
I have no privacy anymore.
I like to challenge myself.
The stratosphere is a hostile place.