Highest ever parachute jump

[elefantfresh]

Was reading the paper yesterday and there was an article on this nutter here - http://www.thesuperjump.org/
He's going to jump from 25miles up sometime this month over Canada. What a man!

 

[RedStix]

Wow. Makes my 15,000 feet skydive look like jumping off a pair of high heels!

 

[Purple]

He's trying to break [broken link removed] record from 46 years ago.

 

[ivuernis]

He's trying to break [broken link removed] record from 46 years ago.

There's more info on that guy here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kittinger

and footage from his record jump can be seen in the opening sequences of the video for Boards of Canada's "Dayvan Cowboy" single
[broken link removed]

He really is on the edge of space. Reminds me of the film "The Right Stuff".