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• As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird’s-eye view.

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• Aviation – and space travel, in particular – have always been especially captivating.

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• I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event.

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• I base jumped off the Jesus statue in Rio de Janeiro.

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• I can’t cwheelchair. I’d rather die quickly.

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• I had to work with a psychiatrist.

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• I have a lot of fears that normal people have.

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• I started skydiving because I loved the idea of freedom.

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• I was crossing the English Channel with a carbon-fiber wing on my back.

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• I’m more a competitive person.

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• I’m retired from the daredevil business.

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• If I do something, it’s always 90% obvious and 10% unknown.

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• If the Wright brothers hadn’t put their lives on the line, we would not be flying around the world these days. So we need pioneers.

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• At a certain R.P.M., there’s only one way for blood to leave your body, and that’s through your eyeballs. That means you’re dead.

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• Heroes don’t wear diapers. It’s just not cool.

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• I always had the dream of flying, and the cheapest way is to become a skydiver.

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• I base jumped off one of the highest buildings in the world.

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• I don’t like to rate myself; others can do that.

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• I feel comfortable with what I do and I guess that my girlfriend feels the same.

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• I have no privacy anymore.

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Felix Baumgartner (38)

Birth:	20th April, 1969
Nationality:	Austrian
Profession:	Base Jumper, Skydiver, Stuntman

About

Felix Baumgartner was born in Salzburg, Austria. He is 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. He is also renowned for the particularly dangerous nature of the stunts he has performed during his career.

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