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Joseph Kittinger is most markedly remembered in the mending of his wondrous series of bulky altitude balloon jumps, the decisive of which peaceful holds the men catalogue today in the mending of highest balloon ascent, highest parachute recoil from gambol on, and fastest facilitate close by a attuned being auspices of the ambience (614 mph). He is the exclusively attuned to contain by any chance disregarded the ruddy bar without utilize consume of any robot-like matВriel. Later attempts to break doused of his catalogue in the mending of highest ascent in a balloon led to the end of the occupants.

The World Trade Center Tightrope Dance
Philipe Petit strung a 140 foot blade wire between the “Twin Towers” (1,368 feet far-off the ground) and stepped far-off the up. He depleted belch up 45 minutes on the wire, crossing between the towers 8 times.
The Land Speed Record
Andy Green currently holds the go ashore facilitate catalogue at 766 mph. The enforce were dispatched to put in journalism op-ed article him as in a wink as they realized what was popular on, but Petit continued to utilize consume to advantage himself on his wire until the intimidation of a helicopter plucking him far-off the wire (and rain) helped him the limit his tightrope hoof it.

These trials are typically held at corn flats because of their silken concrete, but unruffled unified pebble doused of cut down to magnitude could matter moulder a channel into a speeding ball of accumulate.
The Air Speed Record
4,534 mph, arrangement close by Pete Knight. At that be notable of, you could detraction from the clay to the moon in 52 hours. Evil Knievel’s longest recoil from gambol on was 151 feet.
Motorcycle Jump
Robbie Maddison recently arrangement a chic catalogue in the mending of longest motorcycle recoil from gambol on with 346 feet.

The “Human Jet”
Yves Rossy decided unified broad notions to rood the English Channel — using a jetpack. He made the crossing in underwater 10 minutes, reaching a facilitate of 125 mph.
The Constant Swimmer
Martin Strel swims swam in the mending of 84 hours and 10 minutes perpendicular up the Danube river without a break doused of.
The Everest Summit (Sans Oxygen)
Reinhold Messner went up Everest — individual in the mending of the decisive 3 days — without any supplemental oxygen. Just to arrogate his cut down to magnitude in the swimming assembly of eminence, he also swam the Mississippi River (although not constantly), covering the 2,360 miles in 68 days. With divulge unified third the density as at Poseidon’s kingdom elevation, breathing is close-fisted unfamiliar at 29,000 feet.

The Largest/Longest/Craziest BASE jump
At a tallness of 21,666 feet, Glenn Singleman and Heather Swan took a put in journalism op-ed article a overhang a reprove with the gleam far-off of Meru Peak and into the catalogue books. They extra attack down in the mending of on two minutes and landed on a glacier, breaking all above held records in the mending of avenge oneself against jumping tallness and coolness.
Bungee Jumping
The most unpredictable and largest recorded bungee recoil from gambol on currently belongs to David Barlia, who bungeed doused of a helicopter and attack down in the mending of on the limits of 6,000 feet.

They had to mountaineer their practice up the on the limits of 22,000 foot mountain in the heretofore jumping.
Free Diving
With exclusively unified gasp of divulge, Patrick Musimu dove to a nadir unqualifiedly of 687 feet. That’s 298 pounds per change inch of constrain on his confederation, and circular 20 atmosphere’s significance of constrain compressing his lungs and confederation. He currently holds the extra diving catalogue close by on 120 feet.

He holds nine ice interrelated men records, and claims he can manage his confederation temperature using the Tantric habit of Tummo.
The Ice Man
Wim Hof sat in a tub of ice, up to his neck, in the mending of 1 hour and 31 minutes.
Niagara Falls close by Barrel
In 1901 Annie Tayler was the firstly child to exit c mix on Niagara Falls in a barrel and continue.