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  1. #1 Felix Baumgartner 128,000 Foot Freefall (Full jump - 10 minutes) 
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    Default 10-14-2012, 11:40 PM
    I was watching this live and I ain't too sure about that altitude for takeoff. He did get up there but when the air pressure equaled out he was bobbing around and shifting several hundred feet a minute. They were showing the altitude on the screen but I believe it was below 128000 when they turned it off. So.... All the records still stand but as for the actual number at the time he fell off the platform??????


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    Default 10-14-2012, 11:52 PM
    As I have said before, I would starve to death standing on that platform because there ain't no way in hell I would jump. Ever.
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    Default 10-15-2012, 09:30 AM
    They were interviewing him on the news this morning. I respect his achievement, but I still think he's crazy for doing it.


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    Default 10-15-2012, 11:08 AM
    Pass.
    May the FORCE be with you!
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    Default 10-15-2012, 12:19 PM
    I can barely stand climbing a ladder to reach the gutters on our one-story house.
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