Red Bull Stratos

[suddha]

I'm down here in Roswell, New Mexico covering the Red Bull Stratos. Felix Baumgartner is going to skydive from 120,000 feet. He will go supersonic during the free fall. The current record is 102,000 feet, set in 1960 by USAF Colonel Joe Kittinger. I met both men last night. Both great guys. Zenith is a sponsor and the whole project team is wearing the Stratos chrono.



The jump is tomorrow morning.

[belligero]

120000 feet!? Holy freaking crap.

I'm definitely looking forward to your coverage!

[SCM64]

Yea, been following that. Hope it goes well, pretty crazy.

FYI, It's 23 miles to help give some perspective.

[DEMO]

Cool! I've been following this Jump. Not too long ago I was reading an article on the design of the specialized suit he will be wearing.

Looking forward to the coverage.

[jimyritz]

Very cool....Look forward to your write-up...

[DMB]

Jason, it it's not too late, see if you can get him to strap a bunch of bacon to the outside of his suit. At that speed, it should cook on the way down. I'm sure he's gonna be famished and well, nothing satisfies like a slab of fresh cooked bacon. Just sayin'....

[AtomicTom]

Incredible ! Jason ! ..Thank you for the news on this,
and also for taking the time to show us your pictures
too of everything.

[cali kid]

Jason, you've always got a cool gig but this one is very special! Hope things go well and he breaks 700MPH and does it safely.... MMMM bacon...

[suddha]

Strapped this one on for the occasion. What a sweet watch.

[snootydog]

23 mile free fall....bloody hell that's cool.
I have been doing a free fall every night for the last ten days.....that's from standing up,free falling to the floor and I have injuries to prove it

[jimyritz]

Strapped this one on for the occasion. What a sweet watch.

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some El Primero sweetness right there...

[Pasquale]

U have a great gig

[moishlashen]

Interesting.

[moishlashen]

Looks like jump is delayed due to weather. Might get it in later today according to my sources.