One giant leap for man, kind of. (Photo).[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Australia parachutist Felix Baumgartner Felix Baumgartner (born 1969 in Austria) is a skydiver and a BASE jumper. His nickname is "Fearless Felix" and "God of the skies" because of the dangerous nature of the stunts he has performed during his career. , known as "the craziest man in the world," makes a jump from a helicopter over Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, city, Brazil Rio de Janeiro (rē`ō də zhänā`rō, Port. rē`  thĭ zhənĕē`r , Brazil. He's a daredevil in the usually illegal sport of BASE jumping--in which people leap off of buildings, antennae, spans (like bridges), and earth (like cliffs). He has also jumped off the world tallest buildings, the 1,483-foot Petronas Towers Petronas Towers, twin skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that are the world's tallest twin towers. Standing 1,483 ft (452 m) high, they were designed by the Argentinean-American architect Cesar Pelli. in Malaysia.
|
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion