On August 16, 1960, Joe Kittinger was strapped into an specially modified U.S. Air Force balloon and set off on an ascent into the clouds. After 4 hours he reached the edge of space at a record breaking attitude of 102,800 feet (approx 20 miles above land). At that height he was basically in outerspace with very little atmosphere and an outside temperature at -94 degres below zero.
Then Joe did something that showed he had the biggest balls on the planet....he jumped out.
Joe was in freefall for over 4 minutes and hit a top speed of 700 miles per hour.
This guy is actually the first man in space. The motherfucking grand daddy of skydiving. Heres the link to the vid:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...yable% 3Atrue