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> Makes me think of the contrast with Felix Baumgartner who in his 2012 historic jump intentionally missed the free fall time record by a few seconds to not tak
by saiya-jin 8y ago
> Makes me think of the contrast with Felix Baumgartner who in his 2012 historic jump intentionally missed the free fall time record by a few seconds to not take every single record away from the previous holder, Joseph Kittinger, who held them for 52 years.
That's what I call having a class and deserving my respect. Yelling some stuff about beating 23 year old record, well, has not. Materials improved tremendously, and out understanding of achieving high speeds too.
It's like topping some old Everest record speed ascent when materials got much lighter, critical gear more reliable etc. And then yelling at Messner to beat it. Not cool at all...
- fileeditview 8y agoGenerally I would agree with you but maybe they just know Fred in person and maybe he appreciates the joke?! Maybe they were just loaded with adrenaline and couldn't help themselves. However most probably they value the person holding the previous record and you just understood it in a too personal way. What I want to say is we shouldn't be too fast with judgements (in this case and in general).
- tom_ 8y agoDid you really just spend 1 minute of your life writing that.