1 00:00:06,881 --> 00:00:07,924 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:07,966 --> 00:00:10,802 - We all experience fear. 3 00:00:10,844 --> 00:00:11,761 - You ready for this? 4 00:00:11,803 --> 00:00:13,346 - Oh, my God. 5 00:00:13,388 --> 00:00:14,848 - But it's how we face this fear... 6 00:00:14,889 --> 00:00:15,974 Augh! 7 00:00:16,016 --> 00:00:17,017 That defines us. 8 00:00:17,058 --> 00:00:18,685 That was brutal, man. 9 00:00:18,727 --> 00:00:23,898 My greatest fear is that if I don't overcome my fear, 10 00:00:23,940 --> 00:00:25,525 it will consume me. 11 00:00:25,567 --> 00:00:27,485 I feel completely unprepared. 12 00:00:27,527 --> 00:00:30,613 I've always loved adventure. 13 00:00:30,655 --> 00:00:32,490 And being a bit of a risk-taker, 14 00:00:32,532 --> 00:00:34,868 I've had my fair share of broken bones along the way. 15 00:00:34,909 --> 00:00:38,788 - Come down all the way. 16 00:00:38,830 --> 00:00:41,458 - Did I get you worried there for a minute? 17 00:00:41,499 --> 00:00:43,835 But this is different. 18 00:00:43,877 --> 00:00:46,838 This time, I'll be guided and inspired 19 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:52,552 by some extraordinary people who really know how to push 20 00:00:52,594 --> 00:00:54,220 their edge and go beyond. 21 00:00:54,262 --> 00:00:55,638 - Something like that? 22 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:58,016 It's maybe a two- to three-year process. 23 00:00:58,058 --> 00:00:59,434 And we've got a week. 24 00:00:59,476 --> 00:01:01,603 - I'm attempting three extremely 25 00:01:01,644 --> 00:01:05,899 dangerous sports, where I will challenge myself physically-- 26 00:01:05,940 --> 00:01:07,192 [screams] 27 00:01:07,233 --> 00:01:08,318 --mentally-- 28 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:09,778 - You've had loads of pain. 29 00:01:09,819 --> 00:01:11,446 Any more, and you could die. 30 00:01:11,488 --> 00:01:12,655 - --and emotionally. 31 00:01:12,697 --> 00:01:13,990 - Hold. 32 00:01:14,032 --> 00:01:15,492 Hold it. 33 00:01:15,533 --> 00:01:17,202 That's good. That's OK. 34 00:01:17,243 --> 00:01:18,495 Hold it in. 35 00:01:18,536 --> 00:01:19,496 Good. 36 00:01:19,537 --> 00:01:20,914 - [gasps] 37 00:01:20,955 --> 00:01:23,541 I felt about as close to death as I could possibly get. 38 00:01:23,583 --> 00:01:25,085 - He's got kids, so I'm going to make sure 39 00:01:25,126 --> 00:01:26,419 he knows all of the risks. 40 00:01:26,461 --> 00:01:28,004 - This is really next-level. 41 00:01:28,046 --> 00:01:30,840 I never feel so alive being so close to death. 42 00:01:30,882 --> 00:01:32,258 I'm ready-- Whoo! 43 00:01:32,300 --> 00:01:33,760 To take my life-- - Come on. 44 00:01:33,802 --> 00:01:37,180 - --to the edge. 45 00:01:37,222 --> 00:01:38,181 Oh, my God. 46 00:01:38,223 --> 00:01:39,683 I'm alive. 47 00:01:39,724 --> 00:01:40,684 Oh, my God. 48 00:01:40,725 --> 00:01:43,311 I'm alive. 49 00:01:49,984 --> 00:01:52,946 [motorcycle engine revving] 50 00:01:52,987 --> 00:01:55,949 [dramatic music] 51 00:01:55,990 --> 00:01:57,992 * * 52 00:01:58,034 --> 00:02:00,662 If, like me, you've ever wondered what it would 53 00:02:00,704 --> 00:02:05,709 feel like to fly, sport wingsuiting is probably 54 00:02:05,750 --> 00:02:07,836 about as close as you can get. 55 00:02:11,673 --> 00:02:15,010 Soaring through the clouds over 120 miles an hour 56 00:02:15,051 --> 00:02:19,264 will certainly make you feel like your life is on the edge. 57 00:02:19,305 --> 00:02:20,682 And the reality is, I'll be learning 58 00:02:20,724 --> 00:02:22,809 to do this in just two weeks. 59 00:02:22,851 --> 00:02:24,769 * * 60 00:02:24,811 --> 00:02:27,522 An endeavor like this requires a great teacher, 61 00:02:27,564 --> 00:02:31,317 a good student, and a lot of trust. 62 00:02:31,359 --> 00:02:33,194 And I've got a great teacher. 63 00:02:33,236 --> 00:02:35,697 The real question is, 64 00:02:35,739 --> 00:02:37,699 what kind of student am I going to be? 65 00:02:37,741 --> 00:02:40,702 [dramatic music] 66 00:02:40,744 --> 00:02:47,667 * * 67 00:02:49,044 --> 00:02:53,506 Oh, dude. 68 00:02:53,548 --> 00:02:55,967 [laughs] 69 00:02:56,009 --> 00:02:57,052 - What do you think of that? 70 00:02:57,093 --> 00:02:58,345 - Are you freaking kidding me? 71 00:02:58,386 --> 00:02:59,512 - Are you ready for this or what? 72 00:02:59,554 --> 00:03:00,764 - Oh, my God. Get me on that thing. 73 00:03:00,805 --> 00:03:02,891 - That is what it's all about right there. 74 00:03:02,932 --> 00:03:04,225 - On a dime. 75 00:03:04,267 --> 00:03:05,226 I was like, he's going to hit the bike. 76 00:03:05,268 --> 00:03:06,978 Bro. 77 00:03:07,020 --> 00:03:08,438 - Can't wait to get you up there, man. 78 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:09,731 - Man, I cannot wait. 79 00:03:09,773 --> 00:03:11,191 I'm down. - Let's go do this. 80 00:03:11,232 --> 00:03:12,609 - Yeah. Let's do it. 81 00:03:12,650 --> 00:03:13,610 I'm down. 82 00:03:13,651 --> 00:03:15,070 Let's go. 83 00:03:15,111 --> 00:03:16,279 Let me be really clear. 84 00:03:16,321 --> 00:03:18,156 I'm definitely not a skydiver. 85 00:03:18,198 --> 00:03:19,866 I've only jumped one time, and that 86 00:03:19,908 --> 00:03:23,119 was attached to an instructor, so I've never jumped solo. 87 00:03:23,161 --> 00:03:26,289 [helicopter blades whirring] 88 00:03:26,331 --> 00:03:30,377 But I am comfortable with that feeling of discomfort. 89 00:03:30,418 --> 00:03:31,878 Yeah, baby. 90 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:35,799 And I definitely get high on the adrenaline. 91 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:39,678 And now I'm going to learn how to do that safely... 92 00:03:39,719 --> 00:03:41,012 Here you go. 93 00:03:41,054 --> 00:03:42,097 Oh! 94 00:03:42,138 --> 00:03:43,932 [motorcycle engine revving] 95 00:03:43,973 --> 00:03:48,061 In order to execute my first jump. 96 00:03:48,103 --> 00:03:49,562 [doors rattling] 97 00:03:49,604 --> 00:03:51,231 - This is us for the next couple of weeks. 98 00:03:51,272 --> 00:03:53,108 - Wow. Awesome, dude. 99 00:03:53,149 --> 00:03:54,109 - [laughs] 100 00:03:54,150 --> 00:03:55,360 - I love it. 101 00:03:55,402 --> 00:03:56,403 This is it. 102 00:03:56,444 --> 00:03:57,904 - Look at all this gear. 103 00:03:57,946 --> 00:03:59,572 Who shows up with their own equipment, by the way? 104 00:03:59,614 --> 00:04:01,074 I mean, what kind of guy? 105 00:04:01,116 --> 00:04:02,367 - The same guy that picks you to be their teacher. 106 00:04:02,409 --> 00:04:03,785 Let me tell you. - [laughs] 107 00:04:03,827 --> 00:04:05,286 Whoo! 108 00:04:05,328 --> 00:04:06,579 - When it comes to instructors, 109 00:04:06,621 --> 00:04:08,790 Luke is the guy you want. 110 00:04:08,832 --> 00:04:12,002 Luke Aikins is one of the world's greatest skydivers... 111 00:04:12,043 --> 00:04:13,586 - Bye-bye! 112 00:04:13,628 --> 00:04:16,631 - And wingsuiters. 113 00:04:16,673 --> 00:04:17,465 - Wow. 114 00:04:17,507 --> 00:04:18,842 Look at that. 115 00:04:18,883 --> 00:04:20,343 That is super cool. 116 00:04:20,385 --> 00:04:21,469 - What is all that stuff on there? 117 00:04:21,511 --> 00:04:22,721 I mean, you got it all-- 118 00:04:22,762 --> 00:04:23,930 - Well, that's my name, obviously. 119 00:04:23,972 --> 00:04:25,265 '77, my year of birth. 120 00:04:25,306 --> 00:04:26,266 There's my number. 121 00:04:26,307 --> 00:04:27,559 I'm a spade. 122 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:28,643 And then there's some symbols that 123 00:04:28,685 --> 00:04:30,437 represent people in real life. 124 00:04:30,478 --> 00:04:31,896 - I mean, a custom suit? 125 00:04:31,938 --> 00:04:34,065 - My son's represented here, Flynn Bloom. 126 00:04:34,107 --> 00:04:34,983 - Where's that? - My-- 127 00:04:35,025 --> 00:04:36,276 - Oh, nice. 128 00:04:36,317 --> 00:04:37,444 - --daughter, Daisy Dove is there. 129 00:04:37,485 --> 00:04:38,987 And again, the spade. 130 00:04:39,029 --> 00:04:40,196 - So you're definitely-- 131 00:04:40,238 --> 00:04:41,072 - And there's a feather for my-- 132 00:04:41,114 --> 00:04:42,323 my love. 133 00:04:42,365 --> 00:04:43,450 - Definitely into the big thing, right? 134 00:04:43,491 --> 00:04:45,035 - Symbolism. 135 00:04:45,076 --> 00:04:46,703 And keep me, like, safe and protected from anything 136 00:04:46,745 --> 00:04:48,538 that's weird out there. 137 00:04:48,580 --> 00:04:49,664 - Throw some of that my way. - I think I need to, bro. 138 00:04:49,706 --> 00:04:51,124 I think-- - Oh, I need it. 139 00:04:51,166 --> 00:04:52,459 I'll take anything. - You've got it coming. 140 00:04:52,500 --> 00:04:54,127 You got it coming, brother. 141 00:04:54,169 --> 00:04:55,670 Things-- you got some angels protecting you, for sure. 142 00:04:55,712 --> 00:04:57,339 Luke's the first person in the world 143 00:04:57,380 --> 00:05:03,303 to jump out of a plane at 25,000 feet without parachute. 144 00:05:03,345 --> 00:05:04,304 That's right. 145 00:05:04,346 --> 00:05:06,139 Without a parachute. 146 00:05:06,181 --> 00:05:08,099 - Ahh! 147 00:05:08,141 --> 00:05:11,353 - He's been skydiving since he was 12 years old 148 00:05:11,394 --> 00:05:16,274 and has recorded over 21,000 jumps. 149 00:05:16,316 --> 00:05:17,484 Whoo. 150 00:05:17,525 --> 00:05:18,943 - Are you excited already? Dude-- 151 00:05:18,985 --> 00:05:20,570 - I'm like-- 152 00:05:20,612 --> 00:05:22,155 I'm like-- I've got butterflies in my stomach, if I'm honest. 153 00:05:22,197 --> 00:05:25,075 I mean, it's like-- you know, obviously it's like, this is-- 154 00:05:25,116 --> 00:05:27,160 like, I hope I'm not biting off more than I can chew, 155 00:05:27,202 --> 00:05:28,661 let me just put it like that. 156 00:05:28,703 --> 00:05:30,372 - I mean, you saw what I just did, right? 157 00:05:30,413 --> 00:05:31,915 I just come ripping around the wingsuit, land next to you. 158 00:05:31,956 --> 00:05:33,041 It's just like that. - Yeah, I mean. 159 00:05:33,083 --> 00:05:34,376 Yeah. Right. 160 00:05:34,417 --> 00:05:35,460 - Super easy. - Just like that. 161 00:05:35,502 --> 00:05:37,837 That easy. Yeah. [laughs] 162 00:05:37,879 --> 00:05:39,339 - So why in the world you want to do something like this? 163 00:05:39,381 --> 00:05:40,340 The first question I ask anybody 164 00:05:40,382 --> 00:05:41,466 who wants to go skydiving. 165 00:05:41,508 --> 00:05:43,051 - You know, through COVID-- 166 00:05:43,093 --> 00:05:44,678 I don't know about you, but it was a pretty intense 167 00:05:44,719 --> 00:05:46,513 experience for, I would say, the majority 168 00:05:46,554 --> 00:05:47,847 of people on the planet. - Most of us, yeah. 169 00:05:47,889 --> 00:05:49,182 - Right. 170 00:05:49,224 --> 00:05:51,184 And you know, what was really palpable to me 171 00:05:51,226 --> 00:05:53,978 was the level of fear that I could feel around me, right? 172 00:05:54,020 --> 00:05:56,439 I was like, if I get a chance to come out of this 173 00:05:56,481 --> 00:05:58,191 and do something, what would I do 174 00:05:58,233 --> 00:06:02,195 that showed me, like, taking responsibility, learning, 175 00:06:02,237 --> 00:06:03,738 and confronting fear. 176 00:06:03,780 --> 00:06:06,157 - I'm fascinated that you're willing to put your life 177 00:06:06,199 --> 00:06:08,702 in my hands for me to not only teach you to skydive, 178 00:06:08,743 --> 00:06:10,662 which is fairly standard-- we're going 179 00:06:10,704 --> 00:06:12,122 to go from skydiving-- 180 00:06:12,163 --> 00:06:13,748 I mean, we're here at an airport, right? 181 00:06:13,790 --> 00:06:16,126 We'll go from skydiving to wingsuiting in such 182 00:06:16,167 --> 00:06:17,836 a short amount of time. - Yeah, yeah. 183 00:06:17,877 --> 00:06:19,254 - It's just a very ambitious-- and that's why 184 00:06:19,295 --> 00:06:21,047 I was interested in why you wanted to do this. 185 00:06:21,089 --> 00:06:23,883 - Me never doing it before to wingsuiting 186 00:06:23,925 --> 00:06:26,803 in the time frame, which is like a couple of weeks, right? 187 00:06:26,845 --> 00:06:27,846 - Yeah. 188 00:06:27,887 --> 00:06:29,556 - Is that a safe amount of-- 189 00:06:29,597 --> 00:06:31,516 - You know, it's never been done before, 190 00:06:31,558 --> 00:06:32,892 the pace we're going to go on. 191 00:06:32,934 --> 00:06:34,352 I actually had to get a waiver to get 192 00:06:34,394 --> 00:06:35,854 you to be able to wingsuit with less than 200 skydives. 193 00:06:35,895 --> 00:06:36,938 - OK. 194 00:06:36,980 --> 00:06:38,690 - But I've set up some benchmarks. 195 00:06:38,732 --> 00:06:40,316 So we're going to go off of skill level, where you are, 196 00:06:40,358 --> 00:06:44,571 with an ultimate goal of flying a wingsuit over the ocean. 197 00:06:44,612 --> 00:06:47,615 - Listen, water, air, wind, my favorite things. 198 00:06:47,657 --> 00:06:49,200 I'm down. - OK. 199 00:06:49,242 --> 00:06:51,119 - If you think I can do that-- - That's the goal. 200 00:06:51,161 --> 00:06:52,912 - If we get to a place where I can do that, I will be like-- 201 00:06:52,954 --> 00:06:54,164 - I'm going to see if I can make that happen. 202 00:06:54,205 --> 00:06:55,457 - If we can make that happen-- 203 00:06:55,498 --> 00:06:56,750 - That would make it spectacular. 204 00:06:56,791 --> 00:06:58,251 - I mean, that would be spectacular. 205 00:06:58,293 --> 00:07:00,253 Before I can wingsuit over the ocean, 206 00:07:00,295 --> 00:07:04,424 Luke needs to teach me to fly for at least 3 miles. 207 00:07:04,466 --> 00:07:07,427 That's so that I can safely make it to the shore, 208 00:07:07,469 --> 00:07:09,929 because the water landing is dangerous. 209 00:07:09,971 --> 00:07:11,890 I want to avoid that at all costs. 210 00:07:11,931 --> 00:07:13,683 - So let's see how you do along the journey. 211 00:07:13,725 --> 00:07:15,852 And then we'll make those decisions as we go together. 212 00:07:15,894 --> 00:07:16,936 - Yeah. 213 00:07:16,978 --> 00:07:18,229 - The first step that I have is to get 214 00:07:18,271 --> 00:07:19,147 you what we call an A license. 215 00:07:19,189 --> 00:07:20,940 - What's that? 216 00:07:20,982 --> 00:07:22,233 - So an A license is our first license we get as a skydiver. 217 00:07:22,275 --> 00:07:23,777 You have to get 25 skydives. 218 00:07:23,818 --> 00:07:25,779 At that point, you are no longer a student 219 00:07:25,820 --> 00:07:27,155 when you get this A license. 220 00:07:27,197 --> 00:07:28,656 You are now-- can pack your parachute. 221 00:07:28,698 --> 00:07:30,492 You can go up by yourself in an airplane 222 00:07:30,533 --> 00:07:32,952 and find out where to jump and what the winds are doing 223 00:07:32,994 --> 00:07:34,871 and make all these decisions on your own without me. 224 00:07:34,913 --> 00:07:37,874 That's our first step is to get this A license. 225 00:07:37,916 --> 00:07:39,668 And once we get that, then we'll 226 00:07:39,709 --> 00:07:41,294 start thinking about working towards the wingsuit. 227 00:07:41,336 --> 00:07:44,964 - I will say, you know, obviously, I'm like, 228 00:07:45,006 --> 00:07:46,383 I know that I'm in good hands. 229 00:07:46,424 --> 00:07:48,635 But I will just like to reiterate at this point 230 00:07:48,677 --> 00:07:50,095 that I have two kids, and I really 231 00:07:50,136 --> 00:07:51,304 want to get home to them. 232 00:07:51,346 --> 00:07:52,806 And I have a beautiful partner. 233 00:07:52,847 --> 00:07:55,266 So I'll just put that on the table right now. 234 00:07:55,308 --> 00:07:57,060 - Well, you know, like, I'm a third-generation skydiver. 235 00:07:57,102 --> 00:07:58,687 I'm a pilot, airplanes, helicopters. 236 00:07:58,728 --> 00:08:00,355 And you know, my dad was in the navy. 237 00:08:00,397 --> 00:08:02,315 And my dad passed away in a plane crash a couple of 238 00:08:02,357 --> 00:08:03,525 years ago. 239 00:08:03,566 --> 00:08:05,402 And so that made me think things 240 00:08:05,443 --> 00:08:06,569 differently as a father. 241 00:08:06,611 --> 00:08:07,570 And you know what I mean? 242 00:08:07,612 --> 00:08:08,530 Like, I'm still skydiving. 243 00:08:08,571 --> 00:08:09,531 I'm still whatever. 244 00:08:09,572 --> 00:08:11,282 But I was so untouched. 245 00:08:11,324 --> 00:08:12,575 Like, nothing can happen to me. 246 00:08:12,617 --> 00:08:14,160 You know, you're bulletproof. 247 00:08:14,202 --> 00:08:15,704 And then something like that happens to your family, 248 00:08:15,745 --> 00:08:17,872 and you realize, OK, things can happen. 249 00:08:17,914 --> 00:08:19,082 - Yeah. 250 00:08:19,124 --> 00:08:20,083 - You could have these horrible accidents. 251 00:08:20,125 --> 00:08:21,167 - Yeah. 252 00:08:21,209 --> 00:08:22,419 - But does that stop me? 253 00:08:22,460 --> 00:08:24,004 Should you be paralyzed and not do anything? 254 00:08:24,045 --> 00:08:25,171 - Right, yeah. - I don't think so. 255 00:08:25,213 --> 00:08:26,715 - No. 256 00:08:26,756 --> 00:08:28,049 - And so it's just learning to accept that these 257 00:08:28,091 --> 00:08:29,509 things can happen and do your very 258 00:08:29,551 --> 00:08:31,052 best to make sure they don't. 259 00:08:31,094 --> 00:08:33,179 You can do things that seem wild and crazy, 260 00:08:33,221 --> 00:08:36,474 and you don't have to be a crazy person to do it. 261 00:08:36,516 --> 00:08:37,809 - That's what I like to hear. 262 00:08:39,227 --> 00:08:41,146 - I think the very first thing that we have to do 263 00:08:41,187 --> 00:08:42,522 is, I'm going to send you over to meet 264 00:08:42,564 --> 00:08:44,858 my buddy Mickey Nuttall. 265 00:08:44,899 --> 00:08:46,693 He's an incredible athlete. - Okay. 266 00:08:46,735 --> 00:08:49,821 - He's world champion multiple times. 267 00:08:49,863 --> 00:08:51,948 And Mickey is an expert at flying in a wind tunnel, 268 00:08:51,990 --> 00:08:53,116 a vertical wind tunnel. 269 00:08:53,158 --> 00:08:54,325 - Oh, really? 270 00:08:54,367 --> 00:08:55,785 - Because we're on such a fast pace, 271 00:08:55,827 --> 00:08:57,954 I'm going to get you to feel freefall 272 00:08:57,996 --> 00:08:59,205 before we ever skydive. 273 00:08:59,247 --> 00:09:00,957 - Great. 274 00:09:00,999 --> 00:09:02,250 Hey. - Hey, hey, man. 275 00:09:02,292 --> 00:09:03,710 How's it going? I'm Mickey Nuttall. 276 00:09:03,752 --> 00:09:04,753 - Mickey, how you doing? 277 00:09:04,794 --> 00:09:08,173 - Welcome to iFLY. 278 00:09:08,214 --> 00:09:09,883 This is definitely the best first step 279 00:09:09,924 --> 00:09:12,010 for learning how to skydive. 280 00:09:12,052 --> 00:09:14,054 - How close is it to the real thing? 281 00:09:14,095 --> 00:09:16,222 - So everything that you do in here, 282 00:09:16,264 --> 00:09:19,768 your body reacts the exact same way in freefall. 283 00:09:19,809 --> 00:09:21,519 So it's my understanding you're going 284 00:09:21,561 --> 00:09:23,188 to put a wingsuit on and learn how to fly a wingsuit as well. 285 00:09:23,229 --> 00:09:24,647 - Yeah. That's the whole point. 286 00:09:24,689 --> 00:09:25,899 - The skydive-- 287 00:09:25,940 --> 00:09:26,900 - [indistinct] so I can wingsuit. 288 00:09:26,941 --> 00:09:28,068 - That's awesome. - Yeah. 289 00:09:28,109 --> 00:09:29,069 - Cool. 290 00:09:29,110 --> 00:09:30,445 What do you say we get geared up? 291 00:09:30,487 --> 00:09:31,529 - Get suited up. - Get started. 292 00:09:31,571 --> 00:09:32,572 Let's go fly. - Yeah. 293 00:09:32,614 --> 00:09:33,531 Awesome. - Sounds good. 294 00:09:33,573 --> 00:09:36,409 - All right. 295 00:09:36,451 --> 00:09:37,827 - OK. 296 00:09:37,869 --> 00:09:40,121 Go ahead and get in that skydiving body position. 297 00:09:40,163 --> 00:09:42,082 Let me see you get your chin up a little bit. 298 00:09:42,123 --> 00:09:43,124 All right. 299 00:09:43,166 --> 00:09:45,001 So it's a little harder in here. 300 00:09:45,043 --> 00:09:47,087 The wind is going to help push you into that body position. 301 00:09:47,128 --> 00:09:48,672 And I'm going to be out in front of you 302 00:09:48,713 --> 00:09:50,340 here giving hand signals. 303 00:09:50,382 --> 00:09:52,425 So you're going to want to be able to look up at me. 304 00:09:52,467 --> 00:09:53,426 That's it, man. 305 00:09:53,468 --> 00:09:55,512 Just like that. 306 00:09:55,553 --> 00:09:59,683 - We didn't talk about it, but I broke my back when I was 20. 307 00:09:59,724 --> 00:10:02,227 So it's going to be interesting to see how-- 308 00:10:02,268 --> 00:10:03,436 - What vertebrae? 309 00:10:03,478 --> 00:10:04,688 - I crushed T12-- 310 00:10:04,729 --> 00:10:05,730 - OK. 311 00:10:05,772 --> 00:10:06,731 So pretty high-- 312 00:10:06,773 --> 00:10:08,441 - T11 and 10. 313 00:10:08,483 --> 00:10:09,984 Because your back is your nervous system, for four days, 314 00:10:10,026 --> 00:10:12,195 they said I'd never walk again. 315 00:10:12,237 --> 00:10:13,822 Everything hurt. 316 00:10:13,863 --> 00:10:16,574 I couldn't move a finger without it hurting. 317 00:10:16,616 --> 00:10:18,576 And they said you'll be on your back for six months. 318 00:10:18,618 --> 00:10:20,995 And then they operated on me, and I walked out of hospital 319 00:10:21,037 --> 00:10:24,874 on crutches in 13 days. 320 00:10:24,916 --> 00:10:26,876 I've got pretty good mobility, actually. 321 00:10:26,918 --> 00:10:29,170 - We'll work around what mobility you have. 322 00:10:29,212 --> 00:10:30,672 Let's take care of this first step. 323 00:10:30,714 --> 00:10:31,798 What do you say? - Yeah. 324 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:32,966 Ready to go. - Awesome. 325 00:10:33,008 --> 00:10:34,384 Cheers, mate. - Let's do it. 326 00:10:34,426 --> 00:10:37,387 [dramatic music] 327 00:10:37,429 --> 00:10:44,352 * * 328 00:10:51,317 --> 00:10:53,528 - Before you deploy a parachute, 329 00:10:53,570 --> 00:10:57,657 we communicate to others that we're in the sky with, 330 00:10:57,699 --> 00:10:59,159 "Hey, guys, I'm about to pull." 331 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:01,995 * * 332 00:11:02,037 --> 00:11:04,122 I'm going to go above my head with this hand 333 00:11:04,164 --> 00:11:06,458 to counterbalance. - Right. And pull. 334 00:11:06,499 --> 00:11:08,793 - Reach, pull, and release. 335 00:11:08,835 --> 00:11:10,795 - OK. 336 00:11:10,837 --> 00:11:12,505 - Let's say you exit the airplane. 337 00:11:12,547 --> 00:11:14,924 That wind kind of catches you on one shoulder 338 00:11:14,966 --> 00:11:18,678 and flips you over onto your back. 339 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:21,681 Now we're flying back to Earth. 340 00:11:21,723 --> 00:11:24,684 That's not a position we want to pull our parachute in. 341 00:11:24,726 --> 00:11:26,353 We want to get back belly to Earth. 342 00:11:26,394 --> 00:11:28,605 * * 343 00:11:28,646 --> 00:11:32,442 When I give you a thumbs-up, I want you to roll out of bed 344 00:11:32,484 --> 00:11:34,110 and arch and be ready to fly. 345 00:11:34,152 --> 00:11:35,612 Make sense? - Makes sense. 346 00:11:35,653 --> 00:11:37,155 - How are you feeling? - Great. 347 00:11:37,197 --> 00:11:38,865 - Shoulders strong? - Yeah. 348 00:11:38,907 --> 00:11:40,283 - Back is strong? - Yeah. 349 00:11:40,325 --> 00:11:41,284 - Awesome. 350 00:11:41,326 --> 00:11:48,249 * * 351 00:11:54,964 --> 00:11:56,424 - Just starts to become intuitive. 352 00:11:56,466 --> 00:12:00,303 * * 353 00:12:00,345 --> 00:12:03,556 - So for this rotation, I'm going to grab ahold of you 354 00:12:03,598 --> 00:12:05,392 like Luke is going to have you in freefall. 355 00:12:05,433 --> 00:12:06,601 - Great. 356 00:12:06,643 --> 00:12:08,269 - And I just want to fly together. 357 00:12:08,311 --> 00:12:09,854 - Yeah. 358 00:12:09,896 --> 00:12:13,233 Just the idea that I'll be jumping solo out of a plane 359 00:12:13,274 --> 00:12:16,069 tomorrow after only one day in a wind tunnel 360 00:12:16,111 --> 00:12:21,282 is exciting and terrifying. 361 00:12:21,324 --> 00:12:22,909 [wind hissing] 362 00:12:26,454 --> 00:12:29,416 [upbeat music] 363 00:12:29,457 --> 00:12:34,379 * * 364 00:12:34,421 --> 00:12:35,880 - Hey, man. 365 00:12:35,922 --> 00:12:37,590 I'm ready to go. - Are you ready? 366 00:12:37,632 --> 00:12:38,633 - Hi. - Hi. 367 00:12:38,675 --> 00:12:40,051 - This is my wife, Monica. 368 00:12:40,093 --> 00:12:41,136 - Hi, nice to meet you. - I'm gonna hug you. 369 00:12:41,177 --> 00:12:42,220 - All right. - Uh-oh. 370 00:12:42,262 --> 00:12:43,138 Monica's hugging. - Yeah. 371 00:12:43,179 --> 00:12:44,389 Nice to meet you. 372 00:12:44,431 --> 00:12:45,515 - Very nice to meet you, Monica. 373 00:12:45,557 --> 00:12:46,683 What a pleasure. Where'd you guys meet? 374 00:12:46,725 --> 00:12:47,934 - We actually met on Tinder. Now we're-- 375 00:12:47,976 --> 00:12:51,062 - No, no, no. - I'm just joking. 376 00:12:51,104 --> 00:12:52,230 - That's great. 377 00:12:52,272 --> 00:12:53,189 - No, we actually went to high school 378 00:12:53,231 --> 00:12:54,691 and then met years later. 379 00:12:54,733 --> 00:12:56,109 - Monica's got 2,500 jumps. 380 00:12:56,151 --> 00:12:57,402 She's an AFF instructor, all that. 381 00:12:57,444 --> 00:12:58,737 - Yeah. 382 00:12:58,778 --> 00:12:59,738 - So she's going to be jumping with us today. 383 00:12:59,779 --> 00:13:01,072 - So cool. 384 00:13:01,114 --> 00:13:02,574 - So what we're going to do today is, 385 00:13:02,615 --> 00:13:03,992 we're actually talking about the actual stuff 386 00:13:04,034 --> 00:13:04,909 that we need to know to skydive. 387 00:13:04,951 --> 00:13:06,161 - OK. 388 00:13:06,202 --> 00:13:07,746 - A couple of things that we have here. 389 00:13:07,787 --> 00:13:09,581 We have an altimeter that you're going to need now. 390 00:13:09,622 --> 00:13:11,249 The altimeter is going to keep track of your altitude. 391 00:13:11,291 --> 00:13:12,667 You're going to wear this on your left wrist. 392 00:13:12,709 --> 00:13:15,337 Once you get to 5,500, open your parachute. 393 00:13:15,378 --> 00:13:16,546 - OK. 394 00:13:16,588 --> 00:13:18,590 - If I need to do something at 5,500 feet, 395 00:13:18,631 --> 00:13:20,342 I like it to beep at 6, because it's 396 00:13:20,383 --> 00:13:22,177 just reminding me like, "Hey, it's time to wake up. 397 00:13:22,218 --> 00:13:23,678 It's time to get ready to do something." 398 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:25,430 - How long is the 500 between-- so 6 is-- 399 00:13:25,472 --> 00:13:27,932 - It takes about 6 to 8 seconds to go 1,000 feet. 400 00:13:27,974 --> 00:13:29,225 - So 4 seconds. 401 00:13:29,267 --> 00:13:30,435 - It's not like you have to rush. 402 00:13:30,477 --> 00:13:31,853 - Right. You have 4 seconds. 403 00:13:31,895 --> 00:13:32,937 - Yeah. 404 00:13:32,979 --> 00:13:36,649 You got time to sort it out. 405 00:13:36,691 --> 00:13:38,276 First thing we have here-- you have 406 00:13:38,318 --> 00:13:39,986 a main parachute on the bottom and your reserve 407 00:13:40,028 --> 00:13:41,613 parachute on the top. 408 00:13:41,654 --> 00:13:45,075 Typically, we need a reserve 1 in 1,000 skydives. 409 00:13:45,116 --> 00:13:47,202 We have a pilot chute hooked to a bag, 410 00:13:47,243 --> 00:13:48,661 and then the lines are hooked in here. 411 00:13:48,703 --> 00:13:52,165 So as he pulls this out, the bag goes out. 412 00:13:52,207 --> 00:13:53,291 The parachute comes out of the bag, 413 00:13:53,333 --> 00:13:54,918 and the parachute opens up. 414 00:13:54,959 --> 00:13:56,294 And then here we have our toggles. 415 00:13:56,336 --> 00:13:57,837 This is how we steer the parachute. 416 00:13:57,879 --> 00:13:59,422 So if we look at this, when we grab our toggles, 417 00:13:59,464 --> 00:14:01,466 we pull it down one time, releases, 418 00:14:01,508 --> 00:14:03,134 and this is how we steer our parachute. 419 00:14:03,176 --> 00:14:04,636 We pull on the left. We turn to the left. 420 00:14:04,678 --> 00:14:06,137 We pull on the right. 421 00:14:06,179 --> 00:14:07,305 We turn to the right. Pretty straightforward. 422 00:14:07,347 --> 00:14:08,765 - Pretty straightforward. 423 00:14:08,807 --> 00:14:09,974 - When we're flying our parachute, 424 00:14:10,016 --> 00:14:10,975 our hands are all the way up. 425 00:14:11,017 --> 00:14:12,519 That's full flight. 426 00:14:12,560 --> 00:14:14,145 We just push them up and hold our hands at the top. 427 00:14:14,187 --> 00:14:15,480 - But you have to be holding the toggles. 428 00:14:15,522 --> 00:14:16,564 You can't be holding your hands here. 429 00:14:16,606 --> 00:14:17,691 - Correct. 430 00:14:17,732 --> 00:14:18,942 We pull them down one time all the way. 431 00:14:18,983 --> 00:14:20,318 That releases our brakes. 432 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:22,070 Now I have full control of the parachute. 433 00:14:22,112 --> 00:14:23,321 I'll have a radio on you that I'll be able to talk to you. 434 00:14:23,363 --> 00:14:24,781 I'm going to boogie down. 435 00:14:24,823 --> 00:14:26,658 I'll land, and then I'll turn the radio on. 436 00:14:26,700 --> 00:14:29,035 - It's just a lot of information to take in, 437 00:14:29,077 --> 00:14:32,038 and it's slightly overwhelming. 438 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:33,498 It's a lot. 439 00:14:33,540 --> 00:14:35,250 - So if you think about your right hand 440 00:14:35,291 --> 00:14:36,710 does everything to do with your main parachute. 441 00:14:36,751 --> 00:14:39,170 It deploys your main parachute, and it 442 00:14:39,212 --> 00:14:40,880 releases your main parachute. 443 00:14:40,922 --> 00:14:43,883 - To learn all of this and jump out of a plane 444 00:14:43,925 --> 00:14:45,176 all in a day, 445 00:14:45,218 --> 00:14:47,554 how many things can go wrong or not go wrong? 446 00:14:47,595 --> 00:14:48,722 - OK. 447 00:14:48,763 --> 00:14:50,348 Right hand is all your main parachute. 448 00:14:50,390 --> 00:14:51,683 Left hand is your reserve parachute. 449 00:14:51,725 --> 00:14:52,767 Can only do one thing. 450 00:14:52,809 --> 00:14:54,102 Does that make sense for your hands? 451 00:14:54,144 --> 00:14:55,645 - Yeah. 452 00:14:55,687 --> 00:14:57,313 - Cutaway means we release the main parachute. 453 00:14:57,355 --> 00:14:58,773 We open up, the parachute's all tangled up. 454 00:14:58,815 --> 00:14:59,983 We don't like it. 455 00:15:00,025 --> 00:15:00,984 We pull that handle. 456 00:15:01,026 --> 00:15:02,360 That one goes away. 457 00:15:02,402 --> 00:15:03,528 Now we pull our reserve parachute. 458 00:15:03,570 --> 00:15:05,071 - Oh, cutaway. - Cutaway. 459 00:15:05,113 --> 00:15:06,364 Yeah. It has no chance of-- 460 00:15:06,406 --> 00:15:07,699 - Cutaway the big one, because it 461 00:15:07,741 --> 00:15:09,409 was messed up, so you just-- - Yeah. 462 00:15:09,451 --> 00:15:10,535 So you just release that and then open your reserve. 463 00:15:10,577 --> 00:15:12,370 - And then you have a reserve. 464 00:15:12,412 --> 00:15:13,496 And then you said there's a third one if you pass-- 465 00:15:13,538 --> 00:15:14,831 - Nope. Only two. - There's two. 466 00:15:21,713 --> 00:15:22,589 [line trilling] 467 00:15:22,630 --> 00:15:24,883 [phone chimes] - Hi, baby. 468 00:15:24,924 --> 00:15:25,884 - Are you excited? 469 00:15:25,925 --> 00:15:27,135 - Yeah. Yeah. 470 00:15:27,177 --> 00:15:28,511 No, I'm good. 471 00:15:28,553 --> 00:15:30,388 We just got to go now, because it's-- 472 00:15:30,430 --> 00:15:32,307 it's good conditions. So-- 473 00:15:32,349 --> 00:15:33,558 - Did you chant? 474 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:34,559 - Yes. 475 00:15:34,601 --> 00:15:36,061 [bowl rings] 476 00:15:36,102 --> 00:15:40,231 [chanting] 477 00:15:40,273 --> 00:15:43,818 I've been practicing Buddhism since I was 16 years old. 478 00:15:43,860 --> 00:15:46,780 It gives me ishumin, the determination 479 00:15:46,821 --> 00:15:50,450 and the perseverance to overcome all the obstacles 480 00:15:50,492 --> 00:15:53,078 we face in our daily lives. 481 00:15:53,119 --> 00:15:55,622 [ethereal music] 482 00:15:55,663 --> 00:15:58,583 Growing up, I was addicted to the adrenaline rush. 483 00:15:58,625 --> 00:16:00,585 And I never thought about the consequences. 484 00:16:00,627 --> 00:16:03,922 As a result, I broke a few bones along the way. 485 00:16:03,963 --> 00:16:07,676 But I still feel the urge to push myself beyond that edge, 486 00:16:07,717 --> 00:16:09,594 and I'm thinking that trusting Luke 487 00:16:09,636 --> 00:16:15,141 and his team, their protocols, well, that's the way to go. 488 00:16:15,183 --> 00:16:17,018 - The only thing you didn't get to do in the wind tunnel 489 00:16:17,060 --> 00:16:20,313 is work on the exit, how we step off the plane. 490 00:16:20,355 --> 00:16:23,108 * * 491 00:16:23,149 --> 00:16:24,442 - So you're going to have your right foot forward, 492 00:16:24,484 --> 00:16:26,361 have your left foot back. 493 00:16:26,403 --> 00:16:27,779 And you just put your hands right here 494 00:16:27,821 --> 00:16:29,030 because you're just going to-- you're 495 00:16:29,072 --> 00:16:30,532 not going to grasp the door. 496 00:16:30,573 --> 00:16:32,283 You're just going to put your hands and hang on. 497 00:16:32,325 --> 00:16:33,743 You're going to have your right foot forward, left foot back. 498 00:16:33,785 --> 00:16:35,120 - There you go. - There you go. 499 00:16:35,161 --> 00:16:36,454 - Yep. - Hands in the door. 500 00:16:36,496 --> 00:16:38,123 - So sandwich-- yeah. 501 00:16:38,164 --> 00:16:38,998 That's what keeps you from falling out. 502 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:40,291 - OK, so-- 503 00:16:40,333 --> 00:16:41,626 - I won't let you fall to the ground. 504 00:16:41,668 --> 00:16:43,211 Put your right here. - Other hand. 505 00:16:43,253 --> 00:16:44,087 - Yeah, that's right. - There you go. 506 00:16:44,129 --> 00:16:45,380 Perfect. 507 00:16:45,422 --> 00:16:46,464 - You don't grasp the door, because you want 508 00:16:46,506 --> 00:16:48,049 to get caught on anything. 509 00:16:48,091 --> 00:16:49,759 - Well, you just don't want-- like a lot of time, 510 00:16:49,801 --> 00:16:50,927 students will hang on to it, and they never let go. 511 00:16:50,969 --> 00:16:52,887 - Right. Right. Right. 512 00:16:52,929 --> 00:16:54,597 - So then if you just, like, just hang on to it 513 00:16:54,639 --> 00:16:56,474 just like this, you're going to go, "Check in." 514 00:16:56,516 --> 00:16:57,934 - Checking in is checking the person on the other side. 515 00:16:57,976 --> 00:16:59,644 - With me. I'll be right here like this. 516 00:16:59,686 --> 00:17:00,979 I'll literally be right here looking right at you 517 00:17:01,021 --> 00:17:01,980 like this. - Check in. 518 00:17:02,022 --> 00:17:03,148 - "Check in." 519 00:17:03,189 --> 00:17:04,024 "Check out." - She'll shake you. 520 00:17:04,065 --> 00:17:05,483 She'll be outside. 521 00:17:05,525 --> 00:17:06,860 - You'll be-- how are you outside if you're-- 522 00:17:06,901 --> 00:17:08,111 - She'll be hanging on. 523 00:17:08,153 --> 00:17:09,529 - Oh, you're going to be hanging 524 00:17:09,571 --> 00:17:10,447 on to the side of the plane. - Yeah, exactly. 525 00:17:10,488 --> 00:17:11,489 - I see. OK. 526 00:17:11,531 --> 00:17:13,283 So "check in." - "Check in." 527 00:17:13,324 --> 00:17:14,367 both: "Check out." - Right. 528 00:17:14,409 --> 00:17:15,660 Left. Prop. 529 00:17:15,702 --> 00:17:16,578 Up. 530 00:17:16,619 --> 00:17:17,829 Down. - Step out. 531 00:17:17,871 --> 00:17:18,955 - You got it. 532 00:17:18,997 --> 00:17:20,457 Perfect. 533 00:17:20,498 --> 00:17:21,541 - Once you start that cadence, just keep going 534 00:17:21,583 --> 00:17:23,418 with it, because I can't-- - Hear. 535 00:17:23,460 --> 00:17:25,086 - I can't read your mind. - Just keep going. 536 00:17:25,128 --> 00:17:27,213 And if you stop--keep going, because if you start again, 537 00:17:27,255 --> 00:17:28,423 I'm pulling all three of us out. 538 00:17:28,465 --> 00:17:29,716 - Got it. - OK. 539 00:17:29,758 --> 00:17:31,009 - Whatever you want. That works. 540 00:17:31,051 --> 00:17:32,260 - No problem. 541 00:17:32,302 --> 00:17:33,261 - So let's all get in. 542 00:17:33,303 --> 00:17:34,512 Let's do this. 543 00:17:34,554 --> 00:17:37,640 [heartbeat thumping] 544 00:17:45,190 --> 00:17:47,150 - [exhales] 545 00:17:47,192 --> 00:17:52,739 [propellers whirring] 546 00:17:57,744 --> 00:18:00,038 There's a million things going through my mind. 547 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:04,167 * * 548 00:18:04,209 --> 00:18:06,294 I'm just trying to stay calm. 549 00:18:06,336 --> 00:18:09,339 * * 550 00:18:09,381 --> 00:18:12,300 [indistinct]. 551 00:18:13,885 --> 00:18:16,304 [propellers whirring] 552 00:18:16,971 --> 00:18:20,058 - Whoo! 553 00:18:20,100 --> 00:18:23,978 This is real. 554 00:18:40,870 --> 00:18:42,163 - Oh, shit! 555 00:18:42,205 --> 00:18:43,164 [laughs] 556 00:18:43,206 --> 00:18:44,332 - All right. 557 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:54,634 - Check in. 558 00:18:54,676 --> 00:18:56,302 Check out. Prop. 559 00:18:56,344 --> 00:18:57,345 Up. 560 00:18:57,387 --> 00:18:59,931 Down. Arch. 561 00:18:59,973 --> 00:19:02,934 [dramatic music] 562 00:19:02,976 --> 00:19:07,897 * * 563 00:19:07,939 --> 00:19:09,524 - The priorities on this jump are 564 00:19:09,566 --> 00:19:11,526 for you to respond to our hand signals 565 00:19:11,568 --> 00:19:15,321 and for you to open your parachute on your own. 566 00:19:15,363 --> 00:19:16,322 - Check your altimeter. 567 00:19:16,364 --> 00:19:18,575 12,000 feet, thumbs-up. 568 00:19:18,616 --> 00:19:22,037 12,000 feet, thumbs-up. 569 00:19:22,078 --> 00:19:25,498 You got three practice rip cord pulls. 570 00:19:25,540 --> 00:19:26,708 So this hand is going to go up. 571 00:19:26,750 --> 00:19:28,126 - 1, 572 00:19:28,168 --> 00:19:32,130 2, 573 00:19:32,172 --> 00:19:35,342 3. 574 00:19:35,383 --> 00:19:37,719 - At 6,000 feet, you're locking on. 575 00:19:37,761 --> 00:19:40,138 You're not going to take your eyes off your altimeter. 576 00:19:40,180 --> 00:19:42,265 At 5,500, wave off. 577 00:19:42,307 --> 00:19:44,392 Come back and pull. 578 00:19:44,434 --> 00:19:51,524 * * 579 00:19:53,151 --> 00:19:54,277 - All right, Orlando. 580 00:19:54,319 --> 00:19:55,653 Looks like you had a good skydive, 581 00:19:55,695 --> 00:19:57,113 and you got a good parachute. 582 00:19:57,155 --> 00:20:00,033 If you can hear me, let's get a left 360. 583 00:20:07,832 --> 00:20:11,378 Yeah, boy. 584 00:20:11,419 --> 00:20:13,171 Yeah, Luke. 585 00:20:13,213 --> 00:20:14,714 Whoo. 586 00:20:14,756 --> 00:20:16,341 - All right, buddy, that was an awesome job, man. 587 00:20:16,383 --> 00:20:17,384 This is Luke. 588 00:20:17,425 --> 00:20:18,843 You're doing great. 589 00:20:18,885 --> 00:20:20,261 The landing is the most important, right? 590 00:20:20,303 --> 00:20:21,846 - Yeah. 591 00:20:21,888 --> 00:20:23,890 - The flare is both hands even and all the way down. 592 00:20:23,932 --> 00:20:25,392 What's that's going to do is keep 593 00:20:25,433 --> 00:20:26,976 your parachute steering straight 594 00:20:27,018 --> 00:20:28,937 as we come in to land. 595 00:20:28,978 --> 00:20:31,439 Ready for landing. 596 00:20:31,481 --> 00:20:32,482 Here we go. 597 00:20:32,524 --> 00:20:35,527 Ready, set, flare. 598 00:20:35,568 --> 00:20:37,320 Pull them down all the way. 599 00:20:37,362 --> 00:20:39,656 Nice. 600 00:20:39,698 --> 00:20:41,324 Dude, he crushed it. 601 00:20:41,366 --> 00:20:42,409 He did awesome. 602 00:20:42,450 --> 00:20:43,410 So good. 603 00:20:43,451 --> 00:20:44,452 Whew! 604 00:20:44,494 --> 00:20:45,412 Nervous for me too. 605 00:20:45,453 --> 00:20:46,496 [laughs] 606 00:20:46,538 --> 00:20:47,914 - That is electric. 607 00:20:47,956 --> 00:20:49,666 Woo hoo hoo hoo! 608 00:20:49,708 --> 00:20:52,335 That's crazy good. 609 00:20:52,377 --> 00:20:54,212 Crazy good. 610 00:20:54,254 --> 00:20:55,213 - [laughs] 611 00:20:55,255 --> 00:20:56,589 - Oh, my God. 612 00:20:56,631 --> 00:20:57,799 - Dude, you rocked it. That was awesome. 613 00:20:57,841 --> 00:20:59,092 - That was freaking awesome. 614 00:20:59,134 --> 00:21:00,427 - That was so good. You did great. 615 00:21:00,468 --> 00:21:02,095 - Oh, I loved it. - Yeah. 616 00:21:02,137 --> 00:21:03,346 - Wow, what a trip. 617 00:21:03,388 --> 00:21:04,806 - It was so much fun. 618 00:21:04,848 --> 00:21:06,349 - That is a crazy rush, huh? 619 00:21:06,391 --> 00:21:07,392 - Yeah. 620 00:21:07,434 --> 00:21:08,435 Yeah. So much fun, huh? 621 00:21:08,476 --> 00:21:09,394 - Whoo! 622 00:21:09,436 --> 00:21:10,562 - Dude, crushed it. 623 00:21:10,603 --> 00:21:12,397 First jump, man. - How 'bout that? 624 00:21:12,439 --> 00:21:13,940 - Awesome, huh? - Yeah. 625 00:21:13,982 --> 00:21:15,608 - You pulled all by yourself. You did the whole thing. 626 00:21:15,650 --> 00:21:17,402 - The whole nine yards, huh? - Was it cool? 627 00:21:17,444 --> 00:21:19,029 Was it? - Super awesome. 628 00:21:19,070 --> 00:21:20,905 I mean, it's-- the control you have with the parachute 629 00:21:20,947 --> 00:21:22,407 when you're flying-- - It's amazing, huh? 630 00:21:22,449 --> 00:21:23,867 - It's an amazing thing. 631 00:21:23,908 --> 00:21:25,577 - Well, let's go inside, get out of the sun, 632 00:21:25,618 --> 00:21:26,870 and we'll talk about this. We'll check it out. 633 00:21:26,911 --> 00:21:27,704 - Yeah. 634 00:21:27,746 --> 00:21:29,497 [rock music] 635 00:21:29,539 --> 00:21:31,166 - So we graduated the first one. 636 00:21:31,207 --> 00:21:33,501 On this jump, we're going to work on turns. 637 00:21:33,543 --> 00:21:38,506 * * 638 00:21:38,548 --> 00:21:39,632 - Up. Down. 639 00:21:39,674 --> 00:21:47,057 * * 640 00:21:47,766 --> 00:21:49,517 - So after your three practice rip cord pulls, 641 00:21:49,559 --> 00:21:50,977 you're going to check your altimeter. 642 00:21:51,019 --> 00:21:52,395 - Oh, so you check every time you do something. 643 00:21:52,437 --> 00:21:53,605 - Yes. Between each maneuver. 644 00:21:53,646 --> 00:21:55,440 So then check your altimeter. 645 00:21:55,482 --> 00:21:56,691 Now left-hand turn. 646 00:21:56,733 --> 00:21:57,734 - Got it. 647 00:21:57,776 --> 00:21:59,819 - 90 degrees, right? 648 00:21:59,861 --> 00:22:02,197 Check your altimeter. 649 00:22:02,238 --> 00:22:03,323 And now right-hand turn. 650 00:22:03,365 --> 00:22:04,324 Look right. 651 00:22:04,366 --> 00:22:06,326 Turn right. 652 00:22:06,368 --> 00:22:08,161 Then check your altimeter. 653 00:22:08,203 --> 00:22:14,959 * * 654 00:22:15,001 --> 00:22:17,712 - I said, all right, all right, Orlando. 655 00:22:24,260 --> 00:22:26,054 - Monica and I were barely holding on, 656 00:22:26,096 --> 00:22:28,765 I mean, like fingertips. - Yeah. Yeah. 657 00:22:28,807 --> 00:22:30,141 - This next jump is a really big deal. 658 00:22:30,183 --> 00:22:31,976 Monica and I are going to let go of you in freefall. 659 00:22:32,018 --> 00:22:35,021 So we exit together, and it's all you. 660 00:22:35,063 --> 00:22:35,855 - Holy shit. 661 00:22:35,897 --> 00:22:40,485 [propellers whirring] 662 00:22:40,527 --> 00:22:44,364 [tense music] 663 00:22:44,406 --> 00:22:46,199 - At pull time, it's very important that you're 664 00:22:46,241 --> 00:22:48,159 calm and slow and smooth. 665 00:22:48,201 --> 00:22:51,454 I'd rather you be slow than to flip over onto your back. 666 00:22:51,496 --> 00:22:54,457 [serene music] 667 00:22:54,499 --> 00:23:01,589 * * 668 00:23:05,552 --> 00:23:10,306 - The feeling of free falling, dropping through the sky, 669 00:23:10,348 --> 00:23:16,146 is just electric. 670 00:23:16,187 --> 00:23:22,110 * * 671 00:23:22,152 --> 00:23:23,445 - Boom. 672 00:23:23,486 --> 00:23:25,238 Yeah. 673 00:23:36,249 --> 00:23:37,292 - Yep. 674 00:23:37,334 --> 00:23:38,543 Keep coming to the left. 675 00:23:38,585 --> 00:23:40,503 Come back here a little bit closer. 676 00:23:40,545 --> 00:23:43,006 * * 677 00:23:43,048 --> 00:23:44,924 Now pick something out in front of you 678 00:23:44,966 --> 00:23:46,676 with your hands all the way up and fly your parachute right 679 00:23:46,718 --> 00:23:50,096 to whatever you're looking at. 680 00:23:50,138 --> 00:23:51,139 Ready. 681 00:23:51,181 --> 00:23:52,640 Set. Flare. 682 00:23:52,682 --> 00:23:53,683 All the way down. 683 00:23:53,725 --> 00:23:56,102 And then just stand up. 684 00:23:56,144 --> 00:24:00,231 Yeah. 685 00:24:00,273 --> 00:24:02,734 I would say that's how we do it right there, everybody. 686 00:24:02,776 --> 00:24:05,570 - That's how we do it! 687 00:24:05,612 --> 00:24:07,947 Ahh! [laughs] 688 00:24:07,989 --> 00:24:09,908 - Dude, you're-- - Dude. 689 00:24:09,949 --> 00:24:11,409 - You were so awesome. - That felt good. 690 00:24:11,451 --> 00:24:12,410 - You were solid. 691 00:24:12,452 --> 00:24:13,536 You were solid up there. 692 00:24:13,578 --> 00:24:15,288 - Oh, yeah. 693 00:24:15,330 --> 00:24:16,998 Oh, my God. 694 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:18,583 - Is that so much better, dude, when we're not hanging on? 695 00:24:18,625 --> 00:24:20,377 - Yeah. 696 00:24:20,418 --> 00:24:21,711 - Dude, that's like-- you feel like you're skydiving, right? 697 00:24:21,753 --> 00:24:23,254 - Yeah. 698 00:24:23,296 --> 00:24:24,339 - That's the way we end the first day of skydiving, 699 00:24:24,381 --> 00:24:25,465 by the way. 700 00:24:25,507 --> 00:24:27,967 - That felt freaking awesome. 701 00:24:28,009 --> 00:24:30,553 Whoo! [laughter] 702 00:24:30,595 --> 00:24:31,554 What a feeling. 703 00:24:31,596 --> 00:24:32,764 [bleep] rush. 704 00:24:32,806 --> 00:24:36,101 So like liberating in a way, right? 705 00:24:36,142 --> 00:24:37,894 Like everything is in your hands, right? 706 00:24:37,936 --> 00:24:39,979 Your whole life is in your hands. 707 00:24:40,021 --> 00:24:41,606 This heightened and accelerated program 708 00:24:41,648 --> 00:24:42,982 that I'm on 709 00:24:43,024 --> 00:24:46,861 is definitely pushing me up against that edge. 710 00:24:46,903 --> 00:24:48,738 But maybe I'll find what I'm looking 711 00:24:48,780 --> 00:24:53,159 for that way in a relatively controlled, safe environment. 712 00:24:53,201 --> 00:25:00,166 * * 713 00:25:18,810 --> 00:25:21,896 [seagulls squawking] 714 00:25:25,734 --> 00:25:28,570 - So let me just now repeat that statement 715 00:25:28,611 --> 00:25:31,156 from the royal household, which we have received 716 00:25:31,197 --> 00:25:32,866 in the last few minutes. 717 00:25:32,907 --> 00:25:37,328 The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. 718 00:25:51,676 --> 00:25:53,470 - It's a real-- 719 00:25:53,511 --> 00:25:55,138 it's funny, because, you know, people, like, judge it, 720 00:25:55,180 --> 00:25:56,431 and they look at it, and they go, 721 00:25:56,473 --> 00:25:58,058 "Oh, you know, this entitled life." 722 00:25:58,099 --> 00:26:00,352 That's a life of service for so many people. 723 00:26:00,393 --> 00:26:05,148 Because so many people are holding that idea of her, 724 00:26:05,190 --> 00:26:07,150 who she was and how she held herself. 725 00:26:07,192 --> 00:26:09,277 And you know-- and through all of that, 726 00:26:09,319 --> 00:26:13,531 man, wow, that is so much. 727 00:26:13,573 --> 00:26:14,866 [exhales] 728 00:26:16,993 --> 00:26:20,121 It's just a generational thing, I suppose. 729 00:26:20,163 --> 00:26:23,083 [somber music] 730 00:26:23,124 --> 00:26:24,626 * * 731 00:26:24,668 --> 00:26:27,504 Wow. 732 00:26:30,215 --> 00:26:32,926 Hey, God save the Queen. 733 00:26:42,435 --> 00:26:45,105 - It's all you this whole jump. - Yeah. Yeah. 734 00:26:52,737 --> 00:26:54,906 Good. 735 00:27:01,371 --> 00:27:03,456 On you. 736 00:27:07,502 --> 00:27:10,213 [dramatic music] 737 00:27:10,255 --> 00:27:11,506 - It's only my seventh jump, 738 00:27:11,548 --> 00:27:14,676 and I am jumping completely solo. 739 00:27:14,718 --> 00:27:16,845 Over 120 miles an hour, 740 00:27:16,886 --> 00:27:21,016 free-falling after just one day in a wind tunnel. 741 00:27:21,057 --> 00:27:22,726 And the reality is, 742 00:27:22,767 --> 00:27:25,395 when thinking about dying gets in your head 743 00:27:25,437 --> 00:27:29,566 when life and death feels so next door to each other, 744 00:27:29,607 --> 00:27:34,112 and that feeling, that's what keeps me pushing forward. 745 00:27:34,154 --> 00:27:41,286 * * 746 00:27:46,458 --> 00:27:50,128 - Wait. What's going on? What? 747 00:27:50,170 --> 00:27:52,922 [tense music] 748 00:27:52,964 --> 00:27:56,509 - Jump seven, which was the jump that I'll never forget, 749 00:27:56,551 --> 00:27:59,220 I look up, and I've got my toggles. 750 00:27:59,262 --> 00:28:00,972 And one is caught. 751 00:28:01,014 --> 00:28:05,018 And I was just like, protocol, one, two, the chute cuts away. 752 00:28:05,060 --> 00:28:06,686 The main canopy and the reserve drops in, 753 00:28:06,728 --> 00:28:08,646 and you just go, you know. 754 00:28:08,688 --> 00:28:11,566 And your heart's racing. 755 00:28:11,608 --> 00:28:13,401 Luke says that having to pull a reserve shoot 756 00:28:13,443 --> 00:28:15,528 happens 1 in 1,000 times. 757 00:28:15,570 --> 00:28:17,906 I cannot believe this just happened 758 00:28:17,947 --> 00:28:19,616 to me on my seventh jump. 759 00:28:19,657 --> 00:28:20,617 I pulled it twice. 760 00:28:20,658 --> 00:28:22,410 I looked up. 761 00:28:22,452 --> 00:28:26,414 The toggle, it was twisted and locked, and I couldn't get it. 762 00:28:26,456 --> 00:28:28,249 I was like [bleep], what do I do? 763 00:28:28,291 --> 00:28:29,501 I was like, do I-- 764 00:28:29,542 --> 00:28:31,086 do I undo and try and untie it? 765 00:28:31,127 --> 00:28:32,379 It was totally-- 766 00:28:32,420 --> 00:28:33,797 I did it again for the two things. 767 00:28:33,838 --> 00:28:35,465 I was like, [bleep] it. - Two tries is protocol. 768 00:28:35,507 --> 00:28:36,675 - Two tries, brother. [bleep] me. 769 00:28:36,716 --> 00:28:37,634 - Protocol, right? 770 00:28:37,676 --> 00:28:39,094 - Oh, my God. 771 00:28:39,135 --> 00:28:40,470 I didn't have the radio. I didn't have the-- 772 00:28:40,512 --> 00:28:41,304 I was like-- 773 00:28:41,346 --> 00:28:42,681 - Dude, hop on up here. 774 00:28:42,722 --> 00:28:43,723 - Wait. 775 00:28:43,765 --> 00:28:45,058 Was that intentional? 776 00:28:45,100 --> 00:28:46,810 - No, that was not intentional. 777 00:28:46,851 --> 00:28:47,811 - Holy shit, bro. 778 00:28:47,852 --> 00:28:48,812 - The Queen. 779 00:28:48,853 --> 00:28:51,106 - Oh, my God, the Queen. 780 00:28:51,147 --> 00:28:52,774 Oh, my God, the Queen. 781 00:28:52,816 --> 00:28:55,235 That one was for the Queen, and she totally saved me. 782 00:28:55,276 --> 00:28:58,780 Dude, that is crazy! 783 00:29:00,990 --> 00:29:01,991 Oh, my God. 784 00:29:02,033 --> 00:29:03,535 I'm alive. 785 00:29:03,576 --> 00:29:04,536 Oh, my God. 786 00:29:04,577 --> 00:29:05,787 I'm alive. 787 00:29:05,829 --> 00:29:08,790 - That never, ever happens. 788 00:29:08,832 --> 00:29:11,126 We got to find that parachute, though, right now. 789 00:29:11,167 --> 00:29:12,293 - It's over there. 790 00:29:17,298 --> 00:29:18,258 --of the truck. 791 00:29:18,299 --> 00:29:19,259 - Oh, that's great. 792 00:29:19,300 --> 00:29:23,013 We'll just go get it. 793 00:29:23,054 --> 00:29:27,726 - That was me. 794 00:29:27,767 --> 00:29:29,394 - Oh, my good God. 795 00:29:29,436 --> 00:29:30,729 - A little bit of a tangle on one of the steering lines. 796 00:29:30,770 --> 00:29:31,855 No big deal. The parachute was open. 797 00:29:31,896 --> 00:29:32,939 - Oh, my God. 798 00:29:32,981 --> 00:29:34,399 - But because he didn't like it, 799 00:29:34,441 --> 00:29:35,608 he decided to release it and open the reserve. 800 00:29:35,650 --> 00:29:37,027 - Which one? - That was me. 801 00:29:37,068 --> 00:29:38,194 - Oh, my God, man. - Oh, man. 802 00:29:38,236 --> 00:29:39,529 Thank you. - I'm freaking. 803 00:29:39,571 --> 00:29:41,156 Thank God you're fine. - Thank you, man. 804 00:29:41,197 --> 00:29:42,115 Thank you so much for stopping, man. 805 00:29:42,157 --> 00:29:43,074 - That was crazy. 806 00:29:43,116 --> 00:29:45,744 I just-- 807 00:29:45,785 --> 00:29:46,828 - Thanks. 808 00:29:46,870 --> 00:29:48,329 I really appreciate that. 809 00:29:48,371 --> 00:29:49,414 - Thank you so much for stopping for us, mate. 810 00:29:49,456 --> 00:29:51,458 That was super cool of you. 811 00:29:51,499 --> 00:29:53,752 Wow. 812 00:29:57,047 --> 00:29:58,465 - Bro. 813 00:29:58,506 --> 00:29:59,257 - Hey. 814 00:29:59,299 --> 00:30:01,634 - [screams] 815 00:30:11,728 --> 00:30:14,689 [dramatic music] 816 00:30:14,731 --> 00:30:16,316 * * 817 00:30:16,358 --> 00:30:17,359 [line trilling] 818 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:18,360 - Oh, my God. 819 00:30:18,401 --> 00:30:19,569 Katy's calling me. 820 00:30:19,611 --> 00:30:20,904 - Uh-oh. 821 00:30:20,945 --> 00:30:23,698 - Baby, I just had to pull my reserve parachute. 822 00:30:26,951 --> 00:30:29,829 - You have two-- one if that doesn't work, 823 00:30:29,871 --> 00:30:30,997 you pull the reserve. 824 00:30:31,039 --> 00:30:32,332 You have two chutes. 825 00:30:35,627 --> 00:30:37,420 - You know, it's not my time. It's not going to be my time. 826 00:30:37,462 --> 00:30:38,755 - It's not. It's not. 827 00:30:38,797 --> 00:30:40,340 - It's not my time. - It's just not. 828 00:30:40,382 --> 00:30:42,175 - I got way too much living to do right now. 829 00:30:42,217 --> 00:30:44,010 I'm like-- just this is like-- 830 00:30:44,052 --> 00:30:46,971 I'm just on the cusp of all this stuff right now. 831 00:30:47,013 --> 00:30:48,431 But you know what I've learned? 832 00:30:48,473 --> 00:30:50,016 If anything, when you learn the protocols 833 00:30:50,058 --> 00:30:52,435 and you follow the protocols, everything's fine. 834 00:30:52,477 --> 00:30:54,270 It's like discipline. 835 00:31:01,027 --> 00:31:03,947 [serene music] 836 00:31:03,988 --> 00:31:11,162 * * 837 00:31:28,763 --> 00:31:30,390 - [chanting] 838 00:31:30,432 --> 00:31:33,351 Chanting daimoku, nam-myoho-renge-kyo, 839 00:31:33,393 --> 00:31:36,354 is about bringing yourself in tune 840 00:31:36,396 --> 00:31:38,898 with the rhythm of the universe, 841 00:31:38,940 --> 00:31:44,696 helping you to feel worthy of being happy. 842 00:31:44,738 --> 00:31:49,284 My Buddhist practice helps me to transform fear and doubt 843 00:31:49,325 --> 00:31:52,120 into courage and confidence. 844 00:31:52,162 --> 00:31:56,666 It's the kind of wisdom that can also come from experience. 845 00:31:56,708 --> 00:32:00,337 And speaking of experience, my 80-year-old uncle 846 00:32:00,378 --> 00:32:04,632 has a wealth of it, especially when it comes to skydiving. 847 00:32:06,509 --> 00:32:07,844 There he is, the man himself. 848 00:32:07,886 --> 00:32:08,887 - What's happening? 849 00:32:08,928 --> 00:32:10,263 - Needs no introduction. 850 00:32:10,305 --> 00:32:13,391 This is my Uncle Christopher, who-- 851 00:32:13,433 --> 00:32:15,101 - Hey, Christopher. Nice to meet you. 852 00:32:15,143 --> 00:32:16,811 - My mother's-- my mother's brother, 853 00:32:16,853 --> 00:32:20,106 who is a remarkable human and a crazy outdoor Copeland. 854 00:32:20,148 --> 00:32:21,399 And-- 855 00:32:21,441 --> 00:32:22,942 - How many skydives do you have? 856 00:32:22,984 --> 00:32:24,069 I didn't even know you had an uncle that skydives. 857 00:32:24,110 --> 00:32:25,695 - I'm telling you, man. 858 00:32:25,737 --> 00:32:27,322 That's probably where this whole idea came from. 859 00:32:27,364 --> 00:32:29,991 - Well, I've done 790 jumps. 860 00:32:30,033 --> 00:32:31,159 - So you're a skydiver then. 861 00:32:31,201 --> 00:32:32,535 You haven't just jumped. - Yeah. 862 00:32:32,577 --> 00:32:34,079 - This one's pretty exciting to me, 863 00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:35,789 because you guys are going to get to jump together. 864 00:32:35,830 --> 00:32:37,457 And I'm going to let him dive down to you. 865 00:32:37,499 --> 00:32:38,875 And I'm just going to be hanging out. 866 00:32:38,917 --> 00:32:40,627 - Yeah. 867 00:32:40,669 --> 00:32:41,920 - This is going to be about you guys doing your family thing. 868 00:32:41,961 --> 00:32:43,296 - Right. OK. 869 00:32:43,338 --> 00:32:44,881 Fine. 870 00:32:44,923 --> 00:32:46,383 - Does that sound like a good-- sound like a good deal? 871 00:32:46,424 --> 00:32:47,884 - He's, like, nervous now. 872 00:32:47,926 --> 00:32:50,095 He's like, wait, what does that mean exactly? 873 00:32:50,136 --> 00:32:53,098 [dramatic music] 874 00:32:53,139 --> 00:32:54,391 * * 875 00:32:54,432 --> 00:32:56,267 This plane goes up quite quick. 876 00:32:56,309 --> 00:32:57,310 - Yeah. 877 00:32:57,352 --> 00:32:59,229 - It's a real grunter. 878 00:32:59,270 --> 00:33:02,357 [propellers whirring] 879 00:33:06,111 --> 00:33:07,070 - Love you. 880 00:33:07,112 --> 00:33:08,947 - I love you too. 881 00:33:08,988 --> 00:33:09,989 - All right. 882 00:33:10,031 --> 00:33:10,949 Green light. 883 00:33:10,990 --> 00:33:12,617 Let's go. 884 00:33:12,659 --> 00:33:15,912 - You could say my Uncle Chris has lived a life on the edge. 885 00:33:15,954 --> 00:33:18,665 * * 886 00:33:18,707 --> 00:33:21,084 And within my family, he certainly represents 887 00:33:21,126 --> 00:33:23,586 that spirit of adventure. 888 00:33:23,628 --> 00:33:26,756 [uplifting music] 889 00:33:26,798 --> 00:33:33,722 * * 890 00:34:00,498 --> 00:34:02,417 That was pretty epic. 891 00:34:02,459 --> 00:34:03,626 - It was great, Orlando. 892 00:34:03,668 --> 00:34:05,128 I mean, you were amazing. 893 00:34:05,170 --> 00:34:06,129 - Oh, no. 894 00:34:06,171 --> 00:34:07,630 You were amazing. 895 00:34:07,672 --> 00:34:09,007 I can't believe we got to do that together. 896 00:34:09,049 --> 00:34:12,135 - Well, you've got fantastic control. 897 00:34:12,177 --> 00:34:13,636 - Oh, thanks, Chris. 898 00:34:13,678 --> 00:34:15,597 - And I felt absolutely safe jumping with you. 899 00:34:15,638 --> 00:34:17,140 - Oh, great. - Yeah. 900 00:34:17,182 --> 00:34:18,391 - Oh. 901 00:34:18,433 --> 00:34:20,060 I loved it. I loved it. 902 00:34:20,101 --> 00:34:21,186 I'm so glad we got to do it. 903 00:34:21,227 --> 00:34:22,604 - You were superb. 904 00:34:22,645 --> 00:34:25,273 - It was amazing to see you up there. 905 00:34:25,315 --> 00:34:27,400 I can't believe all the jumps you've done in your lifetime. 906 00:34:27,442 --> 00:34:30,612 And that's-- and now we've got that logged as one of them. 907 00:34:30,653 --> 00:34:33,114 - I mean, nobody back home is going to believe me. 908 00:34:33,156 --> 00:34:37,660 - [laughs] I look at all of our family, you know, 909 00:34:37,702 --> 00:34:40,497 and they're all kind of, like, extreme living, 910 00:34:40,538 --> 00:34:42,040 living vitally, you know. 911 00:34:42,082 --> 00:34:43,667 There's nobody not living vitally in our family. 912 00:34:43,708 --> 00:34:44,876 - Yeah. - I'd say so. 913 00:34:44,918 --> 00:34:46,252 - Yeah. 914 00:34:46,294 --> 00:34:50,882 - We have this kind of-- 915 00:34:50,924 --> 00:34:52,092 this sort of-- 916 00:34:52,133 --> 00:34:53,510 I'd call it grit, really. 917 00:34:53,551 --> 00:34:55,762 A bit of grit and determination. 918 00:34:55,804 --> 00:34:59,557 It's been great to have you as an example of that, you know. 919 00:34:59,599 --> 00:35:01,476 And I think that's the thing that I've 920 00:35:01,518 --> 00:35:04,562 really appreciated most. 921 00:35:04,604 --> 00:35:07,941 So I guess all we have to decide now, really, 922 00:35:07,982 --> 00:35:09,442 is probably where we'll jump next. 923 00:35:09,484 --> 00:35:11,403 - [laughs] 924 00:35:11,444 --> 00:35:12,612 - It's kind of cool, the idea that we 925 00:35:12,654 --> 00:35:13,822 could go jumping somewhere. 926 00:35:13,863 --> 00:35:15,115 I'd like to jump in England. 927 00:35:15,156 --> 00:35:16,408 Maybe I can come to you. 928 00:35:16,449 --> 00:35:17,534 - I'll hold you to that. - All right. 929 00:35:17,575 --> 00:35:18,952 I'll come to your spot. 930 00:35:18,993 --> 00:35:20,954 - Yeah. 931 00:35:20,995 --> 00:35:23,915 [upbeat music] 932 00:35:23,957 --> 00:35:25,709 * * 933 00:35:25,750 --> 00:35:27,502 - Getting goose bumps, dude. 934 00:35:27,544 --> 00:35:29,546 What are we, a week in? 935 00:35:29,587 --> 00:35:30,714 We started jumping a week ago? 936 00:35:30,755 --> 00:35:31,756 - Bro, it's crazy. 937 00:35:31,798 --> 00:35:33,383 - You're up to 25 skydives. 938 00:35:33,425 --> 00:35:35,510 * * 939 00:35:35,552 --> 00:35:39,180 This means you can go to any drop zone in the United States 940 00:35:39,222 --> 00:35:41,641 with this A license and go skydive on your own. 941 00:35:41,683 --> 00:35:44,978 * * 942 00:35:45,020 --> 00:35:46,604 - I'm fired up. 943 00:35:46,646 --> 00:35:48,565 Like, you know, honestly, this is like-- it's like-- 944 00:35:48,606 --> 00:35:50,150 it's been such a rocket ship. 945 00:35:50,191 --> 00:35:52,610 The thing that I'm navigating is the highs and lows 946 00:35:52,652 --> 00:35:53,528 of all the adrenaline. - Yeah. 947 00:35:53,570 --> 00:35:56,823 * * 948 00:35:56,865 --> 00:35:58,908 Now we're going to start thinking about wingsuiting. 949 00:35:58,950 --> 00:36:00,076 - Yeah, baby. 950 00:36:00,118 --> 00:36:02,287 As excited as I am, I'm just becoming 951 00:36:02,328 --> 00:36:03,955 more aware of the stakes. 952 00:36:03,997 --> 00:36:06,666 And I'm definitely starting to feel a little nervous. 953 00:36:06,708 --> 00:36:08,543 I can't believe we're doing wingsuiting next. 954 00:36:08,585 --> 00:36:10,712 - [laughs] 955 00:36:14,257 --> 00:36:17,218 [dramatic music] 956 00:36:17,260 --> 00:36:20,096 * * 957 00:36:20,138 --> 00:36:23,391 - When we fly our wingsuit, it fills up and pressurizes 958 00:36:23,433 --> 00:36:24,809 like an air mattress. 959 00:36:24,851 --> 00:36:26,644 These chambers fill up, and the wing gets thick. 960 00:36:26,686 --> 00:36:28,188 It's not just a flat piece of material. 961 00:36:28,229 --> 00:36:29,939 It's actually an aerodynamic airfoil. 962 00:36:29,981 --> 00:36:31,566 So the front of your wing is like the leading 963 00:36:31,608 --> 00:36:32,692 edge of an airplane. 964 00:36:32,734 --> 00:36:34,069 We make a wing out of our body. 965 00:36:34,110 --> 00:36:36,321 We're like airplane gliders through the air. 966 00:36:36,363 --> 00:36:38,198 - Rather than just jumping out of a plane 967 00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:40,950 and pretty much dropping straight to Earth, 968 00:36:40,992 --> 00:36:44,579 a wingsuit allows you to glide horizontally 969 00:36:44,621 --> 00:36:47,832 and cover more ground before you pull your chute. 970 00:36:47,874 --> 00:36:49,376 Wingsuits come in different sizes. 971 00:36:49,417 --> 00:36:51,670 The bigger the suit, the further you can fly, 972 00:36:51,711 --> 00:36:53,672 but the harder they are to control. 973 00:36:53,713 --> 00:36:57,258 So if things go wrong, well, things can go really wrong. 974 00:36:57,300 --> 00:36:59,427 * * 975 00:36:59,469 --> 00:37:00,970 - It's important that when we fly our wingsuit 976 00:37:01,012 --> 00:37:02,722 that we have air speed. 977 00:37:02,764 --> 00:37:04,933 So the big thing to remember is our head is going to be low, 978 00:37:04,974 --> 00:37:07,185 our arms are going to be swept back, 979 00:37:07,227 --> 00:37:09,437 and then we're diving through the sky. 980 00:37:09,479 --> 00:37:11,773 - My first wingsuit, boys. 981 00:37:11,815 --> 00:37:12,732 Whoo! 982 00:37:12,774 --> 00:37:18,113 * * 983 00:37:18,154 --> 00:37:19,823 - You never want to have wobble. 984 00:37:19,864 --> 00:37:21,616 If it's wobbling, we're not going fast enough. 985 00:37:21,658 --> 00:37:23,451 So our arms are pretty straight, 986 00:37:23,493 --> 00:37:24,994 and they're straight up down. 987 00:37:25,036 --> 00:37:26,955 And we're just kind of driving through our chest... 988 00:37:26,996 --> 00:37:28,081 - Yeah. - Our chest 989 00:37:28,123 --> 00:37:29,833 and our face right here. - Yeah. 990 00:37:29,874 --> 00:37:31,668 - We're driving into the wind with all of that. 991 00:37:31,710 --> 00:37:33,628 If you put this back like that, it wants 992 00:37:33,670 --> 00:37:35,296 to end up going straight down. 993 00:37:35,338 --> 00:37:36,798 - So if I'm too much like this, that's where I'm going 994 00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:37,757 to get a wobble going, right? - Yep. 995 00:37:37,799 --> 00:37:39,259 Just a little bit. 996 00:37:39,300 --> 00:37:40,677 - And if I'm getting the wobble going, to stop 997 00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:41,845 yourself from wobbling-- - Correct. 998 00:37:41,886 --> 00:37:43,138 - --is-- is what? - That. 999 00:37:43,179 --> 00:37:44,347 Exactly what you just did right there. 1000 00:37:44,389 --> 00:37:45,515 Yep. That's it. 1001 00:37:45,557 --> 00:37:46,474 - More arms. - Arms out. 1002 00:37:46,516 --> 00:37:47,475 Head straight. 1003 00:37:47,517 --> 00:37:51,479 And you'll feel it. 1004 00:37:51,521 --> 00:37:53,356 You feel good? 1005 00:37:53,398 --> 00:37:54,774 It's the practice. 1006 00:37:54,816 --> 00:37:56,901 We're going to exit, nice position like this. 1007 00:37:56,943 --> 00:37:58,194 And then you'll be ready, set, go. 1008 00:37:58,236 --> 00:37:59,696 You just got to step to the side. 1009 00:37:59,738 --> 00:38:00,739 - Out. 1010 00:38:00,780 --> 00:38:01,740 - Yeah. 1011 00:38:01,781 --> 00:38:02,991 There you go. 1012 00:38:03,033 --> 00:38:04,284 Down and chest into the wind. 1013 00:38:04,325 --> 00:38:05,160 That's it. 1014 00:38:05,201 --> 00:38:07,287 Down and chest into the wind. 1015 00:38:07,328 --> 00:38:08,663 Don't overthink it. 1016 00:38:08,705 --> 00:38:09,956 - OK. Great. 1017 00:38:09,998 --> 00:38:11,207 Let's do this. - Yeah, baby. 1018 00:38:11,249 --> 00:38:12,500 - I feel good, man. I feel good. 1019 00:38:12,542 --> 00:38:13,668 - I mean, this is it. 1020 00:38:13,710 --> 00:38:14,836 OK. 1021 00:38:14,878 --> 00:38:17,714 [chanting] 1022 00:38:17,756 --> 00:38:19,007 I'm on a fast track here. 1023 00:38:19,049 --> 00:38:20,884 So introducing new gear not only 1024 00:38:20,925 --> 00:38:22,510 affects the way I'm going to fly, 1025 00:38:22,552 --> 00:38:26,931 but my feelings of anxiety are sky high right now. 1026 00:38:26,973 --> 00:38:28,558 I don't know what's going to happen. 1027 00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:30,101 Am I going to fall out and just suddenly spiral into 1028 00:38:30,143 --> 00:38:32,062 some crazy, squirrely loop? 1029 00:38:32,103 --> 00:38:33,772 So it's going to be an interesting process 1030 00:38:33,813 --> 00:38:35,190 to control this wingsuit. 1031 00:38:35,231 --> 00:38:36,524 - You're packing those parachutes? 1032 00:38:36,566 --> 00:38:37,984 - Yes, ma'am. 1033 00:38:38,026 --> 00:38:39,361 That's what I'm here for. - Jack. 1034 00:38:39,402 --> 00:38:40,487 - Yes. 1035 00:38:40,528 --> 00:38:41,488 Very nice to meet you, Katy. 1036 00:38:41,529 --> 00:38:43,448 - Nice to meet you. 1037 00:38:43,490 --> 00:38:44,657 No funny business, Jack. 1038 00:38:44,699 --> 00:38:46,368 - Yes, ma'am. 1039 00:38:46,409 --> 00:38:48,078 - You pack those parachutes the same way every time, right? 1040 00:38:48,119 --> 00:38:49,871 - Don't you worry. Precious cargo. 1041 00:38:49,913 --> 00:38:50,914 I'll keep it squared away. 1042 00:38:50,955 --> 00:38:52,290 - That's right. 1043 00:38:52,332 --> 00:38:54,918 - We're about to have jumpers away. 1044 00:38:54,959 --> 00:38:57,629 - [chanting] 1045 00:38:57,671 --> 00:39:00,757 - [chanting] 1046 00:39:00,799 --> 00:39:01,758 All right. 1047 00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:03,385 Whoo! 1048 00:39:05,762 --> 00:39:08,723 [dramatic music] 1049 00:39:08,765 --> 00:39:15,939 * * 1050 00:39:20,985 --> 00:39:22,821 - Do you hear him? 1051 00:39:22,862 --> 00:39:24,447 If you listen, it sounds like a fighter jet. 1052 00:39:24,489 --> 00:39:26,032 That's him. 1053 00:39:26,074 --> 00:39:27,701 - You mean, the person or-- - That's the bodies. 1054 00:39:27,742 --> 00:39:28,743 Yeah. - What? 1055 00:39:28,785 --> 00:39:29,869 - Yeah. 1056 00:39:29,911 --> 00:39:31,204 - That's his dream come true. 1057 00:39:31,246 --> 00:39:32,414 - Oh, yeah. 1058 00:39:32,455 --> 00:39:34,082 - To turn his body into a fighter jet. 1059 00:39:34,124 --> 00:39:36,835 - Well, fastest sport on Earth without a motor. 1060 00:39:36,876 --> 00:39:38,420 - Oh, God. 1061 00:39:38,461 --> 00:39:41,006 Next thing you know, he's going to be base jumping. 1062 00:39:41,047 --> 00:39:42,298 - We did talk about that the other day. 1063 00:39:42,340 --> 00:39:43,883 Just-- - Not happening, Jack. 1064 00:39:43,925 --> 00:39:46,845 [dramatic music] 1065 00:39:46,886 --> 00:39:50,432 * * 1066 00:39:50,473 --> 00:39:51,391 - Whoa, whoa, whoa. 1067 00:40:09,743 --> 00:40:11,578 - There he is. - Where? 1068 00:40:11,619 --> 00:40:12,829 - Good parachute for our landing, 1069 00:40:12,871 --> 00:40:14,456 right where he wanted to. - Great. 1070 00:40:14,497 --> 00:40:15,540 Thank God. 1071 00:40:15,582 --> 00:40:18,501 Parachute is open. 1072 00:40:18,543 --> 00:40:20,503 You did it! 1073 00:40:20,545 --> 00:40:23,006 [whooping] 1074 00:40:23,048 --> 00:40:24,007 - Yeah, buddy. 1075 00:40:24,049 --> 00:40:25,967 - Whoa! Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. 1076 00:40:26,009 --> 00:40:27,635 - Drop one of those toggles, man. 1077 00:40:27,677 --> 00:40:29,262 - [laughs] 1078 00:40:29,304 --> 00:40:32,307 - I might have distracted him a little bit on that landing. 1079 00:40:32,349 --> 00:40:33,308 - Oh, my God. 1080 00:40:33,350 --> 00:40:34,351 - Whoo! 1081 00:40:34,392 --> 00:40:35,894 - Katy! 1082 00:40:35,935 --> 00:40:36,853 - You did it. 1083 00:40:36,895 --> 00:40:40,231 One piece. 1084 00:40:40,273 --> 00:40:42,317 I'm so glad. - Oh, yeah. 1085 00:40:42,359 --> 00:40:44,361 - I'm so glad. 1086 00:40:44,402 --> 00:40:46,112 - Oh, my God. 1087 00:40:46,154 --> 00:40:47,655 - You're a flying wombat. 1088 00:40:47,697 --> 00:40:49,282 - I am the flying wombat. 1089 00:40:49,324 --> 00:40:51,242 - You're one of those squirrels. 1090 00:40:51,284 --> 00:40:52,952 - Exactly. 1091 00:40:52,994 --> 00:40:54,412 - You relaxed so much. 1092 00:40:54,454 --> 00:40:56,289 When I was next to you, you smiled. 1093 00:40:56,331 --> 00:40:59,250 - I got to tell you, though, I was super relaxed until I 1094 00:40:59,292 --> 00:41:00,502 got the wobble at the end. 1095 00:41:00,543 --> 00:41:01,878 - Yeah. 1096 00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:03,213 - So before I was going to pull, right? 1097 00:41:03,254 --> 00:41:04,631 So I'm like there, and I'm like, 1098 00:41:04,673 --> 00:41:07,050 this is not the place to be wobbling. 1099 00:41:07,092 --> 00:41:08,551 - That little bit of wobble stuff 1100 00:41:08,593 --> 00:41:10,136 is just like you need to breathe right through it. 1101 00:41:10,178 --> 00:41:12,013 - But I had this tiny moment like-- 1102 00:41:12,055 --> 00:41:13,181 [panting] 1103 00:41:13,223 --> 00:41:14,307 - It was so mellow until then, huh? 1104 00:41:14,349 --> 00:41:15,600 - Yeah. 1105 00:41:15,642 --> 00:41:16,935 When that wobble happened, I'm at an elevation 1106 00:41:16,976 --> 00:41:18,645 where I need to pull. 1107 00:41:18,687 --> 00:41:21,231 So how much time am I going to have before I've got to, 1108 00:41:21,272 --> 00:41:22,857 you know, before I land, right? 1109 00:41:22,899 --> 00:41:25,360 That's where it feels very real. 1110 00:41:25,402 --> 00:41:27,696 - I think we should wrap this for today. 1111 00:41:27,737 --> 00:41:29,155 - Are we jumping tomorrow? 1112 00:41:29,197 --> 00:41:30,699 - You're doing something else tomorrow. 1113 00:41:30,740 --> 00:41:31,991 - Oh, OK. 1114 00:41:32,033 --> 00:41:33,201 Family. 1115 00:41:33,243 --> 00:41:34,327 - You're jumping into your family. 1116 00:41:34,369 --> 00:41:36,287 - Jumping into family time. 1117 00:41:36,329 --> 00:41:39,624 - Family. 1118 00:41:39,666 --> 00:41:42,627 [dramatic music] 1119 00:41:42,669 --> 00:41:45,130 * * 1120 00:41:45,171 --> 00:41:49,050 - All it took was one day off, and suddenly I couldn't escape 1121 00:41:49,092 --> 00:41:51,970 the thought of that wobble. 1122 00:41:56,558 --> 00:41:59,894 It's filled me with doubt, 1,000 what-ifs 1123 00:41:59,936 --> 00:42:01,104 rushing through my mind. 1124 00:42:01,146 --> 00:42:04,149 * * 1125 00:42:11,114 --> 00:42:13,283 This moment here kept me awake. 1126 00:42:13,324 --> 00:42:14,367 - Look what's going on here. 1127 00:42:14,409 --> 00:42:15,577 The wind comes across here. 1128 00:42:15,618 --> 00:42:16,578 It hits our chest. 1129 00:42:16,619 --> 00:42:18,121 It cuts into our pelvis. 1130 00:42:18,163 --> 00:42:19,789 Then it goes down by our knees, and then it comes back up. 1131 00:42:19,831 --> 00:42:20,790 - So just keep arching. 1132 00:42:20,832 --> 00:42:22,375 Keep arching. 1133 00:42:22,417 --> 00:42:23,877 - Arching is not the most efficient wingsuiting, 1134 00:42:23,918 --> 00:42:25,295 but it's the most stable wingsuiting. 1135 00:42:25,337 --> 00:42:27,047 - Well, that's what I'm asking for right now. 1136 00:42:27,088 --> 00:42:28,381 - Yes, stability. - I'm asking for stability. 1137 00:42:28,423 --> 00:42:29,799 - Stability. - Yeah, I'm asking-- 1138 00:42:29,841 --> 00:42:31,343 - If you push your hip down a little bit, that stops. 1139 00:42:31,384 --> 00:42:33,720 - That stops. - That stops. 1140 00:42:33,762 --> 00:42:36,264 When you have downtime on such a tight schedule, 1141 00:42:36,306 --> 00:42:39,100 it's very difficult to not be thinking 1142 00:42:39,142 --> 00:42:41,061 about it all the time. 1143 00:42:41,102 --> 00:42:44,064 [dramatic music] 1144 00:42:44,105 --> 00:42:45,565 * * 1145 00:42:45,607 --> 00:42:48,902 - I thought this was pretty safe, actually. 1146 00:42:48,943 --> 00:42:51,071 - Yeah. - But watching that, 1147 00:42:51,112 --> 00:42:52,864 that's freaking me out. - Yeah. 1148 00:42:52,906 --> 00:42:56,159 - Kris has been my best mate since we were 11 years old. 1149 00:42:56,201 --> 00:42:58,453 He's seen me do some crazy things. 1150 00:42:58,495 --> 00:43:00,914 We've done some crazy things together. 1151 00:43:00,955 --> 00:43:02,916 So there's no way he would miss out on this. 1152 00:43:02,957 --> 00:43:05,752 - Seeing him start wobbling and waving and, like, 1153 00:43:05,794 --> 00:43:08,630 seeing him panic-- you know, panic, you can see it. 1154 00:43:08,672 --> 00:43:09,923 - Yeah. 1155 00:43:09,964 --> 00:43:11,257 - He had a great jump, and he let this one 1156 00:43:11,299 --> 00:43:12,717 little wobble get in his head. 1157 00:43:12,759 --> 00:43:14,678 So we need to shake that off and move on. 1158 00:43:14,719 --> 00:43:18,139 [dramatic music] 1159 00:43:18,181 --> 00:43:21,059 - [chanting] 1160 00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:30,568 - If you look right up overhead, that's him. 1161 00:43:30,610 --> 00:43:31,736 - Jesus Christ. 1162 00:43:38,743 --> 00:43:39,703 - Look at that. 1163 00:43:39,744 --> 00:43:41,037 He's killing. 1164 00:43:41,079 --> 00:43:43,790 He's starting to think for himself now. 1165 00:43:43,832 --> 00:43:44,749 Well, even more so. 1166 00:43:44,791 --> 00:43:46,167 - After 45 years. 1167 00:43:46,209 --> 00:43:48,044 - [laughs] 1168 00:43:48,086 --> 00:43:49,713 - Jesus, he looks like Batman. 1169 00:43:49,754 --> 00:43:50,755 - Yeah. 1170 00:43:50,797 --> 00:43:53,341 - [laughs] 1171 00:43:53,383 --> 00:43:54,801 - Nice job, Orlando. 1172 00:43:54,843 --> 00:43:55,885 - [laughs] 1173 00:43:55,927 --> 00:43:56,928 - Let's go walk out there. 1174 00:43:56,970 --> 00:43:59,556 - Yeah, [indistinct]. 1175 00:43:59,597 --> 00:44:00,849 - Watch this. 1176 00:44:00,890 --> 00:44:02,142 - You weren't bobbling at all. - No, no, no. 1177 00:44:02,183 --> 00:44:03,184 - I mean, look at this. 1178 00:44:03,226 --> 00:44:05,186 This is great flying. 1179 00:44:05,228 --> 00:44:06,646 You're crushing it on that wingsuit. 1180 00:44:06,688 --> 00:44:10,108 That was exactly-as-briefed flight. 1181 00:44:10,150 --> 00:44:14,988 What I would like to do is pull out the special wingsuit. 1182 00:44:15,030 --> 00:44:16,072 - Mm. 1183 00:44:16,114 --> 00:44:17,949 - It's a little bit bigger. 1184 00:44:17,991 --> 00:44:20,535 - This-- this is insane. 1185 00:44:20,577 --> 00:44:23,163 Bigger suits means a more experienced flyer. 1186 00:44:23,204 --> 00:44:25,248 So for Luke to suggest that I'm ready 1187 00:44:25,290 --> 00:44:26,833 to get into this bigger suit, 1188 00:44:26,875 --> 00:44:29,377 it's a vote of confidence that I really want right now. 1189 00:44:29,419 --> 00:44:31,421 But I guess there is, of course, that voice 1190 00:44:31,463 --> 00:44:33,423 in the back of my head going, "Well, am I ready for this?" 1191 00:44:33,465 --> 00:44:34,549 You know? [chuckles] 1192 00:44:34,591 --> 00:44:36,134 - So it's bigger on your arms. 1193 00:44:36,176 --> 00:44:37,719 You'll see the arm length is the same, 1194 00:44:37,761 --> 00:44:39,387 but there's a little more wing here. 1195 00:44:39,429 --> 00:44:41,306 Basically, this suit is a little bit bigger. 1196 00:44:41,348 --> 00:44:42,724 It's built to fly more. 1197 00:44:42,766 --> 00:44:47,228 Just if things go wrong, they go wrong quicker. 1198 00:44:47,270 --> 00:44:50,398 It's also really important that when we open, 1199 00:44:50,440 --> 00:44:51,649 we do our practice touches, you know. 1200 00:44:51,691 --> 00:44:53,234 The wing is going to go "ploop," 1201 00:44:53,276 --> 00:44:54,778 and you're going to feel like, whoa, it inflates all around. 1202 00:44:54,819 --> 00:44:56,404 - Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 1203 00:44:56,446 --> 00:44:59,032 This larger suit will allow me to fly a greater distance, 1204 00:44:59,074 --> 00:45:00,909 which ultimately brings me closer 1205 00:45:00,950 --> 00:45:05,163 to my goal of wingsuiting 3 miles over the ocean. 1206 00:45:05,205 --> 00:45:08,792 Baby, I have graduated to my own suit. 1207 00:45:10,585 --> 00:45:14,172 - This is the first time with the Bloom suit. 1208 00:45:14,214 --> 00:45:16,341 - Let's not rush this part, shall we? 1209 00:45:16,383 --> 00:45:19,302 [dramatic music] 1210 00:45:19,344 --> 00:45:23,348 * * 1211 00:45:23,390 --> 00:45:24,766 - You were like, why am I doing this? 1212 00:45:24,808 --> 00:45:26,101 Why do I love it? 1213 00:45:26,142 --> 00:45:27,602 And I think it's because I never feel so 1214 00:45:27,644 --> 00:45:29,062 alive being so close to death. 1215 00:45:29,104 --> 00:45:30,105 - Yeah. 1216 00:45:30,146 --> 00:45:31,439 - And that's what it is. - Right. 1217 00:45:31,481 --> 00:45:34,025 - Being on that edge makes me feel most alive. 1218 00:45:34,067 --> 00:45:36,444 And a big part of doing all of this 1219 00:45:36,486 --> 00:45:39,114 is so that I can be on that edge, but safely. 1220 00:45:39,155 --> 00:45:42,117 [dramatic music] 1221 00:45:42,158 --> 00:45:46,663 * * 1222 00:46:28,413 --> 00:46:29,998 - Flare hard, hard, hard, hard, hard, hard. 1223 00:46:30,040 --> 00:46:32,959 - Holy shit! 1224 00:46:33,001 --> 00:46:34,586 [grunts] 1225 00:46:38,673 --> 00:46:39,758 - Flare hard, hard, hard, hard, hard. 1226 00:46:39,799 --> 00:46:42,010 - Holy shit! 1227 00:46:42,052 --> 00:46:43,553 [grunts] 1228 00:46:43,595 --> 00:46:48,058 Oh, yeah, baby. 1229 00:46:48,099 --> 00:46:50,101 Did I get you worried there for a minute? 1230 00:46:50,143 --> 00:46:51,394 - Yes. 1231 00:46:51,436 --> 00:46:53,897 - Oh, my God. 1232 00:46:53,938 --> 00:46:56,316 Nearly got you. 1233 00:46:56,358 --> 00:46:58,651 [tense music] 1234 00:46:58,693 --> 00:47:02,238 The stakes are way higher with the wingsuit. 1235 00:47:02,280 --> 00:47:06,117 It's way more thrilling, way more terrifying, actually, 1236 00:47:06,159 --> 00:47:07,660 than skydiving, I would say. 1237 00:47:07,702 --> 00:47:09,871 Everything feels like it's happening very fast. 1238 00:47:09,913 --> 00:47:12,665 You have moments of, like, OK, I'm in this, 1239 00:47:12,707 --> 00:47:14,167 but actually, things feel like they 1240 00:47:14,209 --> 00:47:15,669 could go wrong very quickly. 1241 00:47:15,710 --> 00:47:17,003 And if they do, then that's when trouble hits. 1242 00:47:17,045 --> 00:47:19,881 And then you're like, OK, you know. 1243 00:47:19,923 --> 00:47:23,009 I think you just feel incredibly vulnerable, 1244 00:47:23,051 --> 00:47:24,803 like you're suddenly-- you're suddenly, like, 1245 00:47:24,844 --> 00:47:27,972 brought into this moment of absolute clarity 1246 00:47:28,014 --> 00:47:29,849 and concentration and focus. - Right? 1247 00:47:29,891 --> 00:47:31,476 It's like you're right on the edge of control. 1248 00:47:31,518 --> 00:47:32,977 - Yeah. 1249 00:47:33,019 --> 00:47:37,273 Nothing can come between you and the experience 1250 00:47:37,315 --> 00:47:38,233 that you're having. 1251 00:47:38,274 --> 00:47:39,401 There is nothing-- 1252 00:47:39,442 --> 00:47:40,819 - Like a forced focus, right? 1253 00:47:40,860 --> 00:47:43,488 Like at that moment when you step off, 1254 00:47:43,530 --> 00:47:46,491 there's no one, nothing anybody else can do. 1255 00:47:46,533 --> 00:47:48,201 I sort of like that part for myself. 1256 00:47:48,243 --> 00:47:51,121 - What a time to be alive, huh? 1257 00:47:51,162 --> 00:47:53,957 Living a dream. 1258 00:47:53,998 --> 00:47:56,918 [gentle music] 1259 00:47:56,960 --> 00:47:58,545 * * 1260 00:47:58,586 --> 00:48:01,715 - I can't believe it's only been, like, 1261 00:48:01,756 --> 00:48:03,633 you know, whatever, two weeks or something, 1262 00:48:03,675 --> 00:48:05,093 of you doing this. - I know. 1263 00:48:05,135 --> 00:48:06,928 That's the piece I can't really believe either. 1264 00:48:06,970 --> 00:48:09,014 - Most of those jumps, are you strapped to somebody? 1265 00:48:09,055 --> 00:48:10,640 - Never. Not once. 1266 00:48:10,682 --> 00:48:12,392 - Oh, really? 1267 00:48:12,434 --> 00:48:13,560 Were you scared, though? 1268 00:48:13,601 --> 00:48:14,853 - Yeah. 1269 00:48:14,894 --> 00:48:17,897 The wingsuit is like, I think things 1270 00:48:17,939 --> 00:48:22,694 can go wrong faster in a way that's like, 1271 00:48:22,736 --> 00:48:24,571 if you don't have experience-- 1272 00:48:24,612 --> 00:48:25,530 - Which you don't. 1273 00:48:25,572 --> 00:48:27,657 [chuckles] 1274 00:48:27,699 --> 00:48:30,702 - No. But like, there are steps. 1275 00:48:30,744 --> 00:48:33,288 When you take the steps and when you put yourself out 1276 00:48:33,329 --> 00:48:35,707 of your comfort zone and educate yourself correctly 1277 00:48:35,749 --> 00:48:38,001 with the right teacher and the right circumstances, 1278 00:48:38,043 --> 00:48:39,753 you'll surprise yourself. - Yeah. 1279 00:48:39,794 --> 00:48:41,212 - Who doesn't need to step outside their comfort zone? 1280 00:48:41,254 --> 00:48:43,089 It's way easier to be in it than out of it. 1281 00:48:43,131 --> 00:48:46,009 And that's been the really cool thing to realize for me, 1282 00:48:46,051 --> 00:48:48,887 is like, I think I'm a collector of experiences. 1283 00:48:48,928 --> 00:48:50,764 And the more experiences I can have, 1284 00:48:50,805 --> 00:48:53,099 the richer I feel and the more confidence 1285 00:48:53,141 --> 00:48:55,602 it gives me in any environment that I'm in, you know. 1286 00:48:55,643 --> 00:48:57,937 Because part of it is, I didn't have that, never 1287 00:48:57,979 --> 00:49:00,273 had that feeling of deep-seated confidence 1288 00:49:00,315 --> 00:49:02,859 just from youth, from being when we were kids. 1289 00:49:02,901 --> 00:49:04,235 - Right. 1290 00:49:04,277 --> 00:49:05,820 - I don't know whether that comes from when I did 1291 00:49:05,862 --> 00:49:07,947 that funny ballet school at four years old, 1292 00:49:07,989 --> 00:49:10,867 and I'm dressed in a monkey suit, and I'm hot as hell. 1293 00:49:10,909 --> 00:49:13,870 And I'm doing these little dances as a monkey on stage. 1294 00:49:13,912 --> 00:49:16,956 And I had a really itchy bum, so I was like, well-- 1295 00:49:16,998 --> 00:49:18,875 I was like, yeah, I turned around 1296 00:49:18,917 --> 00:49:22,504 so the audience couldn't see me, and I scratched my ass. 1297 00:49:22,545 --> 00:49:24,839 Which if you think about it, a four-year-old in a monkey 1298 00:49:24,881 --> 00:49:26,299 suit scratching their bum-- - Perfect. 1299 00:49:26,341 --> 00:49:27,842 - --is genius. 1300 00:49:27,884 --> 00:49:29,803 They all lost it and thought it was hilarious. 1301 00:49:29,844 --> 00:49:32,389 And I didn't find that enjoyable. 1302 00:49:32,430 --> 00:49:33,973 I think I was freaked out. 1303 00:49:34,015 --> 00:49:36,559 My stage fright was like, what are they laughing at? 1304 00:49:36,601 --> 00:49:37,560 What have I done? 1305 00:49:37,602 --> 00:49:38,520 You know. 1306 00:49:38,561 --> 00:49:39,979 - Right. 1307 00:49:40,021 --> 00:49:42,315 - There is something being taxed in me. 1308 00:49:42,357 --> 00:49:44,901 Like, I'm used to physical taxation because of the way 1309 00:49:44,943 --> 00:49:47,904 that I work out and the things that I've pushed my body to. 1310 00:49:47,946 --> 00:49:50,949 But this is like a different level of physical, 1311 00:49:50,990 --> 00:49:52,992 mental, emotional-- like, there's 1312 00:49:53,034 --> 00:49:56,329 a vulnerability that's like, this is just crazy, right? 1313 00:49:56,371 --> 00:49:57,664 - Right. 1314 00:49:57,706 --> 00:50:00,333 When I saw you today, you weren't-- 1315 00:50:00,375 --> 00:50:02,043 you looked focused. 1316 00:50:02,085 --> 00:50:04,462 You were running through in your head what you had to do. 1317 00:50:04,504 --> 00:50:06,256 I didn't see fear. 1318 00:50:06,297 --> 00:50:09,843 - Yeah. Yeah. I think it's because there's-- 1319 00:50:09,884 --> 00:50:12,762 like, you know what I've had nothing but all day 1320 00:50:12,804 --> 00:50:14,222 every day is gratitude. 1321 00:50:14,264 --> 00:50:16,099 - They're quite a positive crew, aren't they? 1322 00:50:16,141 --> 00:50:17,684 - I want them around me all the time. 1323 00:50:17,726 --> 00:50:20,729 I just feel so grateful, so grateful. 1324 00:50:20,770 --> 00:50:23,356 It's, like, crazy. 1325 00:50:23,398 --> 00:50:26,359 And I hadn't expected that. 1326 00:50:26,401 --> 00:50:27,485 That's pretty unique. 1327 00:50:27,527 --> 00:50:29,112 And I don't know. 1328 00:50:29,154 --> 00:50:31,364 Because maybe it's just like I'm really close to death. 1329 00:50:31,406 --> 00:50:33,700 So I'm like, suddenly really grateful for life. 1330 00:50:33,742 --> 00:50:35,869 But, like, literally, I'm like, oh, man. 1331 00:50:35,910 --> 00:50:37,495 I'm so grateful for my life. 1332 00:50:37,537 --> 00:50:39,039 - If someone had said, this is going 1333 00:50:39,080 --> 00:50:40,915 to be the outcome of Orlando doing these things, 1334 00:50:40,957 --> 00:50:42,917 I'd be like, excellent. 1335 00:50:42,959 --> 00:50:43,752 - Right. 1336 00:50:43,793 --> 00:50:45,337 - That's growing up. 1337 00:50:45,378 --> 00:50:46,338 - Yeah. 1338 00:50:46,379 --> 00:50:47,380 Yeah. 1339 00:50:47,422 --> 00:50:48,673 - I love that. 1340 00:50:48,715 --> 00:50:51,634 [serene music] 1341 00:50:51,676 --> 00:50:58,641 * * 1342 00:50:59,642 --> 00:51:01,227 - Can you hold this for a second? 1343 00:51:01,269 --> 00:51:04,272 I wanted to let you know, man, we now have completed 1344 00:51:04,314 --> 00:51:06,483 a special spot in skydiving. 1345 00:51:06,524 --> 00:51:07,734 You have your own logbook. 1346 00:51:07,776 --> 00:51:08,943 We're at 35 jumps. 1347 00:51:08,985 --> 00:51:10,195 - Wow. 1348 00:51:10,236 --> 00:51:11,988 - This book not only has your A license, 1349 00:51:12,030 --> 00:51:14,699 but it recognizes everything we did on every jump. 1350 00:51:14,741 --> 00:51:17,660 - The craziest part of this whole thing 1351 00:51:17,702 --> 00:51:19,079 is the time frame for me. 1352 00:51:19,120 --> 00:51:21,873 I just can't believe I met you two weeks ago, 1353 00:51:21,915 --> 00:51:24,000 and I'm now wingsuiting. 1354 00:51:24,042 --> 00:51:26,503 - Well, there's nobody that has done this progression. 1355 00:51:26,544 --> 00:51:29,255 You know, normally, you have to have 200 skydives to even 1356 00:51:29,297 --> 00:51:31,007 do your first wingsuit. 1357 00:51:31,049 --> 00:51:33,426 So this is like the first time that this has ever been done. 1358 00:51:33,468 --> 00:51:34,761 So it's a crazy-- 1359 00:51:34,803 --> 00:51:35,720 - Pretty exciting, man. 1360 00:51:35,762 --> 00:51:37,430 - --crazy thing. 1361 00:51:37,472 --> 00:51:40,100 - [laughs] And my goal of this is that tomorrow we're going 1362 00:51:40,141 --> 00:51:42,519 to fly from the ocean out here, and we're going 1363 00:51:42,560 --> 00:51:44,104 to fly in to the beach. 1364 00:51:44,145 --> 00:51:46,106 - Does it affect anything in terms of the flight? 1365 00:51:46,147 --> 00:51:48,608 - Unless you land in the water, it shouldn't affect anything. 1366 00:51:48,650 --> 00:51:50,610 [laughter] 1367 00:51:50,652 --> 00:51:54,280 [upbeat music] 1368 00:51:54,322 --> 00:51:56,783 - I'm getting a sense about the community that you guys have. 1369 00:51:56,825 --> 00:51:58,660 What does it feel like on the inside of it? 1370 00:51:58,702 --> 00:52:01,079 Because how many people do this? 1371 00:52:01,121 --> 00:52:02,163 - Yeah. 1372 00:52:02,205 --> 00:52:04,082 It's like the land of misfit toys. 1373 00:52:04,124 --> 00:52:07,627 But the screws are loose in all the right ways, you know. 1374 00:52:07,669 --> 00:52:09,087 Something like that. 1375 00:52:09,129 --> 00:52:11,006 - Orlando, when you said your uncle Chris jumps, 1376 00:52:11,047 --> 00:52:14,551 I made one phone call to the UK, and I confirmed who he was 1377 00:52:14,592 --> 00:52:15,969 and that he was a skydiver. 1378 00:52:16,011 --> 00:52:17,345 That's how tight-knit the community is. 1379 00:52:17,387 --> 00:52:18,680 - Yeah. 1380 00:52:18,722 --> 00:52:20,890 My question for tomorrow is, how are you 1381 00:52:20,932 --> 00:52:23,143 going to judge how far out we should go, 1382 00:52:23,184 --> 00:52:24,436 because obviously, we're going 1383 00:52:24,477 --> 00:52:26,271 to be flying from out there. 1384 00:52:26,312 --> 00:52:27,939 - We've been staying just outside of your comfort 1385 00:52:27,981 --> 00:52:29,315 zone the whole time. 1386 00:52:29,357 --> 00:52:31,234 I want to be on the edge of my comfort zone, 1387 00:52:31,276 --> 00:52:33,111 which means we're going to get out as far away as we can 1388 00:52:33,153 --> 00:52:34,612 comfortably make the shore. 1389 00:52:34,654 --> 00:52:35,488 I'm not going to put you in danger. 1390 00:52:35,530 --> 00:52:36,906 I hope. 1391 00:52:36,948 --> 00:52:38,324 But you're going to come from the water. 1392 00:52:38,366 --> 00:52:40,160 You're going to have to make it to the land. 1393 00:52:40,201 --> 00:52:43,079 And that means a focus, good drive, efficient flying, 1394 00:52:43,121 --> 00:52:44,330 all the stuff that we worked on. 1395 00:52:44,372 --> 00:52:45,415 - Got it. 1396 00:52:45,457 --> 00:52:48,418 [pensive music] 1397 00:52:48,460 --> 00:52:53,048 * * 1398 00:52:56,593 --> 00:52:59,554 [dramatic music] 1399 00:52:59,596 --> 00:53:01,473 * * 1400 00:53:01,514 --> 00:53:03,600 - So if you look at this spot right here, 1401 00:53:03,641 --> 00:53:05,477 this yellow is about where we had our little bonfire. 1402 00:53:05,518 --> 00:53:07,979 We have this huge area of the beach for us to land on. 1403 00:53:08,021 --> 00:53:10,482 The beach is, like, 10 miles long. 1404 00:53:10,523 --> 00:53:12,650 But the wind is blowing onshore, meaning it's going 1405 00:53:12,692 --> 00:53:14,319 from the water to the land. 1406 00:53:14,361 --> 00:53:15,987 So we don't really have the full length of it, right? 1407 00:53:16,029 --> 00:53:17,822 We're going to kind of land this direction. 1408 00:53:17,864 --> 00:53:19,491 - So we're going to kind of come-- 1409 00:53:19,532 --> 00:53:21,659 come in, come around, and then land facing the ocean. 1410 00:53:21,701 --> 00:53:22,994 - Yeah. 1411 00:53:23,036 --> 00:53:24,371 So now here's the really cool part. 1412 00:53:24,412 --> 00:53:27,832 This line is roughly 3 miles long. 1413 00:53:27,874 --> 00:53:30,085 - OK. 1414 00:53:30,126 --> 00:53:31,961 - We're going to open up the door at 13,000 1415 00:53:32,003 --> 00:53:33,254 feet above the ocean. 1416 00:53:33,296 --> 00:53:34,547 And we're going to be 3 miles out. 1417 00:53:34,589 --> 00:53:36,216 I'm going to look down. 1418 00:53:36,257 --> 00:53:38,093 But what's awesome is look at this airport right here. 1419 00:53:38,134 --> 00:53:39,678 This is where we are right now. - Uh huh. 1420 00:53:39,719 --> 00:53:41,221 - It's in perfect line. 1421 00:53:41,262 --> 00:53:43,848 So from our exit point, we're headed to the airport. 1422 00:53:43,890 --> 00:53:45,684 Just think about flying to the airport. 1423 00:53:45,725 --> 00:53:46,810 - OK. Great. 1424 00:53:46,851 --> 00:53:49,187 [dramatic music] 1425 00:53:49,229 --> 00:53:51,481 If you had to pull and then suddenly you're like land 1426 00:53:51,523 --> 00:53:52,732 in water, what do you do? 1427 00:53:52,774 --> 00:53:54,359 - I'm going to give you a flotation device. 1428 00:53:54,401 --> 00:53:56,069 It's going to be under your suit. 1429 00:53:56,111 --> 00:53:57,362 You just have to unzip your suit. 1430 00:53:57,404 --> 00:53:58,363 You pull this. 1431 00:53:58,405 --> 00:53:59,197 It inflates. 1432 00:53:59,239 --> 00:54:00,407 It helps float you. 1433 00:54:00,448 --> 00:54:02,283 So that's, like, a safety thing. 1434 00:54:02,325 --> 00:54:03,868 You land in the water, you swim away from the parachute. 1435 00:54:03,910 --> 00:54:04,911 Don't even think about it. 1436 00:54:04,953 --> 00:54:06,579 It's like an octopus, right? 1437 00:54:06,621 --> 00:54:07,872 All those lines and everything can tangle around you. 1438 00:54:07,914 --> 00:54:09,416 Don't try to save your gear. 1439 00:54:09,457 --> 00:54:11,418 Landing in the water is the worst possible scenario. 1440 00:54:11,459 --> 00:54:12,961 - Yeah. - It's serious. 1441 00:54:13,003 --> 00:54:14,004 I mean, you could die doing this stuff. 1442 00:54:14,045 --> 00:54:16,381 [dramatic music] 1443 00:54:16,423 --> 00:54:17,882 [horn honks] 1444 00:54:17,924 --> 00:54:20,051 * * 1445 00:54:20,093 --> 00:54:22,012 - Let's try to treat it like another jump. 1446 00:54:22,053 --> 00:54:23,096 But this is a little more intense. 1447 00:54:23,138 --> 00:54:24,055 - Yeah, yeah. Got it. 1448 00:54:24,097 --> 00:54:25,098 Got it. OK. 1449 00:54:25,140 --> 00:54:26,474 - Feeling good? - Yeah. 1450 00:54:26,516 --> 00:54:27,976 I mean, I'm--actually got butterflies this time. 1451 00:54:28,018 --> 00:54:30,854 - Me too. 1452 00:54:30,895 --> 00:54:33,940 - Based on this being the moment 1453 00:54:33,982 --> 00:54:35,442 that we'd been building up to, of course, 1454 00:54:35,483 --> 00:54:38,153 it's that, like, OK, how many things 1455 00:54:38,194 --> 00:54:39,738 can go wrong or not go wrong? 1456 00:54:39,779 --> 00:54:41,156 And there's all the variables. 1457 00:54:41,197 --> 00:54:42,741 There's this feeling in your stomach. 1458 00:54:42,782 --> 00:54:43,742 But I'm excited. 1459 00:54:43,783 --> 00:54:44,743 And I'm ready. 1460 00:54:44,784 --> 00:54:45,994 So trust the protocols. 1461 00:54:46,036 --> 00:54:47,537 Trust the gear. 1462 00:54:47,579 --> 00:54:50,040 And you know, trust that Luke knows what he's doing. 1463 00:54:50,081 --> 00:54:51,249 And then I'm ready for this. 1464 00:54:55,712 --> 00:54:57,047 - Fired up, huh? 1465 00:54:57,088 --> 00:54:59,341 - Whoo! 1466 00:54:59,382 --> 00:55:00,508 Last one. 1467 00:55:00,550 --> 00:55:03,178 - Clear prop. 1468 00:55:03,219 --> 00:55:06,014 [propellers whirring] 1469 00:55:30,246 --> 00:55:33,208 [dramatic music] 1470 00:55:33,249 --> 00:55:35,502 * * 1471 00:55:35,543 --> 00:55:38,505 - [chanting] 1472 00:55:59,150 --> 00:56:02,612 [exhales] 1473 00:56:06,408 --> 00:56:08,660 - Ahh! - [laughs] 1474 00:56:08,702 --> 00:56:10,161 - [laughs] 1475 00:56:10,203 --> 00:56:13,039 - Oh, my gosh. - I was gonna say-- yeah. 1476 00:56:15,667 --> 00:56:17,252 - I'm going to open the door. 1477 00:56:31,057 --> 00:56:32,183 - Let's do it. 1478 00:56:32,225 --> 00:56:34,102 - Yeah. - Check in. 1479 00:56:34,144 --> 00:56:35,395 Check out. 1480 00:56:35,437 --> 00:56:36,271 Go. 1481 00:56:36,312 --> 00:56:39,232 [dramatic music] 1482 00:56:39,274 --> 00:56:41,151 * * 1483 00:56:41,192 --> 00:56:42,152 - Jumpers away. 1484 00:56:42,193 --> 00:56:43,528 Jumpers away. 1485 00:56:43,570 --> 00:56:47,991 * * 1486 00:56:48,033 --> 00:56:50,201 - Oh, my God. 1487 00:56:50,243 --> 00:56:51,369 Why am I so [bleep] nervous? 1488 00:56:51,411 --> 00:56:53,121 - You're not nervous. You're excited. 1489 00:57:10,096 --> 00:57:11,056 - Yeah! 1490 00:57:11,097 --> 00:57:14,059 [dramatic music] 1491 00:57:14,100 --> 00:57:21,274 * * 1492 00:57:28,114 --> 00:57:29,532 - Come on, Orlando. 1493 00:57:38,708 --> 00:57:41,836 - [whooping] 1494 00:57:41,878 --> 00:57:44,005 - That's a good parachute for Orlando, 1495 00:57:44,047 --> 00:57:45,924 good parachute for Orlando. 1496 00:57:45,965 --> 00:57:48,927 [serene music] 1497 00:57:48,968 --> 00:57:51,471 * * 1498 00:57:51,513 --> 00:57:53,890 - Ahh! 1499 00:57:53,932 --> 00:57:55,475 Whoo! 1500 00:57:55,517 --> 00:57:58,061 Ohh! 1501 00:57:58,103 --> 00:58:00,647 - Whoo! 1502 00:58:00,689 --> 00:58:01,940 - Oh, yeah! 1503 00:58:01,981 --> 00:58:03,692 - Oh, my God. 1504 00:58:03,733 --> 00:58:05,694 What a feeling! 1505 00:58:05,735 --> 00:58:06,903 - Dude! 1506 00:58:06,945 --> 00:58:10,115 [laughs] Welcome to my world here, man. 1507 00:58:10,156 --> 00:58:11,116 - Oh, I love you, bro. 1508 00:58:11,157 --> 00:58:12,534 I [bleep] love you. 1509 00:58:12,575 --> 00:58:15,161 - Oh, cool. Oh, I can't believe what we did. 1510 00:58:15,203 --> 00:58:16,287 Look out. 1511 00:58:16,329 --> 00:58:18,790 [both screaming] 1512 00:58:18,832 --> 00:58:19,791 - You did it! 1513 00:58:19,833 --> 00:58:21,334 Oh, my God. 1514 00:58:21,376 --> 00:58:23,169 - Congratulations. - I love you, man. 1515 00:58:23,211 --> 00:58:24,129 - Yeah, man. Good work. 1516 00:58:24,170 --> 00:58:25,547 Dude, Luke. 1517 00:58:25,588 --> 00:58:26,589 Yeah. 1518 00:58:26,631 --> 00:58:27,799 Killed it. 1519 00:58:27,841 --> 00:58:28,967 Right on. 1520 00:58:29,009 --> 00:58:32,721 - [bleep]. Tears of joy, baby. 1521 00:58:32,762 --> 00:58:33,763 Yeah. 1522 00:58:33,805 --> 00:58:35,473 We're alive. 1523 00:58:35,515 --> 00:58:36,433 And we did it. It's amazing. 1524 00:58:36,474 --> 00:58:40,311 It's like, wah! 1525 00:58:40,353 --> 00:58:42,355 - What did it feel like, flying over the ocean? 1526 00:58:42,397 --> 00:58:45,233 - It's like trusting in the universe, 1527 00:58:45,275 --> 00:58:48,695 trusting in your experience, trusting in everything 1528 00:58:48,737 --> 00:58:49,988 you've learned. 1529 00:58:50,030 --> 00:58:51,656 I guess it's a lesson in trust, isn't it? 1530 00:58:51,698 --> 00:58:53,283 I don't know. I'm still processing all of it. 1531 00:58:53,324 --> 00:58:54,743 But it's just like-- 1532 00:58:54,784 --> 00:58:57,996 - You'll be processing it for a while, man. 1533 00:58:58,038 --> 00:58:59,164 - I'm alive. 1534 00:58:59,205 --> 00:59:02,167 - The daily "I'm alive" call. 1535 00:59:02,208 --> 00:59:04,169 - [laughs] Oh, my God. 1536 00:59:04,210 --> 00:59:05,337 I feel so lucky to be alive. 1537 00:59:05,378 --> 00:59:06,755 - I'm proud of you. 1538 00:59:06,796 --> 00:59:08,340 - I love you. - I love you so much. 1539 00:59:08,381 --> 00:59:11,343 [uplifting music] 1540 00:59:11,384 --> 00:59:12,802 * *