Joseph W. Kittinger parachutes from 102,800 feet

[diabolusgtp]

esta filmacion la vi en un documental de discovery channel, cuando pasaban documentales serios, y me acuerdo que casi me pongo a llorar por el coraje que demuestra este hombre, increible filmacion vale oro!

[Orfeus2009]

Talking with God!!!!

[bucketofpower]

This Kittinger vid is from Boards of Canada - Dayvan Cowboy, even though he didn't land in water.

As for the musical track, Clint Mansell - "Together We Will Live Forever" from "The Fountain" soundtrack. Not sure where the incorporation of the vocals came from.

[TheCam152]

Can anyone tell me the name of the song and artist? So I can download it on iTunes?

[11karg]

i want to do this. if anyone wants to help message me, funds are limited, but if i can jump at anytime it shouldnt be a problem right?

[Sandro495]

Imagine if he jumped and just stayed suspended because he waited too long? How much would that have sucked lol

[TheChainsawSound]

I've been looking for this song for a long time, thank you for uploading it again. I thought I'd lost it forever. Respek.

[aj1986917]

god that would have been cool

[RtZ10]

No, he didnt land in the water!!

[ArkansasFresh]

I like how dude jumped ONTO the earth.

[ryjoph89]

Love the song. Can you reupload. Link is expired again.

[cheatman06]

@ryjoph89 updated link under description

[ryjoph89]

@cheatman06 Perfect. Link works great now. Thank you!!

[METAL1ON]

GUYVERRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

[Bummelz]

I'd like to do that jump any time..!!!!

[Bummelz]

I'd like to do that jump any time..!!!!

[thehuntman47]

damn he's basically like in outer space

[Canizarezqw]

Kittinger: I Can see my house from here! :D

[DieFieseQualle]

Lol its not in the space its in the stratosphere

[Thunderbird766]

its not space, obviously, its still in our atmosphere since the law of gravity still applies, but its close to the edge. He must have had an amazing view!

[MrYangomes]

pensava q ele ia morre kkkk

[JKthestud]

I think this is the song my parents picked when we put our dog down...jeebus.

GO JOE!!....leave this song at 103k feet.

[DreamsCatcher101]

I bet even the aliens watching him jump thought WTF.

[digitalcrypt]

@DreamsCatcher101

:-D That's hilarious. I've got this image in my head now of aliens seeing it and saying to each other "Well, we were going to make contact and give them free clean energy, the cure to all diseases, and material they could build a space elevator with. But.....F*** that!!! These f*er's are NUTS!!!! Let's go somewhere else."

[Ironandtheshizzelz]

I would cry if i was him. and i never cry.

he got balls of steel

[SuperOriginalGuy]

For some reason this reminds me of Halo 3 ODST guys dropping from space into earth

[Mindux518]

he was in the edge of earth :o

[soccerpla6969]

to legit to quit??

[sebbe1203]

hes the bravest man on earth

[MVT7100]

Somthings wrong whit this vid.... Kittinger landed in the dessert not in the ocean.

[norman4lyf]

@MVT7100

That's because this is a video for the Boards of Canada song "Dayvan Cowboy".

[bazzefaszom]

the download link is not working! or is it just me?

[SuperSoulAssasin]

Watch this video wile listening to white zombie blood milk and sky, its fucking AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[neomuttley]

What the crap was that @the end?! Joey didn't land in the ocean. He landed in the desert (AZ or NM, I don't remember which). This video isn't accurate. There's a great book "The Pre-Astronauts" (Naval Press) for those who are interested.

[norman4lyf]

@neomuttley

He took off from Tularosa, NM and landed somewhere just outside of Tularosa. The surfing part at the end is because this is a music video for Dayvan Cowboy, a Boards of Canada song.

[jesdavid7]

went to highschool with his niece. She looks a lot like him lol.

[caboose250]

my dad was 8 years old when this happend man long time

[stenudden]

Wow i would like 2 try that :)

[crazyaznpower12]

this takes balls to do because im scared of heights!

[rmmartins133]

This is actually the video for "dayvan cowboy" from boards of canada... someone just changed the music. Of course most of the footage is original, only not the part when he falls on water.

[MrFaggot626]

He should have done something that would actually benefit the world.

[deltagearinc]

"Lord, take care of me now." - Joseph Kittinger (Jumping from the balloon gondola Excelsior III at 102,800 feet)

[terramar111]

I'm trying to figure out which part of this guy's brain must be missing. You've got to have a few screws loose to jump out of a balloon at the edge of space.

[Canuckboy123]

Beautiful music. Goes so good with the video. THe singer kind of sounds like Antony Hegarty from Anthony and the Johnsons.

[1xxXM3X1CAN0Xxx4]

People talk and talk about how they have the BIGGEST balls. I bet none of them could do the same thing this man did. Joseph W. Kittinger has the Will and the Balls.

[yamman64]

THIS DUDE RULES HES AN ICON 2 EVERYBODY

[Tree0rnament]

Damn

[Abonodor]

Thanks for the video, but I think the music should be something along BALLS OF STELL rather than "weep for the magnificent and mysterious achievements of humanity"...

[TroyOi]

"Pressurization for his right glove malfunctioned... and his right hand swelled"

I would have thought that would affect his entire body (ie, killed him). Was his pressurized suit compartmentalized? If so, into how many sections? And also, if this is indeed the case, is it still done with today's astronautic suits?

[Morelchile]

Astonishing.

[CharlesStudios]

Man kill me, theres no way I could do that!

[boiledelephant]

For me, the scariest part of that whole experience would be landing in the water with all that gear strapped to me.

[Apoc897]

Awesome. Love the music too. Any way you could re-upload it to Z-share? The link expired...

Also, sounds kinda like Patrick Watson doing the vocals.

[cheatman06]

@Apoc897 i put in a new link

[Apoc897]

@cheatman06

Thanks bro. +1000 internets to you.

[dcHeeyA]

wonderful!!

[superguy6486]

in his 100,000' jump didn't he land in New Mexico? Where he took off out of?

[RBPlissken]

In my eyes he is the greatest (aeronautic) explorer of all time. This is really a "big leap for mankind"

[franzken]

how can a man have enought guts to jump from space to the earth that i do not know.. RESPECT!

[MoPar7055]

@franzken Not only that his glove ripped. At that altitude blood boils at body temperature. His hand swelled to twice it's normal size. Also experienced -100 degrees celcius wind chill but he didn't abort the mission.

[Cloress1]

btw this video is intercut, obviously, with someone else who didn't jump from 240k feet, but probably from one of his earlier jumps, as he did at least 3 above 200k feet.

Above which no other man has dived. But he must have gone with someone else on one of the earlier dives to capture some of the 100k-200k footage.

Joesf is a hero, a pioneer, one of the last on this planet, and a bloody good pilot.

Still alive, lets give our blessing and thanks to him.

[norman4lyf]

Cloress:

Joe's highest jump was from 102.8k feet (102,800 ft). None were above 200k feet. Even the world record for highest altitude obtained by an unmanned balloon is only 170k feet. Not sure where you're getting your info from.

[norman4lyf]

His first jump was from 76,400 ft.

His second was from 74,700 ft.

His most famous, record breaking jump was from 102,800 ft.

In "k", that would be:

76.4k feet

74.7k feet

102.8k feet

200k feet would be 200,000 feet...an altitude never reached by any balloon.

[janeinachkeinplan]

stunning.

most beautifull vid i've probably ever seen!

must be such a great feeling falling just in space having that view...

[Eirik36]

he did not die from this, why does everyone think that??? after this jump he became an F-4D fighter pilot in the Vietnam war and also served 11 months in the "Hanoi Hilton" POW camp

[Orfeus2009]

I wish i could live that experience even if i would die...

[jgammel25]

One- the music is Clint Mansell from The Fountain, which is an amazing film and score.

Second- his suit did have a malfunction and he took a calculated risk by not telling control for fear of losing his chance to jump. His hand was swollen to twice its normal size and had no movement with it.

[anarionthemighty]

he didnt really have a choice if he didnt jump he would die

[ryan1111111555555555]

just think, if you decided you didnt want to do it, or there was something wrong with your suit, you couldnt back down....

[obserwator224]

Music: Clint Mansell - Together We Will Live Forever

[8pablos8]

something beautiful

[scoota111]

Did you seriously rip off the Boards of Canada video and cut out the surfing bit?

Because originally, Kittinger landed in the desert. That bit in the end with somebody falling into the ocean is exclusive to the Boards of Canada video.

[Omegashadowyoshi]

This dude has balls of steel.

[Omegashadowyoshi]

Boards of Canada!!!

This dude is right up there with Chuck Norris

[EnochLight]

That's not Boards of Canada (music). That's a half-rate crappy piano piece by some hack.

[Omegashadowyoshi]

I know, what I was saying was that this footage was featured in a boards of canada video.

[ThjeshtLife]

superman?

[snekaren]

no it's a bird.

[putango123]

wtf that landing is the wrong one

[TV843]

It looks awfully lonely way up there...but awfully beautiful too.

[Orfeus2009]

Joe Kittinger=god

[youpube1011]

HOLY SHIT 22gs this guy is my hero

[smokinmonkey992]

It was uploaded on my birthday

[Hunkola]

This dude landed on land not water.......the person who made this video is a dumb douche.

[normanforlife]

Hunkola:

You might wanna think twice before mouthing off. This is actually a promotional video for Dayvan Cowboy, a song from the band Boards of Canada. They used the footage of Joe Kittinger's jump, and added some extra stuff to the end.

FYI, this isn't the actual song Dayvan Cowboy. The person that uploaded this video changed the song.

[WeTnOoDlE26]

really cool i heard there was a small tear in his suit near his foot and cause there was less air pressure up there his foot became twice the normal size once he landed

[LL99LL]

Hello, I´m a little confused about the landing.

I recently watched a documentary report about that jump and there he landed in the desert, not in the sea.

Could it be that the landing-scene in this clip belongs to a different jump?

[goo5o]

legendary, his records set from this jump are are still unbroken

[Phyrex999]

And here I though jumping from 10,000ft was intense, lol.

[dmo530]

Excellent video. If I remember correctly he didn't land in water but on land.

[osbiliknin]

hi reashed a speed off 780km/h this speed is super-spnic at that altitude

[cupis997]

what is name of song?

[pheaneasphreak77]

The music fits perfectly...

[wwwunderground]

crazy hahah

[popozuda749]

amazing

[ssrv3]

guys imagin, this man is living he is living life, even though it's a job, he is doing somethin no one could normaly do. i think this is the meaning of living life!

[DustyR101]

what a shitty version of an awesomly incredible feat

[BazzTheBoss]

yeah jump out without parachute would be even cooler. you would die falling xD

[lothy59]

this would have to be the ultimate experience ...i would give both nuts

[ALoveEternal]

same. hard to imagine something this mind blowing was done almost 50 years ago.

[uglybastige]

I would jump too, at that altitude it'd be around -50 C, that is when he was actually in the atmosphere, cuz it seems he started outside of it heh

I'd give my left nut, if not both, to get the chance to try this myself :)

[vmn5253]

yeah, I just have a serious fear of heights and falling, as well as astrophobia, so honestly I think I would have had a heart attack and died by the time I was ready to even step out of that balloon

[vmn5253]

and I would rather give my life than do this, lol. I have the utmost respect for this man, and the bravery and awesomeness of his achievement, but I couldn't imagine anything more terrifying. I nearly get sick just watching the video.

[cdevauld1982]

Balls--huge massive, corageous balls.

[Toastypie1]

But then you would sound terrible on the paid speech circuit talking about the jump.

[tr763]

by the way....gay music...we need some metal for this shit

[tr763]

wouldn't it be funny if he jumped out and then floated away to space lol. that should be a scene on sesame street

[timarulad]

LOL, actually when he jumped he didn't know if he was falling as there was no feel or sound of air rushing passed. So for a couple of seconds he thought he might be floating away....then he looked up and saw how fast he was going away from the ballon, only then did he know he was actually falling.

[WeTnOoDlE26]

definition of pro, thats what this man is

[JAH9495]

WOw Amazing i want to do that =]

[johnsmdm]

look Kev don't put your hangups on me man..if Kittinger wouldn't have bailed he could of gone much higher you dig?..a balloon with gas jets and steering will get me on the moon in 3 weeks tops..

[johnsmdm]

its did you wetback!..listen, I'm taking a prototype balloon to the surface of the moon..don't try to stop me either man..

[viciousKev]

im gonna stop you!!

[nuuskia2]

do that guy died??

[cupis997]

nope. he lives to theese days

[thoughtcriminal1984]

Both of your spelling is atrocious.

[DurBanPoison420uh]

its youtube man, nobody is being graded, who cares if people make a typo right? fuck off

[caqtv]

An overly aggressive response to a mere observation. Interesting.

[amit6199]

fragment. consider revising.

[astronoman11]

lol

[AbbeyNormal]

I've been curious about this jump ever since I saw the BoC video for Dayvan Cowboy years ago. It looked old but it also seemed like something impossible, so it has a very surreal feeling. So amazing how he spins as he falls and you can see the curve of the earth, almost like he might miss and fly off into space. It must have been the thrill of a lifetime.

[videogamer2772]

fuck i would do anything to do that

[ZorackSwim420]

lawlz, sweet

[harlequinir]

I'd need a quart of Jack and 20cc of phenolbarbatol to do that.

[buluthasser]

how the fuck was this filmed???

[dumbtreeclimber]

He had a camera on his gondola, and one on his suit.

[alterbr33d]

I don't understand, if their was a 1960 film camera on his gondola showing a shot of him jumping off, how did they obtain the video? Did it transmit?

[dumbtreeclimber]

No, the camera was attached to the gondola, and the gondola fell when the balloon burst (probably around 130k feet). There was a parachute on the gondola, so it could safely land at about 10-15 mph. They tracked it, found it, and obtained the footage.

As for the film of him falling, I think that it is attached to his drogue chute.

[ThjeshtLife]

1:23 so how did they filmed this?

[WeTnOoDlE26]

probably a camera under the ballon lookin down

[edratliff]

from the balloon?

[ITSdancause]

whats this song guys

[wergo22]

The song is "Together we will live forever" by Clint Mansell. It is from the official soundtrack of the film, The Fountain. It's an amazing soundtrack.

[edratliff]

awesome movie BTW

[footbllman62]

This makes no sense he was in the bottom of the mesosphere he should have burned up and he also would have been frozen when he reached the bottom of the tropsphere because it gets colder as you go down

[johhny3m]

why didn't he burn up like a meteor or the space shuttle

[lolpinkhair]

He only reached the 3rd layer of the atmosphere, the 4th is where meteors burn.

[indianen]

A meteor would have a much higher speed and when reaching earth's atmosphere it would suddenly meet friction in the form of air. Given the velocity the air would compress and heat up.

When he jumped he was still within the atmosphere where there is air (albeit thin at that level) and so instead of deaccelerating he actually accelerated until the air got thick enough to slow him down.

[777cc777]

he was already in the atmosphere ~ in the very thin air...

meteors burn as they are going extremely fast (thousands of miles per hour) , and then hit the atmosphere causing burnup. He started from stationery, and was already in the air

[erikzxc]

das kut.. lig je opeens in t water :P

[ftroopDLO]

The speed of sound is 340 m/s or 767 mph...not 300 mph

[Jools508]

This is correct at sea level, but the speed of sound decrease as altitude increase due to the density of air changing.

[gtg008q]

That is incredible. I am shocked he went through clouds though. One of my friends has his skydiving license and says that is one of the big rules...Then again, Mr. Kittinger is awesome, so he probably doesn't have rules ;)

[IrishLincoln]

No rules for heroes

[chadxinc]

This is the most amazing thing I've ever watched. I wonder how alone you feel that high up.

[thepartisans]

How alone? I wonder how alive you feel!

I'd trade my life in a cubicle in a heartbeat to be able to do something so amazing and beautiful. Damn!

[Hythine]

To me, it'd be a surreal loneliness. It'd be to see the brink of space at your fingertips, but the pull of earth's safety on you at the same time, is something I can only dream of.

Like you partisans, I would trade anything for the chance.

[davifernandeslima01]

I second that

damn indeed!

[ninjanova15]

and i heard this guy while falling he broke the sound baryer

[strjupiter14]

impossible. there is such a thing as terminal velocity

[R3venton]

Actually he reached speeds of 614 mph. The speed of sound is about 340 mph. He can achieve such speeds because of the thin atmosphere.  As he got closer to earth, he probably slowed down.

[Krnballerzzz]

Speed of sound is roughly 300mph. He reached 600 mph because of the very thin atmosphere up that high. The closer he went to the Earth, the more atmosphere he hit = slower speeds.

[TheMysteryWaffle]

you idiot, the speed of sound can be broken by military jets...

[Gihaal]

NO HE BROKE THE SPEED OF LIGHT TOO

[Daltonist]

he broke the speed of sound. the speed of sound is about 340 m/s (that's metres per second). That's 760 miles per hour.

strjupiter14, you were probably thinking of the speed of light, not the speed of sound.

[ninjanova15]

its kinda sad sence he was the first one in space while someone else took the spotlight

[stigmaweb]

I'm speechless

[Trankuility]

Awesome. Thanks man!

[Trankuility]

Great video and audio. Where can I get that song? Can't find anything doing a searh on an unreleased song for The Fountain soundtrack.

[cheatman06]

put a link to it in the description.

[threepiecepete]

So I wanted to know more about this, the fall took just over thirteen minutes...

all I can say is wow

[Deimos72]

What is that music /o\ its awesome

[cheatman06]

unreleased song from "The Fountain" soundtrack

[glasseater90]

wow this guy is the man and the music is awesome

[ExNihiloJimmy]

cool video dude, well done