World alititude record balloon jump broken

[gary]

Felix Baumgartner's record jump of 39,044.8 metres has been broken
by Alan Eustace, 57, who jumped 41,424 metres.

Eustace is a computer scientist and VP at Google.

Story here :-
http://www.smh.com.au/world/parachutist-alan-eustace-breaks-world-altitude-record-with-balloon-jump-20141025-11bmjp.html

[DavidTrap]

Quiet achiever...

DT

[blink138]

................... did not see that one coming!
pat

[Kunama]

Awesome effort !!!!

[Hans Tucker]

Great achievement...not so dignified landing though..:D

Interesting that Felix Baumgartner used a capsule to ascend to altitude where as Eustace ascended just in a pressurised suit.

[Ric]

Amazing stuff, there's some pretty game people out there.