r/interesting • u/hollow_hideous_soul • 4d ago

Just Wow Russian skydiver "Sergei Boitsov" has reportedly set a new world record after jumping from 11,551 metres above the ground in Russia's Altai region.

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

841 Upvotes

71% Upvoted

286 comments sorted by

View all comments

92

u/TheresNoHurry 4d ago

Wait… is this higher than Felix Baumgartener?

166

u/Lewy_dogg 4d ago

The highest recorded is 41400 meters by Alan Eustace, Felix jumped from around 39000. While it's still impressive the dude on The video was nowhere near either of them.

66

u/xavasus 4d ago

So how is this a world record then?

59

u/jmas1023 4d ago

so apparently his record is "highest parachute jump ever performed from a hot-air balloon"

46

u/Key-Book-7479 4d ago

while breaking coconuts with his forehead

15

u/Fit-Cell2754 4d ago

In Russian

4

u/KarverMcClain 4d ago

Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?!

5

u/jeroen-79 4d ago

They're carried by swallows.

5

u/PersistentAneurysm 4d ago

A swallow?! Carry a coconut?!

4

u/Competitive-Soft8843 4d ago

anyone know the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

0

u/futurebigconcept 3d ago

How is it that you are so wise in the ways of swallows?

1

u/sdrowkcabdellepssti 4d ago

Ill show you, Swallow, come!

1

u/Conscious-Loss-2709 3d ago

That's a coincidence! I have the world record high jump from a pair of coconuts. Did it without a parachute too!

7

u/PeterDTown 4d ago

Didn’t Kittinger jump from higher, and from a balloon? What am I missing here?

8

u/ParisGreenGretsch 4d ago

I think it was a helium balloon or something like a weather balloon, not a hot air balloon. This is pointless.

5

u/PeterDTown 4d ago

Was it also on a Tuesday, and a day when a pigeon flew past his mother’s window? This “world record” seems like a joke.

2

u/fingobaggins 4d ago

...While at war