Andy Stumpf

But after a few thousand jumps, about everything that's going to go wrong, you're going to have your first cutaway.

You're going to have them out.

You know what I mean?

You're going to deal with your gear.

Your reserve is going to open.

And so that really narrowed focus, it actually starts opening back up.

The base jumping world, I remember the first time I was, the guy who taught me, he's like, all right, you just climb over the edge of the rail here and you're looking at 486 feet.

You test the wind by spitting.

And if it drifts past a certain point, you're good to go.

So you can track your spit to where you are going to deck if you don't pull your parachute.

Now, on the first one, he's holding onto the pilot chute, so it rips it off for you, so you don't have to worry about it.

But you want to talk about that right back into that space.

Holy cow.

That's what base jumping was for me.

I had some of the deepest conversations with my friends on the four-hour hikes that would lead to a 90-second jump.

And...

two weeks of those 90 second jumps, I could get myself into such a more dialed head space for six months and be better at business, a more patient father, a more patient husband.

That to me is why.

And at some point,

probably due to the death of my friends.