Felix Baumgartner and Christ the Redeemer

 

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    JUL 29, 2010
    Base Jumpers
    Felix Baumgartner
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    In December 1999, Austrian BASE jumper Felix Baumgartner, now heavily involved in the Red Bull Stratos project to freefall from the edge of space, performed a record-breaking jump off the right arm of the 'Cristo Redentor' ('Christ the Redeemer') statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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