How do I know? The sheer existence wingsuit gliders. No other human act has convinced me of the fact that there is a small percentage of the human race that will try anything. You can call it stupid, reckless, suicidal, whatever you want. But the simple fact that these people exist proves that nothing can stop us. We’ll risk our lives in the most insane way imaginable, if there’s a glimmer of ‘possible’ in our minds. It’s amazing, actually. Even when the risk of death carries the same probability of a coin flip, there is always someone who will try it. In a strange way, they sacrifice themselves on the altar of progress. They normalize the impossible. Their deaths, their failures fuel the passion and madness of others who eventually succeed. Mad scientists, adrenaline junkies, the Ahabs and Frankensteins, misanthropes held in thrall by their obsessions, pursuing them to unknown ends. We owe everything to them.
😢 One of the world's best wingsuit pilots has been horrifically killed after he dived off Table Mountain and slammed into rocks 1000 feet below at 120mph. Expert daredevil Brendan Weinstein, 32, did not manage to pull up in time and was seen by tourists smashing into large… pic.twitter.com/Ns28tGq1YL
— Sumner (@renmusb1) January 8, 2026
I mean, just behold this. Per ardua ad astra
At Tianmen Mountain, Zhangjiajie, famously called the Great Heaven Gate, a unique wingsuit flight set a diving record.
— Science girl (@sciencegirl) December 27, 2025
