Is it bad that when they pulled up the picture and description, I started laughing? Just the wording alone. It's like, "Creator of the first car, dies in car accident."
I DID a chill music video to film shots of the wing sky divers that died ..Respect to them .. Giving a 20 th Century meaning to Balls of Steel czcams.com/video/orksDEBfHys/video.html
@@benjamingonzalezjr7021 if u jump out of an airplane and u try to deploy your parachute and it doesn't open. You will have from that point until u hit the ground and die to figure it out. Thus you'll have the rest of your life to figure it out, even though the rest of your life will not be very long.
Agreed. I've watched every episode with him. Extremely intelligent and well-spoken individual with more knowledge and wisdom than men twice his age....
@@@Yog99504 thanks, I'm definitely checking it out. I like his...what would you call it....thoughtful honesty? There's no bullshit with him. It's refreshing
Jump with an experienced diver. They can deploy your parachute for you thus saving you. If you pass out of course they wont deploy your chute right after you jump out the plane. Plus the tips they have can save your life. You have to approach it like a boyscout if getting it right the first time is not your priority then this is not for you.
Exactly what I was thinking. I was just telling a friend of mine the other day that I would never trust myself packing my shoot. But I would be willing to jump if someone else did it. LMFAO!
I was eating a Johnny rockets this weekend when czcams.com/video/6oMBgBQRJt0/video.html I felt that clarity I would not wish for agian but I was good to clear your mind.
@@mercurygirl6897 lmao...I'm not laughing at the guys death...he had balls of steel....but the way the guy said oh hes dead and then you see that picture...I literally laughed for a good minute
The second guy died trying to show off his design and tested himself instead of using a dummy or dumbass person so he put it in himself and jumped to his death in front of a crowd trying to prove that it would work ,,, it didn’t work
yeah, that didn't make any sense since it restarts your computer, and has nothing to do with your hard drive it's the operating system that you restart
"People live their lives reminiscing about the past or dreaming about the future. Only when they absolutely are in fear for their lives are they at NOW." - Charles Manson
Wow you took the joke that's as old as planes, that goes how far can I glide in a plane without an engine? All the way to the crash site. Clever man, clever.
By far and away, for me, your interviews with Andy Stumpf and Mark Lait are my absolute favorites. You two guys had me screaming with laughter here, as well as listening so intently. When Joe shouts, "Jeeziz Christ, Andy" ... I lost it! BAAAH!
I was in the 82nd Airborne Division and I have never heard it explained so perfect. Then when you can’t do those things anymore it is hard to replace those feelings in the civilian world. Even after many years have passed I still crave that clarity and I believe it will always be with me.
During my time as a german paratrooper a deadly accident happend because the automatic first parachute didn't deploy (it was cut by a sharp edge on the plane). So the soldier tried to open the reserve but because the height was to low (like 250-300m at jump) there was not enough time. The medic told us that the reserve parachute was open but had not enough time to fill with air. So our buddy died. It was in Oktober 2000 I think. Rest in peace! Glück ab from Germany!
Really depicts skydiving for me. Clears your head in a "this is dangerous" sense, makes you focus on what you are doing and detach from other worries in life you might have.
I know that feeling of "nothing else matters right now" leading to a sense of clarity. I get the same thing from my job and it really helps. I think it's very similar to what Radiohead describes in Subterranean Homesick Alien, where the protagonist wishes to see the world and how insignificant everyone's issues are from above instead of being uptight all the time.
I feel like any simple physical activity accomplishes the same thing, to a lesser degree of course. There is a large segment of the population that literally do not do any physical activity at all...
I was thinking something along the same lines... anything where you have to push yourself and focus. But obviously the level to which you are thrust into 'you must focus' mode, must be other wordly for something like wing suit/base/solo jumping.
There is that - endorphins work to a degree - but there's nothing like endorphins + a major surge of adrenaline in a focused environment. It really does CTRL+ALT+DEL as Andy says, and can positively affect every aspect of your life
I love this guy and can relate 100 percent. This is why I love high elevation backpacking, and long distance road biking, and snowboarding. You are just focused at the task at hand, all the other bullshit it the world floats away. And its also fun. You are the most alive, when you are almost dead.
Lol. I was just about to write "Meditation" down and candle concentration exercise when he spoke about hearing Transcendental Meditation was as similar as that zeroing in experience.
I’ve always tried to explain why to this day, I’d rather be back in the sandbox as EOD on one of my 5 deployments, rather than in the civilian realm with bills and obligations. He just explained it perfectly.
Andy seems like an extremely "wound up" dude. This makes me even more respectful and appreciative for his service. As to date: Police officers, in our country, now have the highest suicide rate of any profession. As for our vets, 22 kill themselves each day. I have horrible depression and anxiety, and I bet it never turns off for these guys either. Thanks Andy.
I flew a hang glider not even close to being as dangerous. It was fun nonetheless, why? You find a thermal and turn in circles, you can climb up a mile with no work. Maybe there will be hawks to fly with. Where you go from there is unknown, I have ended up at a soccer match, golf course, even a wedding party and invited in. Hang gliding is underrated as a sport because it’s not very dangerous, but nature is full of surprises.
trillrif axegrindor I said “not near as dangerous as wing suit”, but it is dangerous.. it can be fairly safe if you follow ALL the rules you are taught in the training, same with flying small powered planes, similar fatality rates, eg JFK junior, was breaking many of the flying rules on his fatal flight
His explanation of the clearity of the flow state and your affinity to it once you've lived it is DEAD ON ACCURATE! Those moments force you to be hyper focused on only the task at hand. It rips the other periphery out of your mind and plants you in a moment that is much larger than your every day life! Once you're done and have survived the ordeal, the rest of your life gets the volume knob turned down in terms of significance of danger and hence level of stress. From experience that's what's addicting not the adrenaline! It's the mind space
I can relate to allot of what was said here, as a former 82nd airborne soldier with two active combat ribbons (2 bronze stars) Panama, and the gulf war (desert Storm) that left me seeking that clarity that he spoke of for the rest of my life. From one dangerous activity to the next. And also the jump master would make a speech prior to EVERY jump... If your main shoot fails to deploy, you have the rest of your military career to deploy your reserve.. that will put you in the (ZONE) EVERY TIME!!!! Anyone who has ever done a static line jump in the military has heard that saying as many times as they have jumps under their belt.
My first jump was a static-line at 6000ft, my chute twisted up bad and kept spinning tighter and tighter. The shit that was going through my head while I was trying to kick out of it was crazy, I was so close to pulling the reserve when it finally started to untwist. All that kicking around moved my harness a bit, when the chute filled I received the biggest hit to my nuts I've ever experienced! The 2nd jump was much smoother and far less terrifying :)
I've been riding motorcycles my whole life and it's my form of therapy. When I'm riding, the only thing I think about is what's going on around me at that given time. And when I get back from the ride I'm much calmer than I was before. The only time I've been in an accident was at low speed and was thinking about something else and not about my situational awareness in that moment. I've skydived a few times and after, was on an emotional high while also feeling extremely calm in the week that followed.
I think the reason for this extreme calm is that your psychological state is based not simply on the amount of neurotransmitters and other substances in your body (dopamine, serotonin, adrenaline, etc.), but on a comparison of the difference between your previous state and your current one. When you cause extreme stress to your system, you will feel super calm for a while afterwards because, well, whatever amount of stress you experience in your normal life is nothing by comparison. After a while, your baseline re-equilibrates and you revert to your old state where you are again more sensitive to stress. It works like that with everything. For example, after a cold plunge you will be walking in a t-shirt and enjoying yourself in weather that would normally give you the shivers. It feels mild and pleasant instead, based on the comparison to the extreme cold you experienced before. This is also why people feel like shit after using drugs. The drug causes an abnormal high and everything after feels horrible by comparison.
I went skydiving a couple years ago. I asked the guy if anyone has went splat here, he said never. A month later two women died jumping out of the same tiny rickety plane I jumped out of.
@Mad Dog Fifi - Forigen SF wouldn't know, dipshit. The US Military created the strongest SF in the world. Period. "Spetznaz" means all Special Forces in Russia. LOL You dont even know what you're talking about.
@Mad Dog Fifi I'm not sure where you get your information from sir, but I can tell you that you a wrong, from firsthand experience. I have had the privilege of serving as an operator and I am a combat veteran and I have the injuries and aches to prove it lol. These teams that you are talking about specialize in many different areas and certain teams are called upon depending on their area of expertise and the situation at hand. But, overall and across the board, the top two most respected, highly trained, and mission capable teams in the world are the US Navy Seal and the UK SAS. Everyone else is behind them, but a semi-close third is Russia's "Alpha Unit" or GRU. SPETSNAZ is just an umbrella term encompassing all of the Russian SF units. Any of these teams are very capable and I can assure you are only the laughing stock of the uneducated and inexperienced. Cheers.
As a dad that now has to homeschool his child and not work and being an adventure junky, I agree 100%. The focus and thought for an event does make you a better parent and partner. The clarity in focus, keeps it simple. You can see what is important now. KISS & WIN.
I had a operation once during said operation my heart stopped so for a moment theoretically I had died...Now I did came back pretty quickly and had zero problems after this near death experience...Lesson learned or experience taken from this event is I know longer sweat the little things and I’m a much better person communicator than I had ever been....Yes everything falls away and it’s very soothing ad comfortable....about it...It changes your thought pattern and choices about people all around you...It changes you...♥️🇦🇺
I'd never be so bold as to compare myself to this guy. He's obviously more accomplished and has been in more dangerous situations. But I can weigh in on how danger brings clarity. When I was in flight school, and would be planning or going up for a flight, it was like meditation (and I kept waiting for him to use that term). I could have had a fight with my girlfriend an hour before a flight and it was not resolved or we were still mad at each other, but when I was in the air absolutely nothing else mattered. I was so intensely focused that everything not immediately life threatening was completely stripped from my mind. And when I'd land and get back in my car and the adrenaline and super focus ebbed down, I would have a totally new mindset towards that fight with the gf. Everything that had happened before even just a 1 hour flight FELT like it had happened a week ago. And I'd be able to call my gf, or family or friend or whoever I was having the argument with and be totally reasonable and be able to defuse the situation and any anger or hurt I felt about it was totally gone and I was able to just resolve problems without any of the emotions or fear I may have had before that. I could be totally objective and cool and calm about that day-to-day-not-so-significant-bullshit...after having just flown an aircraft.
Yo! I didn't know other people put language to this like you have done so well! I'm practicing to believe that when resolving an issue, I should talk to people as if I knew they (or I) were going to die. What really doesn't matter fades away afterwards.
I totally identify with what he says about clarity of mind. Every time i made a skydiving jump from the moment of exiting the airplane to deploying the parachute ... there is absolutely nothing going on in my head other than what is happening in that moment. It is pure presence. I've often had the same experience riding motorcycles and bicycles to an extent. That release of all the bullchit in your head for that brief moment in time carriers for hours after. It is very refreshing in a weird way.
"Living in the moment" technically happens any time you do something dangerous that needs your undivided attention. Car racing, motorcycle riding, sky diving, parkour, hunting... You get the idea.
@@weeral1 we all have our fears. I personally would never go skydiving coz that scares me to death... But I had gone 160 mph on a motorcycle which is faster than free fall speeds that you get while skydiving.
I don’t think he’s simply talking about not worrying about things, I think he’s talking about a state of awareness when you can sense everything around you down to the clothes on your skin and hum of the Earth in your ears.
He made things sound like second nature. How much training is needed for a person to feel like this Ex-Seal? Damn thing is terrifying! Props. Mad Props.
I’m a skydiver. You have more odds of dying driving than skydiving. BASE jumping on the other hand is different. The reason why skydivers like Skydiving is the same reason pilots like flying airplanes. The pure sensation of flight. The advancement of Skydiving equipment is so advanced that most likely the way your going to die is because you fucked your landing up under a good canopy. Or you pulled your emergency handles out of sequence. We even have back up computer systems on board our skydiving equipment designed to deploy your reserve parachute Incase your unconscious for whatever reason.
nah I would say we are actually sick and tired of these paradoxical challenges life and society presents us with. So, we just want to smash our brains into the universe (not trying to hint at suicide or anything like that). How many of us are stressed , depressed, burnt out? I'm pretty sure most people want to throw a tantrum everyday, but they cant cause it's not acceptable thing to do as an adult. So we do things like skydiving, etc.
ive noticed this one thing when i play video games. if i stop playing a game for a while im really focused and good at it but the more i play it the more my skillset loses its sharpness.
Most people do this, the reasoning could be that after a while we start doing the same things in the game, versus trying the new moves or risk we apply when first starting or joining back. Our minds become used to the game and what it takes to play, we become less focused naturally and place more brainpower in other places such as thoughts on whats for dinner later etc. If you go back and play Black Ops, I am sure you would be a lot more focused on the moment because you are more excited for it than rather halfway through the games prime and endless hours of playtime.
Basically the more you play, you build a sort of roster in your head of available routes. Playing a game freshly, you would have all possibilities open. Say someone comes around a corner in a shooter, playing the game for a long time you will try a usual route such as drop shotting even if the situation didn't really call for it. In a fresh game you are doing whatever first comes to mind to work for the situation in front of you.
@@mrmurdog100 Exactly, after so long you just go into a sort of auto-pilot mode. If you are able enough to drive surely you have been on the highway before and realized you were mostly out of it the last thirty minutes but still drove fine, same premise I would say. Same with a job or anything else, its scary but if you get too comfortable in life or stagnant, it will pass you by in the fastest manner.
I would describe it as an intense focus, tunnel vision where in those instances the adrenaline causes your brain to focus on that one thing and it causes your synapses to fire quicker making things seem like they slow down and you see only what is in front of you.
New subscriber - just saw this video. Danger brings clarity, and it can be addictive as any other drug. When my team or boss get stressed out, I tell them life is good, no worries, no one is shooting at us, we get to go home and eat a meal tonight. Andy is spot on, too many folks worried about shit that they cannot control and doesn't matter in the larger view of life.
8:30 "Inventor of the wingsuit, died in first attempt"
A true Renaissance-Man
The second one they showed died testing his design for a parachute in front of a huge crowd
george burns I’ve actually seen that footage, he just drops like a stone. So brutal
Him massive steel balls weighed him down too much
Is it bad that when they pulled up the picture and description, I started laughing? Just the wording alone. It's like, "Creator of the first car, dies in car accident."
I DID a chill music video to film shots of the wing sky divers that died ..Respect to them .. Giving a 20 th Century meaning to Balls of Steel czcams.com/video/orksDEBfHys/video.html
Pro tip
If your parachute does not open, DO NOT worry! You will have the rest of your life to figure it out!
Plz explain.....dummy over here
@@benjamingonzalezjr7021 if u jump out of an airplane and u try to deploy your parachute and it doesn't open. You will have from that point until u hit the ground and die to figure it out. Thus you'll have the rest of your life to figure it out, even though the rest of your life will not be very long.
Haha....thx
@@benjamingonzalezjr7021 - bruh
LMAOOOO
I'll bring my mom to fold my parachute .
Don't want to take risks
Dont put that guilt on her. She will never forgive herself.
Chute
Ask her how to spell parachute too lil homie
Pussy
So much negativity in response to a sweet comment
the second guy to try jumping with a wing suit after the first guy died on his first try had major balls
justin shuttlesworth or stupid af
Had*
Raymond Hale thank you. im so glad youtube lets you edit comments lol
I think you kinda have to do what they tell you to do.... basically i dont think he had an option.
Justin Thompson who exactly is "they"
This guy is absolutely fascinating. One of Joe's best podcasts in recent weeks.
Agreed. I've watched every episode with him. Extremely intelligent and well-spoken individual with more knowledge and wisdom than men twice his age....
@@123jozef y
Just so you know, Andy Stumpf does have his own podcast. It's called "Cleared Hot" and it's as good as you would expect from him.
@@@Yog99504 thanks, I'm definitely checking it out. I like his...what would you call it....thoughtful honesty? There's no bullshit with him. It's refreshing
Why don't you marry him then?
"Most people who die skydiving die under perfectly functioning equipment."
That isn't comforting.
I'm human.
I make poor decisions all the time.
Right? I can't trust myself to make the right decision...no way
If I jump off a plane, due to my fear of heights, I would pass out.
@@africaart - Right? I don't know what would happen to me but it wouldn't be good, that, I'm sure of. I'll stay on the ground...
I know right
Jump with an experienced diver. They can deploy your parachute for you thus saving you. If you pass out of course they wont deploy your chute right after you jump out the plane. Plus the tips they have can save your life. You have to approach it like a boyscout if getting it right the first time is not your priority then this is not for you.
@3:40
"If you can fold a tshirt, you can fold a parachute".
So most people can't fold parachutes.
so what your saying is woman can only fold a parachute
Exactly what I was thinking. I was just telling a friend of mine the other day that I would never trust myself packing my shoot. But I would be willing to jump if someone else did it. LMFAO!
@@barefooterin2817 chute
@@VeryMurica Chute. Indeed. Ha ha! I was probably using speak to text and never thought to check that.
@Ordonity have you ever done DMT and went wingsuit base jumping? That would be fucking insane lol
This is gold. He just helped me understand my life after/outside of combat experiences. He just clarified why I think and feel the way I do. Thanks!
Yip, sometimes you gotta just turn that PlayStation off..
@g_Nelly
Yeah I know right. After Iraq I did a lot of fucking stupid crazy shit. Just to fucking feel something.
Chris Delagarza Roger
tf 😂😂😂
@108johnny shutuuuup
Joe, your navy seal guest was so enthralling and entertaining I went over my 30 min lunch..!! Thanks bro
Can't agree with Andy more!!! The clarity that comes after putting yourself is tough and dangerous situations is like nothing else!
@Mad Dog Fifi What? Damn it now I have to figure out a new life philosophy!! Thought a backwards hat would have done the trick...
@@mementomoriexplores Try wearing it sideways, worked for me.
It's called "adrenaline"
Same for me
I was eating a Johnny rockets this weekend when czcams.com/video/6oMBgBQRJt0/video.html I felt that clarity I would not wish for agian but I was good to clear your mind.
"Everyone involved in the creation of this wingsuit is dead?"
"Yeah, but it's improved."
Do they explode on contact now?
"Oh that guys dead for sure!"
And then you see the picture...😂😂😂😂😂😂
rwest1833_MGTOW 🤣🤣🤣💥💥💪🏼
@@mercurygirl6897 lmao...I'm not laughing at the guys death...he had balls of steel....but the way the guy said oh hes dead and then you see that picture...I literally laughed for a good minute
🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀
I almost pissed my pants
rwest1833_MGTOW I’m laughing but because you have MGTOW in your username
The second guy died trying to show off his design and tested himself instead of using a dummy or dumbass person so he put it in himself and jumped to his death in front of a crowd trying to prove that it would work ,,, it didn’t work
You know what they say. "If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is NOT for you."
7:30 I dont think ive laughed harder at something so morbid when he says that guys dead for sure
Same dude. I literally busted out in laughter lmao
"ctrl+alt+del your hard drive"
This guy knows his computers
Someone should tell him how to alt+f4 it. Less keys dude.
Was about to comment something like this.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
ctrl+alt+del originally was used to reboot a computer
yeah, that didn't make any sense
since it restarts your computer, and has nothing to do with your hard drive
it's the operating system that you restart
I like this guy. No drama, no exaggeration, just honesty and the facts.
B - building
A - antenna
S - span
E - earth
I never knew.
Same
What’s a Span?
Literally same
Same here man. Learn something new every day
That's 1000% a backronym
Your description of "clarity of thought" and "being in the moment" is what I consider to be a Zen experience.
Well done.
"People live their lives reminiscing about the past or dreaming about the future. Only when they absolutely are in fear for their lives are they at NOW." - Charles Manson
Lol
What a quote....
Dude was bat shit crazy, but he made some good points lmao
@@SteveSmith-ze5mw It's a damned shame how often that happens. "Work makes you free", right? 😖
@@frankfedison5203 That's correct.....now, GO TO GULAG!
This dude is awesome. True American hero. One of my favorite JRE guests so far.
Joe “Should I do DMT and try a wing suit” Rogan.
Assault Avocado not at the same time!
You love him.
Pfff you wouldn’t even know your falling. You would just be looking at the elves lol
Steve Padgett CC’d renewer👩👧🏫p
420th like eyyyy
Dude one: "How far can l fly with this suit?"
Dude two: "All the way to the crash site"
Wow you took the joke that's as old as planes, that goes how far can I glide in a plane without an engine? All the way to the crash site. Clever man, clever.
Andy nailed it. Mushin is the best feeling that exists. Hitting that state of flow brings clarity, meaning, perspective. Awesome clip.
By far and away, for me, your interviews with Andy Stumpf and Mark Lait are my absolute favorites. You two guys had me screaming with laughter here, as well as listening so intently. When Joe shouts, "Jeeziz Christ, Andy" ... I lost it! BAAAH!
I was in the 82nd Airborne Division and I have never heard it explained so perfect. Then when you can’t do those things anymore it is hard to replace those feelings in the civilian world. Even after many years have passed I still crave that clarity and I believe it will always be with me.
During my time as a german paratrooper a deadly accident happend because the automatic first parachute didn't deploy (it was cut by a sharp edge on the plane). So the soldier tried to open the reserve but because the height was to low (like 250-300m at jump) there was not enough time. The medic told us that the reserve parachute was open but had not enough time to fill with air. So our buddy died. It was in Oktober 2000 I think. Rest in peace! Glück ab from Germany!
ive heard about people being decapitated from their own lines jumping
That little moment he speaks on of pure clarity.. Thats how you should live every waking moment.. To be present
Really depicts skydiving for me. Clears your head in a "this is dangerous" sense, makes you focus on what you are doing and detach from other worries in life you might have.
I know that feeling of "nothing else matters right now" leading to a sense of clarity. I get the same thing from my job and it really helps. I think it's very similar to what Radiohead describes in Subterranean Homesick Alien, where the protagonist wishes to see the world and how insignificant everyone's issues are from above instead of being uptight all the time.
I feel like any simple physical activity accomplishes the same thing, to a lesser degree of course. There is a large segment of the population that literally do not do any physical activity at all...
I was thinking something along the same lines... anything where you have to push yourself and focus. But obviously the level to which you are thrust into 'you must focus' mode, must be other wordly for something like wing suit/base/solo jumping.
There is that - endorphins work to a degree - but there's nothing like endorphins + a major surge of adrenaline in a focused environment. It really does CTRL+ALT+DEL as Andy says, and can positively affect every aspect of your life
Sports in general does that once you get in the zone
One of the best episodes in JRE I've seen so far. Brilliant.
This was a nice discussion of Zen, my duders. I appreciate these discussions, Joe and Andy. I relate to a lot of these topics.
I love this guy and can relate 100 percent. This is why I love high elevation backpacking, and long distance road biking, and snowboarding. You are just focused at the task at hand, all the other bullshit it the world floats away. And its also fun.
You are the most alive, when you are almost dead.
1:00 "The vast majority of people who die skydiving, they kill themselves; they make a poor decision." Like jumping out of a perfectly good airplane.
Lol but as skydiver. Safety first you know. Sometimes fun gets in the way :/
Great guest Joe! could listen to you and Andy all day long, keep up the great videos, cheers.
Joe prevent civil war with shrooms Rogan
Lol. I was just about to write "Meditation" down and candle concentration exercise when he spoke about hearing Transcendental Meditation was as similar as that zeroing in experience.
I’ve always tried to explain why to this day, I’d rather be back in the sandbox as EOD on one of my 5 deployments, rather than in the civilian realm with bills and obligations. He just explained it perfectly.
I like his message of clarity of mind, I have found that getting sober has improved my mental clarity and surfing is a block to head noise :)
Andy seems like an extremely "wound up" dude. This makes me even more respectful and appreciative for his service. As to date: Police officers, in our country, now have the highest suicide rate of any profession. As for our vets, 22 kill themselves each day. I have horrible depression and anxiety, and I bet it never turns off for these guys either. Thanks Andy.
One of the best interviews you have done in years!!!!! This guy is absolutly right!!!!
Clarity...best word to discribe that feeling. Time is different in that state.
This SEAL has my respect. I was. FMF corpsman in the Navy in 2002. I would always be in awe when running Into a SEAL. These guys are true badasses
I totally agree with the logic of danger bringing clarity. Thanks
I flew a hang glider not even close to being as dangerous. It was fun nonetheless, why? You find a thermal and turn in circles, you can climb up a mile with no work. Maybe there will be hawks to fly with. Where you go from there is unknown, I have ended up at a soccer match, golf course, even a wedding party and invited in. Hang gliding is underrated as a sport because it’s not very dangerous, but nature is full of surprises.
Cool!
Lost my friend to a hang gliding incident. Have never lost a friend to skydiving. Been doing em for decades. Take from that what you will
it isnt dangerous? wow,i think you are a badass.......flying a hang glider could certainly be taken as something dangerous
trillrif axegrindor I said “not near as dangerous as wing suit”, but it is dangerous.. it can be fairly safe if you follow ALL the rules you are taught in the training, same with flying small powered planes, similar fatality rates, eg JFK junior, was breaking many of the flying rules on his fatal flight
fuck yes
Thanks for making it clear! I’ll never skydive!!!
😃
His explanation of the clearity of the flow state and your affinity to it once you've lived it is DEAD ON ACCURATE! Those moments force you to be hyper focused on only the task at hand. It rips the other periphery out of your mind and plants you in a moment that is much larger than your every day life! Once you're done and have survived the ordeal, the rest of your life gets the volume knob turned down in terms of significance of danger and hence level of stress. From experience that's what's addicting not the adrenaline! It's the mind space
I can relate to allot of what was said here, as a former 82nd airborne soldier with two active combat ribbons (2 bronze stars) Panama, and the gulf war (desert Storm) that left me seeking that clarity that he spoke of for the rest of my life. From one dangerous activity to the next. And also the jump master would make a speech prior to EVERY jump... If your main shoot fails to deploy, you have the rest of your military career to deploy your reserve.. that will put you in the (ZONE) EVERY TIME!!!! Anyone who has ever done a static line jump in the military has heard that saying as many times as they have jumps under their belt.
Airborne, sir @andystumf ... Loved Jumping
My first jump was a static-line at 6000ft, my chute twisted up bad and kept spinning tighter and tighter.
The shit that was going through my head while I was trying to kick out of it was crazy, I was so close to pulling the reserve when it finally started to untwist.
All that kicking around moved my harness a bit, when the chute filled I received the biggest hit to my nuts I've ever experienced!
The 2nd jump was much smoother and far less terrifying :)
The fact that it didn't scare you shows you still got balls.
Wow, the headspace you described just before jumping is just how I feel when I am doing CPR.
Great Joe Rogan Experience with Andy Stumpf!
I've been riding motorcycles my whole life and it's my form of therapy. When I'm riding, the only thing I think about is what's going on around me at that given time. And when I get back from the ride I'm much calmer than I was before. The only time I've been in an accident was at low speed and was thinking about something else and not about my situational awareness in that moment. I've skydived a few times and after, was on an emotional high while also feeling extremely calm in the week that followed.
I think the reason for this extreme calm is that your psychological state is based not simply on the amount of neurotransmitters and other substances in your body (dopamine, serotonin, adrenaline, etc.), but on a comparison of the difference between your previous state and your current one. When you cause extreme stress to your system, you will feel super calm for a while afterwards because, well, whatever amount of stress you experience in your normal life is nothing by comparison. After a while, your baseline re-equilibrates and you revert to your old state where you are again more sensitive to stress.
It works like that with everything. For example, after a cold plunge you will be walking in a t-shirt and enjoying yourself in weather that would normally give you the shivers. It feels mild and pleasant instead, based on the comparison to the extreme cold you experienced before.
This is also why people feel like shit after using drugs. The drug causes an abnormal high and everything after feels horrible by comparison.
As someone who meditates and is an adrenaline enthusiast, this guy will help me bring those groups of people together
That’s amazing, clarity from silence and focus but without meditation.
1 of the best interview i've heard from Joe Rogan
He said 7 times! He said 7 times! Well I'm not sky diving!
I went skydiving a couple years ago. I asked the guy if anyone has went splat here, he said never. A month later two women died jumping out of the same tiny rickety plane I jumped out of.
There were several hundred thousand recorded skydives in America in 2018. Only 18 died and all of them were ruled as human error.
I only have 300 skydives under my belt in 4 years and I have had 2 main malfunctions. It is not a huge deal.
I've been in crises a few times in my life, I know the feeling, and it can be freeing. I think its why people like post-apocalyptic shows and ideas.
Great description that is something i can relate to , sometimes in life you need to detach and that will make you reassess what you think is important
You can skydive without a parachute; but you can’t do it twice 😂😂😂
“...adrenaline enthusiast!”-love it!
All navy seals are badass
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Mad Dog Fifi loved the input, armchair analyst.
@Mad Dog Fifi Easy for you to dis` these men from your keyboard,troll.
@Mad Dog Fifi - Forigen SF wouldn't know, dipshit. The US Military created the strongest SF in the world. Period.
"Spetznaz" means all Special Forces in Russia. LOL You dont even know what you're talking about.
@Mad Dog Fifi I'm not sure where you get your information from sir, but I can tell you that you a wrong, from firsthand experience. I have had the privilege of serving as an operator and I am a combat veteran and I have the injuries and aches to prove it lol. These teams that you are talking about specialize in many different areas and certain teams are called upon depending on their area of expertise and the situation at hand. But, overall and across the board, the top two most respected, highly trained, and mission capable teams in the world are the US Navy Seal and the UK SAS. Everyone else is behind them, but a semi-close third is Russia's "Alpha Unit" or GRU. SPETSNAZ is just an umbrella term encompassing all of the Russian SF units. Any of these teams are very capable and I can assure you are only the laughing stock of the uneducated and inexperienced. Cheers.
As a dad that now has to homeschool his child and not work and being an adventure junky, I agree 100%. The focus and thought for an event does make you a better parent and partner.
The clarity in focus, keeps it simple.
You can see what is important now.
KISS & WIN.
I had a operation once during said operation my heart stopped so for a moment theoretically I had died...Now I did came back pretty quickly and had zero problems after this near death experience...Lesson learned or experience taken from this event is I know longer sweat the little things and I’m a much better person communicator than I had ever been....Yes everything falls away and it’s very soothing ad comfortable....about it...It changes your thought pattern and choices about people all around you...It changes you...♥️🇦🇺
@5:39
That's what she said.
Hahaaa
I'd never be so bold as to compare myself to this guy. He's obviously more accomplished and has been in more dangerous situations.
But I can weigh in on how danger brings clarity. When I was in flight school, and would be planning or going up for a flight, it was like meditation (and I kept waiting for him to use that term). I could have had a fight with my girlfriend an hour before a flight and it was not resolved or we were still mad at each other, but when I was in the air absolutely nothing else mattered. I was so intensely focused that everything not immediately life threatening was completely stripped from my mind.
And when I'd land and get back in my car and the adrenaline and super focus ebbed down, I would have a totally new mindset towards that fight with the gf. Everything that had happened before even just a 1 hour flight FELT like it had happened a week ago. And I'd be able to call my gf, or family or friend or whoever I was having the argument with and be totally reasonable and be able to defuse the situation and any anger or hurt I felt about it was totally gone and I was able to just resolve problems without any of the emotions or fear I may have had before that. I could be totally objective and cool and calm about that day-to-day-not-so-significant-bullshit...after having just flown an aircraft.
When you stare death in the face it gives you a new perspective on life. it’s terrifyingly amazing
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Yo! I didn't know other people put language to this like you have done so well! I'm practicing to believe that when resolving an issue, I should talk to people as if I knew they (or I) were going to die. What really doesn't matter fades away afterwards.
There's a difference between wartime talk and dinner table talk.
IDK man I fly but I'm not this paranoid about crashing. To me it's easier than driving.
I totally identify with what he says about clarity of mind. Every time i made a skydiving jump from the moment of exiting the airplane to deploying the parachute ... there is absolutely nothing going on in my head other than what is happening in that moment. It is pure presence. I've often had the same experience riding motorcycles and bicycles to an extent. That release of all the bullchit in your head for that brief moment in time carriers for hours after. It is very refreshing in a weird way.
7:55 Poor dude.
He like "check me out! I'm going to catch wind!!!" 🤣
I'm sorry omg
Andy's a great dude. I don't want to read the headline -
"Andy Stumpf's Wingsuit Malfunctions
And He Hits A Stump"
well done.
Not impressed Jo-Po.
Your creativity is lacking.
*Someone call Jo-Pos Mom to the comments..*
The stump, unfortunately, did not survive the impact.
Andy repaired his broken shoulder on spot and walked it off to his car.
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*badumtss*
"Living in the moment" technically happens any time you do something dangerous that needs your undivided attention. Car racing, motorcycle riding, sky diving, parkour, hunting... You get the idea.
True.. but you have to admit there must be a whole new level to an activity that makes sure you have a black "Pee" ring.
@@weeral1 we all have our fears. I personally would never go skydiving coz that scares me to death... But I had gone 160 mph on a motorcycle which is faster than free fall speeds that you get while skydiving.
NotMe, True story.
GREAT conversation it really applies to all aspects of everyday life!!
So true! The clarity of the moment...
I got that feeling when I rode a motorcycle for the first time.
I don’t think he’s simply talking about not worrying about things, I think he’s talking about a state of awareness when you can sense everything around you down to the clothes on your skin and hum of the Earth in your ears.
Rogan's reaction to the 7 failures is f'n priceless!!
I'm Too Damn Old To Be Giggling When Somebody Says Something Like "It's Designed To Take Alot Of Load" But LMFAOOOO
“With fun, there are consequences” .... yep ... just like motorcycling ... 🤘🏻
He made things sound like second nature.
How much training is needed for a person to feel like this Ex-Seal?
Damn thing is terrifying!
Props. Mad Props.
Man there’s honestly no better feeling that having a near death experience. The week after mine was the happiest I ever been in my life
When this guy starts talking about his motivation being clarity, I start thinking man I'm glad I can meditate.
Wow thats a super respectful way of saying "Darwinism" and "play stupid games win stupid prizes"
How so?
If you consider winning at Darwinism being a fat loser who never took a risk for fear of dying, then yeah.
I don't think we are growing wings anytime soon, so I'm inclined to agree.
I’m a skydiver. You have more odds of dying driving than skydiving. BASE jumping on the other hand is different. The reason why skydivers like Skydiving is the same reason pilots like flying airplanes. The pure sensation of flight. The advancement of Skydiving equipment is so advanced that most likely the way your going to die is because you fucked your landing up under a good canopy. Or you pulled your emergency handles out of sequence. We even have back up computer systems on board our skydiving equipment designed to deploy your reserve parachute Incase your unconscious for whatever reason.
nah I would say we are actually sick and tired of these paradoxical challenges life and society presents us with. So, we just want to smash our brains into the universe (not trying to hint at suicide or anything like that). How many of us are stressed , depressed, burnt out? I'm pretty sure most people want to throw a tantrum everyday, but they cant cause it's not acceptable thing to do as an adult. So we do things like skydiving, etc.
"If you can fold a t-shirt, you can fold a parachute"
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Well, I'm screwed...
Absolutely appreciate this view on life that Andy has.
2:50-3:05 hahaha I love Joe's reaction.
The reason for the absolute clarity is absolute necessity. Priority # 1: The sunrise.
2:54 LMAO great reaction! (same as mine)
Bahahaha
Same for 3:13 and 3:40...and 3:52 and 9:11. Forgot that. This whole video is filled with those classic reactions!
I lol'd so hard. Then I replayed it about 5 times. 🤣
Joe’s face after the guy says the amount of failures 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
"Oh that guys dead. For sure." 😂😂😂
the 83 dislikes are faulty parachutes
ive noticed this one thing when i play video games. if i stop playing a game for a while im really focused and good at it but the more i play it the more my skillset loses its sharpness.
Most people do this, the reasoning could be that after a while we start doing the same things in the game, versus trying the new moves or risk we apply when first starting or joining back. Our minds become used to the game and what it takes to play, we become less focused naturally and place more brainpower in other places such as thoughts on whats for dinner later etc. If you go back and play Black Ops, I am sure you would be a lot more focused on the moment because you are more excited for it than rather halfway through the games prime and endless hours of playtime.
Basically the more you play, you build a sort of roster in your head of available routes. Playing a game freshly, you would have all possibilities open. Say someone comes around a corner in a shooter, playing the game for a long time you will try a usual route such as drop shotting even if the situation didn't really call for it. In a fresh game you are doing whatever first comes to mind to work for the situation in front of you.
@@imuuri might be the reason they say take a break while studying once in a while.
@@mrmurdog100 Exactly, after so long you just go into a sort of auto-pilot mode. If you are able enough to drive surely you have been on the highway before and realized you were mostly out of it the last thirty minutes but still drove fine, same premise I would say. Same with a job or anything else, its scary but if you get too comfortable in life or stagnant, it will pass you by in the fastest manner.
I could listen to these 2 talk forever.
Andy's "weening" process is absolutely accurate and philosophically makes the most sense to do. I would advocate anyone to try and use those methods.
11:54 i’ve heard you can get the same headspace with dabs bro less dangerous haha 🛫
I would describe it as an intense focus, tunnel vision where in those instances the adrenaline causes your brain to focus on that one thing and it causes your synapses to fire quicker making things seem like they slow down and you see only what is in front of you.
derealization
Been there. Great description.
this guy is so interesting to listen to. Could happily hear him talk all day.
New subscriber - just saw this video. Danger brings clarity, and it can be addictive as any other drug. When my team or boss get stressed out, I tell them life is good, no worries, no one is shooting at us, we get to go home and eat a meal tonight. Andy is spot on, too many folks worried about shit that they cannot control and doesn't matter in the larger view of life.
Honor to a modern hero “alright settle down”
“He’s also dead” 😂
TheBaller Whats so funny?
Eduardo Espinoza it’s ironic look up the word pal
TheBaller Donald Trump for next president 2020!
TheBaller Well im not ironic.
TheBaller War has always existed.
That last volume analogy makes so much sense.
Fascinating. Thank you.