One wrong move, one error of judgment, would cause calamity.ĭAISHER: We’re basically trying to take the sports that we do to the next level. They then criss-cross each other’s paths as the Earth hurtles towards them. In one episode of his web series called Miles Above, Miles and his teammates jump from a plane in wingsuits. HOFFMAN: It’s not just his own abilities that Miles needs to have absolute trust in, but those of his jump partners. Sometimes it’s good to just back away from jumps. That’s what made you survive your whole life until now. If you’ve got a bad gut feeling about something, that gut feeling got you here. He knows that hubris can lead to a downfall that could be literally deadly.ĭAISHER: When you’re flying a parachute, you’re just dust in the wind. But unlike the ancient greek tale of Icarus, Miles is humble when it comes to his own knowledge. HOFFMAN: Miles has done over 8,500 skydives and 5,000 BASE jumps. I’m ready to do this.” That’s pretty much all we think about when we drive around tall objects: “We could jump off of it.
We’re all a little hungry and just kind of running around like, “I want to jump off this. In fact, his idea of an early morning pick-me-up is to climb to the top of a really high place… and then leap right off it.ĭAISHER: In our sport, we’re all a little type A. REID HOFFMAN: I hope you’ve had your coffee today. Just keep the nose up,” – and skip, skip, skip, skip – “Yeah.” My name is Miles Daisher, I’m a professional parachutist, Eagle Scout, BASE jumper, and friend of the community. Coming in about to touch the water going, “It’s too fast. I’ve landed a skyak in front of about 60,000 people in Pittsburgh once, doing about 65, 70 miles an hour.
MILES DAISHER : It’s a new sport called skyaking.
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