Snapshot · Huberman Lab
Andy Stumpf had accumulated approximately 3,000 skydives before putting on a wingsuit for the first time, illustrating the enormous experience base required for safe wingsuit flying.
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Huberman asks the question on every listener's mind: why would anyone do this? Stumpf answers with technical precision and enthusiasm. A wingsuit is not a squirrel suit — 'Squirrel' is actually a manufacturer. The suit is a human body turned into a nylon wing, ram-air inflated: two fabric layers with ribbed chambers that pressurize as airspeed builds, exactly like a parachute canopy. Skydiving itself is covered in detail: tandem jumps as an entry point, the option of commercial wind tunnels for a no-parachute sensation of flight, the difference between belly-to-earth and vertical or head-down orientations, and the sheer scale of world record formation jumps with hundreds of people linking up in freefall. Stumpf notes he averaged 6–8 jumps a day in San Diego and once completed 30 in a single day at a 'boogie' event. The key safety point: he had approximately 3,000 jumps before his first wingsuit. He recommends at minimum 200 for civilians. The two-parachute system — main packed by the jumper, reserve packed by an FAA rigger — is explained alongside automatic activation devices, which have documented hundreds of saves.
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