Ueli Gegenschatz takes flight just about every way a human can

Wingsuit jumping is the leading edge of extreme sports — an exhilarating feat of almost unbelievable daring, where skydivers soar through canyons at over 100MPH. Ueli Gegenschatz talks about how (and why) he does it, and shows jawdropping film.

Ueli Gegenschatz takes flight just about every way a human can: paragliding, skydiving, BASE jumping (from the Eiffel Tower), and most breathtakingly: by donning a wingsuit and soaring.

Ueli Gegenschatz is known for his expert paragliding, skydiving and BASE jumping — and his utterly jawdropping flight in a wingsuit, a high-tech flying-squirrel-inspired getup that lets him soar as close as humanly possible to our shared dream of flight. His “addiction to speed” is inspiring and a little bit nutty, but his preparation for each jump is very serious (his online biography lists his professions as “aerialist / insurance and precaution advisor”).