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Long fall

39 km

Felix Baumgartner's jump from 39 km up.

Run 39 km. The height of the jump, laid on the ground.

It stands on
Barclay's walk
Joseph Kittinger stepping out of a balloon gondola 31 km above the Earth, 1960.
Joseph Kittinger's jump from Excelsior III, 1960. Photo: US Air Force. Public domain.

What it takes

Before you go.

Recommended first
Barclay's walk
Weekly distance
About 39 km of running a week on average over 6 weeks
Long run
22 km, at least once in the last 6 weeks. Finishing Barclay's walk counts
Taper
An easier week before the event week

The story

In 2012 Felix Baumgartner jumped from 39 km above New Mexico. The record was ratified at 38,969 m. Source: FAI.

The ladder

  1. 5 km
  2. Forager's day
  3. First flight
  4. Mawson's last miles
  5. 10 km
  6. Gold march
  7. Hunter's day
  8. Nut grove
  9. Twelve-miler
  10. Wallace's Line
  11. Wildebeest's day
  12. Half Marathon
  13. Toutle avalanche
  14. Roland's pass
  15. Olympus Mons
  16. Dawes's ride
  17. Laki fissure
  18. Royal Road
  19. Legion's march
  20. Persistence hunt
  21. Norwegian thirty
  22. Chalk Gate
  23. Racing the horses
  24. Rim to rim
  25. Barclay's walk
  26. Long fall