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Early morning call at 7 am at the hotel in Yuba City...I am not a morning person.
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Classroom for 2 hours. Deputy Commander, Tom Bowen, is telling me everything about hypoxia, suit technology and physiology
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Getting dressed for pre-breathing
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Leak-check on the suit and the helmet
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Now I have to pre-breath for almost an hour to get rid of the nitrogen in my system
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...paperwork like pretty much everywhere in the world of aviation
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Last check at the pressure chamber before we are going up to a 130 thousand feet!!
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The team of course controls everything from the outside.
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...and the film crew is watching it.
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I also took the chance to capture one moment from inside the chamber
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...mission completed! Everybody was happy and we learned a lot today. Trust me, my body was telling me that humans were not made to be at 130,000 feet. It hurts and I really had to tough it out! But it will get better every time we go back into that chamber.
This is Felix Baumgartner, stand by...
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Be careful... you mean a lot to me.
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