Daredevil in a Wingsuit Plunges 6,000 Feet Off Hot Air Balloon

 By 
Brian Koerber
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Daredevil in a Wingsuit Plunges 6,000 Feet Off Hot Air Balloon
Credit: GoPro

No matter how many times you've taken the plunge with a parachute strapped to your back, sometimes you still get cold feet.

"I've done this a million times ... just jump," Matthew Barrientos tells himself as he stands anxiously in his wingsuit. The scene was eerily calm considering Barrientos was standing on a plank hanging off the side of a hot air balloon floating a cool 6,000 feet in the air.

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