Your comment reminded me of something I saw in grade-school that was probably the biggest inspiration in sticking with USASA (Red Bull is a long-time sponsor) for so long.

Red Bull Stratos: 'A high altitude skydiving project'

- Baumgartner flew approximately 39 kilometres (24 mi) into the stratosphere over New Mexico, United States, in a helium balloon before free falling in a pressure suit and then parachuting to Earth.

- Baumgartner broke the unofficial record for the highest manned balloon flight of 37,640 m (123,491 ft)

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHtvDA0W34I&t=3s

Interestingly enough: Alan Eustace, a former SVP of Engineering at Google surpassed that record (2) years later (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Eustace)

- On October 24, 2014, he made a free-fall jump from the stratosphere, breaking Felix Baumgartner's world record.

- The jump was from 135,890 feet (41.42 km) and lasted 15 minutes, an altitude record that stands as of 2023

(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Bull_Stratos (2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Eustace