The Art of Excellence

“The Birdman” Jeb Corliss: Fearless BASE Jumper


Listen Later

Jeb is one of the world’s best known BASE-jumpers and wingsuit pilots. He has made more than 1,000 jumps including the Eiffel Tower, the Golden Gate Bridge and Angel falls to name a few.  He is featured in a documentary called Fearless: The Jeb Corliss Story.

 

Some interesting insights from this episode: 

  • Learn how he was diagnosed with counterphobia at an early age which made him want to confront his fears head on. 
  • “The only limits on you are the ones you place upon yourself.” 
  • Base-jumping saved him from a life of depression. It was the first time he truly felt happy. 
  • Getting over fear is like building muscle. You have to slowly build up a tolerance for fear so you can eventually do terrifying things. 
  • Hear about one of the most terrifying jumps he’s ever done. 
  • Hear how he was able to survive an “unsurvivable” crash. 
  • It took years of suffering following a near-death accident to one day allow him to derive more pleasure from the simple things in life than jumping off any mountain.

 

 

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The Art of ExcellenceBy Glenn Zweig

  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8

4.8

65 ratings


More shows like The Art of Excellence

View all
Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney by ESPN, Buster Olney

Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney

4,129 Listeners

The Bill Simmons Podcast by The Ringer

The Bill Simmons Podcast

30,136 Listeners

Pivot by New York Magazine

Pivot

9,202 Listeners

Backstage Pass Podcast by GDA Speakers

Backstage Pass Podcast

5 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

111,917 Listeners

SmartLess by Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett

SmartLess

57,990 Listeners

Huberman Lab by Scicomm Media

Huberman Lab

28,473 Listeners

The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

The Ezra Klein Show

15,321 Listeners

Against The Odds by Wondery

Against The Odds

7,746 Listeners