UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Supersonic skydiver Felix Baumgartner wants to teach UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon how to skydive.
Baumgartner made the offer Tuesday during a photo opportunity where the UN chief spoke admiringly of Baumgartner’s death-defying leap last week from a balloon 24 miles (39 kilometers) above the Earth, breaking the sound barrier and setting a world record.
When Ban said that he had never skydived, the Austrian offered up his services.
“Here’s your chance, I’ll teach you to skydive,” Baumgartner said.
While Ban looked less-than-enthusiastic about the skydiving lesson, he did call Baumgartner “the most courageous person in the world.”
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Ban’s spokesman, Martin Nesirky, told reporters that while the secretary-general usually deals with weighty issues involving conflicts and wars, he also thinks it is important to engage other parts of society.
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