Jumping 25,000 Feet Without a Parachute

Record fall...

Luke Aikins jumped to a new record without a parachute last weekend.

Skydiving is pretty terrifying on its own, even when you take into account necessary safety precautions, Carl Velocci reports on gizmodo.com.

But what if you were to jump from an airplane without a parachute? 

On Saturday, Luke Aikins successfully fell 25,000 feet from a plane with nothing on him but a GPS, a camera, a communication device, and an oxygen mask, which was removed and handed to one of the three parachuted assistants at around 18,000 feet. Without a wingsuit or a parachute, he landed just a couple minutes later safely on a 10,000-square-foot net, Velocci wrote.

For photos of Aikins' record jump: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3716528/The-Latest-Skydiver-wear-chute-aims-not-use-it.html

For a video of the jump: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qF_fzEI4wU

Photo: gizmodo.com.