Working in the plush office at mountain-view, CA this Google SVP at 57 did something that made the world stop and salute! He took a balloon upto the stratosphere and then jumped from there, oh I forgot, the balloon was made by folks in Tata Institute of Fundamental Research's Balloon Facility (TIFR) in Hyderabad. While coming down, he broke the sound barrier and the highest jump record too. No big deal! Or is it?
“Status quos are made to be broken.”
― Ray Davis
They say fifties is the age when you start thinking of what to gift to your grandchildren, it's the age when you look at the photographs of high school and college where you had a six pack, which now has shrivelled. Fifties is that age when you lay back and take life easy, you're on the verge of retiring. Well there are some people who are just born to overthrow the status quo.
After learning about this man's feat, I certainly have put this in my bucket list!
Kudos Alan Eustace!
