All About the Guy Who Nailed That Surprise Record: Alan Eustace is an interesting flavor of adventurer: part logistician, part scientist, part dreamer, part daredevil. If Iron Man had a real-world counterpart, it would certainly be Alan. We all remember the day in 2014 that he quietly beat out Felix Baumgartner’s much-ballyhooed Red Bull Stratos jump for sheer altitude -- and we all remember wondering who, exactly, he was, having seemingly popped out on the tip-top of the skydiving scene out of near-nowhere. So -- let’s address that, shall we?
