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#13 Flynn Chisholm | 😨 He Jumps 40m Cliffs at 105km/h—One Mistake Could Kill Him

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😨 Flynn Chisholm jumps from cliffs as high as 40 metres, hitting the water at approximately 105 km/h.

From the outside, @fizzysends can appear almost fearless. But Flynn says that even after jumping several times a week for the past two years, he still regularly stands at the top and admits: ā€œBro, I’m shitting myself right now.ā€

Then he jumps anyway.

In this episode, Flynn reveals the reality behind death diving—the preparation, fear, pressure and consequences that people don’t see in a short social-media clip. He shares how one impact permanently damaged the sight in his right eye and describes witnessing another jumper lose consciousness and begin sinking after a failed jump from 22 metres.

Flynn also completed 4,110 pull-ups in approximately 14 hours while attempting to break the New Zealand 24-hour record. To prepare, he trained for up to five hours a day and completed as many as 3,000 pull-ups a week.

We also talk about speed climbing, running from Tauranga to Rotorua with no specific training, building an online following, travelling internationally, working ordinary jobs between adventures, faith, discipline, and the influence of his hardworking family.

If you’re interested in extreme sport, fear, discipline, calculated risk or discovering what sits behind an extraordinary social-media clip, there’s plenty in this one.

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