Marc Hauser (skydiver)

Hauser is the founder of speed tracking, a form of skydiving. The goal of the discipline is to achieve the fastest forward speed possible in free fall relative to the ground.

Hauser gained his first experience skydiving at the age of 18. At the age of 35 he received specialized training from Thomas Naef and Rolf Kuratle, two members of the Babylon Freefall Skydiving team, in Skydive Empuriabrava (Empuriabrava, Spain).

He completed his first speed tracking attempt in 2009. In October 2012, Hauser set the world record for the fastest horizontal free fall in Empuriabrava, Spain.{{cite web|url=http://forums.watchuseek.com/f2/twofold-focus-speed-formex-760324-print.html|title=Twofold focus on speed at Formex|date=October 10, 2012|accessdate=December 5, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.formexwatch.com/formex/sponsoring/speed-tracking|title=World Record! Speed record in skydiving with Marc Hauser|accessdate=December 5, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208003605/http://www.formexwatch.com/formex/sponsoring/speed-tracking|archivedate=December 8, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bielertagblatt.ch/nachrichten/unterhaltung/geschwindigkeits-weltrekord-im-fallschirmspringen|title=Geschwindigkeits-Weltrekord im Fallschirmspringen|date=October 9, 2012|accessdate=December 5, 2014}} Hauser did not use specialized equipment to accelerate his speed.

Marc Hauser is also the first human ever to perform a free fall jump into the jet stream near Forbes, New South Wales, Australia, on 30 June 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/more-than-just-a-world-first-for-skydiving-z57kvwswl|title=More than just a world first for skydiving|date=November 30, 2018|access-date=December 26, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzz.ch/panorama/marc-haussers-grosser-sprung-ld.1399949|title=Marc Hausers grosser Sprung|last=Feusi|first=Alois|date=2 July 2018|access-date=26 December 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzz.ch/quiz/panorama/das-wetter-verzoegert-den-rekordsprung-im-jetstream-ld.1367834|title=Das Wetter verzögert den Rekordsprung in den Jetstream|last=Feusi|first=Alois|date=27 March 2018|access-date=26 December 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzz.ch/panorama/hoellenritt-im-jetstream-ld.1340617|title=Höllenritt im Jetstream|last=Feusi|first=Alois|date=21 December 2017|website=Neue Zürcher Zeitung|access-date=26 December 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/bern/der-berner-marc-hauser-wagte-sich-an-die-grenzen-der-atmosphaere-trotz-hoehenangst-sprang-er-aus-7400-metern-id15046876.html|title=Trotz Höhenangst sprang er aus 7400 Metern|last=Krumnacker|first=Jan|date=1 December 2018|website=Blick|access-date=26 December 2018}}

File:2018 freefall jet stream skydive Marc Hauser hanging jump.png

As skydiving suit he was wearing a thermal protection jumpsuit without wings (no wingsuit).

The exit altitude of the jump was at 7,400 m / 24,000 ft above sea level, the temperature at -40 °C / -40 °F. At exit altitude the jet stream speed was 137 km/h (85 mph). The groundspeed / horizontal speed of Marc performing this free fall skydive was at 270 km/h (167 mph). During his free fall Hauser covered a horizontal distance of 5.9 km / 3.66 miles in total. Hauser opened his parachute at 2,000 m / 6,500 ft altitude above ground.

The BBC World News documentary Chasing the Jet Stream {{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai2elwHOgyc|title=World record-holding skydiver jumps into a Jet Stream - BBC News|date=16 July 2018|website=youtube - BBC World News|access-date=26 December 2018}} covers the free fall jump into the jet stream in three parts, which aired on 2, 8 and 15 December 2018. The documentary highlights both Marc Hauser's goal to raise awareness for [https://www.spiegel.de/plus/flugwindkraftanlagen-turbinen-im-jetstream-a-00000000-0002-0001-0000-000166262998 cleantech-pioneering enterprises using airborne wind energy systems], as well as the execution of the preparations that eventually lead to the free fall jump into the jet stream.{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/ondemand/chasingthejetstream/278112371|title=CHASING THE JET STREAM|last=von Planta|first=Claudio|date=25 November 2018|access-date=26 December 2018}}

In 2019, the Guinness World Records honored the parachute jump as the world's first skydive into the jet stream.[https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/590710-first-skydive-into-the-jet-stream/]

He created a watch collection with Formex Watch SA, a Swiss watch manufacturer, in October 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.mctwatches.com/sites/default/files/press/industry_watch.pdf|title=Need for Speed|date=February 2013|accessdate=December 5, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210114617/http://www.mctwatches.com/sites/default/files/press/industry_watch.pdf|archivedate=December 10, 2014}}

Marc Hauser also owns a naming agency [https://www.erfolgswelle.ch/naming-agentur-namensagentur/naming-agency/ erfolgswelle AG Namensagentur] and inspires larger audiences as a motivational and keynote [https://www.erfolgswelle.ch/keynote-speaker-website-english/ speaker].

Marc Hauser lives in Bern, Switzerland with his two daughters.

• Tracking (freeflying)
• Skydive Empuriabrava
• Jet Stream
• High-altitude wind power
• Airborne wind turbine

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• {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120110013040/http://www.speed-tracking.com/ Speed Tracking - Flying in the Jet Stream]}}
• [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n3ct5fnx BBC World News Documentary Chasing The Jet Stream]

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Category:1971 births

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