My name is Bruno Gohier, a software engineer, skydiver, base jumper, paraglider and creator of Go Higher Games. When I was a kid in school, the teacher gave us the assignment to describe one of our wildest dreams. My answer was to be able to freefall for over an hour. In my child's mind, this was a realistic possibility - you just had to go high enough, right? Puzzled, the teacher later asked why I had picked this subject. I answered that when I jumped from a chair down to the ground, I could not remember the moment when I was not touching the chair nor the ground. There was a bit of a blackout, it was happening too fast, so I wanted something longer to be able to fully experience this instant of weightlessness. And chasing this sensation became a fascination.
Fast forward to my teen years, I got pulled into skydiving and was discovering the surreal feeling of falling through the clouds. It is true what they say, that once you start flying you never look at the sky the same way again. Modern BASE jumping was in it's infancy at the time, but I knew somehow that this was a possibility, and a frightening one! My body was not ready to live the fear, but my mind was always going back to this idea of going from stable ground into dead air without a sound, and gradually building up the speed. What a beautiful thought!
I spent the next two decades learning to freefly, training, coaching, competing, in the sky and in tunnels, and I participated in two world championships. During that time, I read everything that was available about BASE jumping. When I finally got the courage to jump myself, I was well aware that if I wanted to survive this sport I needed an exit strategy. Some people let the sport decide for them, but that is not a gamble I was ready to endorse. Knowing that I wanted to have children, I made a promise to myself that I would hang my rig when that day would come. This was an easy thing to say at that time...
Fast forward to my teen years, I got pulled into skydiving and was discovering the surreal feeling of falling through the clouds. It is true what they say, that once you start flying you never look at the sky the same way again. Modern BASE jumping was in it's infancy at the time, but I knew somehow that this was a possibility, and a frightening one! My body was not ready to live the fear, but my mind was always going back to this idea of going from stable ground into dead air without a sound, and gradually building up the speed. What a beautiful thought!
I spent the next two decades learning to freefly, training, coaching, competing, in the sky and in tunnels, and I participated in two world championships. During that time, I read everything that was available about BASE jumping. When I finally got the courage to jump myself, I was well aware that if I wanted to survive this sport I needed an exit strategy. Some people let the sport decide for them, but that is not a gamble I was ready to endorse. Knowing that I wanted to have children, I made a promise to myself that I would hang my rig when that day would come. This was an easy thing to say at that time...
For 10 years, I had the chance to live my childhood dream of leaping off of solid ground into silence with the most interesting people on earth : flying humans! Together we visited our favorite local objects and traveled abroad to live memorable adventures.
In 2020, I became a father.
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