Carl Boenish is the father of the BASE jumping movement, whose passion for skydiving led him to ever more spectacular and dangerous feats. The pinnacle of his achievements came when he and wife Jean broke a Guinness World Record in 1984, but, within days, triumph was followed by disaster.

Fixing a camera to his helmet and leaping from some of the tallest structures on the face of the earth, Carl Boenish knew what it felt like to fly. Utilizing his awe-inspiring aerial footage, this documentary portrait of the BASE-jumping pioneer is a soaring testament to an indomitable legacy.