Stephen Duffy Q&A: ‘If your goggles were to come off, it’s instant blindness’

Stephen Duffy is a member of the Irish Wingsuit team attempting to break several world records in California next week. They’ll skydive from a height in excess of 33,000ft, in temperatures of less than -55C, at speeds over 250km/h.

Q: How did you get into skydiving?

A: My mother was raising money for the Irish Wheelchair Association back in the early 2000s and myself and my brother David did a tandem parachute jump to raise money for the charity. David loved it and a few years later he found the Irish Parachute Club and got trained up. I followed him in about two years later. That’s where we initially met Marc (Daly) and Des (Reardon, the other team members).