Andy Stumpf flies higher than most commercial pilots, except he doesn’t have a plane. Okay, actually he does, but most of the time he just has a parachute. Stumpf spent 17 years on the battlefields of the Global War on Terror, going through SEAL training and BUD/S twice — once to graduate, the second time to become an instructor.
He became the Navy’s first E-6 selection to commission through the Limited Duty Officer Program in the history of Navy Special Warfare. After taking a bullet from an insurgent, Stumpf was told he’d take years to recover.
Instead, Stumpf broke the odds the same way he now breaks world records for skydiving and BASE jumps on behalf of the Navy SEAL Foundation and other causes close to his heart. He now lectures on the lessons he’s learned from combat and has a podcast, Cleared Hot, interviewing whoever he wants. He’s also been a guest on The Joe Rogan Experience.
We sat down with Stumpf over a cup of cold brew and asked him 11 questions about what drives him, how he defines success, and how he thinks he’d fare in case of the apocalypse.
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