#jalskins

I've been thinking about what Chris would've wanted me to say today. The advice he'd give me. Which'd be something like "You know what, babe? Fuck it. These guys know all about me. Tell them about someone different". So I thought I'd say something about a hero of Chris'. A man called Captain Joe Katanga. In 1960, climbing into a foil ballon, Captain Joe ascended 32 kilometers into the stratosphere. And then, armed only with a parachute, he jumped out. He fell for 4 minutes and 36 seconds, reaching 740 miles per hour, before opening his parachute, 5 kilometers above the earth. It had never been done before, and has never been done since. He did it just because he could. And that's why Chris loved him. Because the thing about Chris was, he said yes. He said yes to everything. He loved everyone. He was the bravest boy ... man I knew. And that was ... he saw himself out of a foil ballon everyday. Because he could. Because he was. And that's why ... and that's why ... we ... we love him !