Being a licensed Private Pilot, Skydiver, Paraglider Pilot and Scuba Diver, he also engages in various outdoor activities such as Trail Riding, Climbing, Sailing and SportFishing.
An accomplished skydiver, Hasek had several thousand descents to his credit, and served as a member of the Parachute Testing Wing/Trials and Evaluations centre of the Airborne Centre in Edmonton, Alberta.
Mangold began his aviation career in 1974 as a skydiver while attending the United States Air Force Academy.
He was to go over the bridge while fellow skydiver Jeb Corliss was to go under it.
Wally does many crazy things such as become a secret agent in My Life as a Screaming Skydiver, become the sewage director for his hometown in My Life as Polluted Pond Scum, scuba dive in My Life as a Torpedo Test Target, dance as the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker in My Life as a Blundering Ballerina, travel through time in My Life as a Toasted Time Traveler, and stars in two movies in My Life as Alien Monster Bait and My Life as a Bigfoot Breathmint.