Like a scene from the movie “Up”, a British adventurer has flown 25km across South Africa suspended from 100 helium-filled balloons.
“It was a fairly indescribable feeling, wafting across Africa… dangling from a load of balloons”.
A British adventurer has flown over the countryside north of Johannesburg, South Africa, by sitting in a cheap folding chair attached to nothing more than 100 helium-filled balloons. Tom Morgan, 38, is part of a group called The Adventurists. He said: "It was a fairly indescribable feeling, wafting across Africa on a cheap camping chair dangling from a load of balloons". Morgan flew 24 km (almost 16 miles) in two hours, reaching altitudes of 2,530 metres (8,300 feet).
Like a scene from a Pixar movie he soared above the ground suspended from balloons
If you have ever seen the Hollywood blockbuster movie ‘Up’, you may have wondered to yourself if it was actually possible to fly with balloons. Well, one intrepid adventurer has done it for real with just a few minor modifications. Using nothong more than dozens of colourful helium-filled balloons, Tom Morgan from Bristol-based company The Adventurists, drifted up into the South African skies.
The brave daredevil flew a distence of 25km (15.5 miles) and reached heights of 2,438m (over 8,000ft) suspended from 100 helium balloons, sitting on an ordinary folding camping chair. After a series of trial runs in Botswana, but with many setbacks due to strong winds, he finally lifted off north of Johannesburg last week.
After the attempt, the adventure company says it plans to organise a helium balloon race in Africa.
Source: IndianExpress
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