Man in 100-balloons camping chair flight

[RJM62]

A British adventurer has flown 25km (15.5 miles) across South Africa suspended from 100 helium balloons.

Tom Morgan, from Bristol, reached heights of 8,000ft (2,438m) while strapped to a camping chair, in scenes reminiscent of the Pixar smash Up.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-41737642

Rich

 

[RyanB]

The myth has been proven!

 

[Dana]

It's called "cluster ballooning" and it's actually a thing... albeit a niche thing.

 

[wsuffa]

The myth has been proven!

Myth? You've not heard of Larry Walters? :O

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Walters

 

[mscard88]

Myth? You've not heard of Larry Walters? :O

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Walters

Haha! Yup I remember that one.

 

[3393RP]

Eh, it's been done.

 

[Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe]

http://www.clusterballoon.org/

 

[SkyDog58]

What a cluster.

 

[FlySince9]

Didn't mythbusters try this and fail?

 

[Lachlan]

Didn't mythbusters try this and fail?

If you mean providing entertainment, yes.

 

[sourdough44]

Was he allowed a B.B. gun to control rate of climb and descent?

 

[TRocket]

Where is his cooler of beer?