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[–] 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (13 children)

I have taken off in a hot air balloon a dozen times or so....

Not once did I land with it. Even good landings seem to leave some things to luck.

Edit: added forgotten T.

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  • [–] 35 points 4 months ago (11 children)

    You never landed? You’re still up there?

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  • [–] 26 points 4 months ago

    I jumped...

    Some say I'm still falling to this day.

    In all seriousness, balloon jumps are a unique experience in skydiving... Because you go from dead silence to the rush of air at terminal velocity. Sure you can jump a helicopter that is hovering, but they are louder than airplanes.

    Exits from a balloon also tend to catch less experienced jumpers off guard, because you can't fly your body till the speed builds up. First timers tend to flail a little. By the second jump they do just fine.

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  • [–] 15 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    My guess is skydiving.

    Or, tightrope walking?

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago

    I never walked a tight rope. I don't think I could even in my prime.

    I exit using a line that was connected at the top of the balloon to swing out and do multiple flips. The rope was really long so you would get a huge amount of speed and fling off the end.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I wanna know what their game plan is when one of the balloons suddenly loses altitude.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    The balloons were moored down.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago*

    How's this?

    Also, in the first picture the walker was blown off because the balloons were tied down. In this picture, the balloons are moving with the wind, so the walker won't be blown off so easily.

    That's another thing about being up in a balloon that surprises first-timers, there's no wind, and it's very quiet, when the burner isn't burning.

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