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You can actually steer them. Winds go in different directions in different heights.
From my walk this morning. Buncha crazy mofos up there.
I love watching them (safely, with my feet on solid ground)
Is this near Point Mallard by chance?
New Mexico
I feel like these guys severely skew balloon safety statistics.
they blew up all the budget for tools, travel and hotels in a giant balloon shaped like their pet.
Lots of questionable choices, but cant deny their dedication to camp.
They weren’t the only members of team rocket to use balloon travel.
We have no idea how it averages out.
They are quite safe and you can land pretty quickly if need be, but yes steering is nigh impossible.
Not impossible if you know what way the winds are blowing at different heights
Yeah thats why i said “nigh”. Its not really steering because you cant freely decide, its more like choosing from a limited set of directional options.
omg, life is just a hot air balloon ride
Very zen.
Just depends how high you are
always.
Depending on how things go, you can land very quickly indeed.
I just did a hot air ballon ride, it’s wild, somehow I made it out
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.
You never landed? You’re still up there?
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.
My guess is skydiving.
Or, tightrope walking?
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.
I wanna know what their game plan is when one of the balloons suddenly loses altitude.
10 points to anyone who gets this reference
“Moooodddyyyy!!!”
I’ve been waiting to post this the entire thread
When I skydived I always wanted to do a balloon jump but never had the opportunity.
Lots of aircraft I’ve never landed in though.
Snail Mail shot a whole music video in a hot air baloon. It kicks ass
