Have you ever seen an amazing stunt while you were watching a TV show or movie and found yourself wondering if the act was actually possible? Of course, Hollywood has its way of staging incredible physical feats for the camera, but sometimes these things can be replicated with a lot of work.
A man named Tom Morgan would know all about that. He wanted to see if a bunch of balloons could really help him fly, like in the Pixar movie Up. So, he got to work!
According to Mashable, "British adventurer and founder of The Adventurists Tom Morgan has seen the South African landscape like never before, after he recently flew 15.5 miles across it strapped to 100 helium balloons."
He found himself floating 8,000 feet in the air and couldn't wait to describe the experience.
Keep scrolling to learn more about the process behind this cool adventure inspired by the movie Up!
Thumbnail Photos: Facebook / The Adventurists // Facebook / The Adventurists
[H/T: Mashable]
This is Tom Morgan. The thrill seeker founded The Adventurists back in 2001 and for the past 16 years, he's been testing out all things "impossible" and exciting.
This time, Tom and his team decided to take a lesson from Pixar's Up and float around using just balloons and a lawn chair.
The crew inflated 100 different-colored balloons, then tied them up to Tom's chair before he could float up and test their experiment.
But it was no easy feat.
In a Facebook post, The Adventurists explain the trouble they had lifting Tom into the air in Botswana.
In the post, they recount a helium truck breaking down, bursting balloons, and intimidating winds.
Because of these challenges, the team decided to move the experiment over to South Africa.
There, they spent two days inflating balloons and preparing for their next steps.
Tom told BBC, that "the problem was finding a good weather window, and it was difficult to protect the balloons as they kept bursting."
Once they found a good mixture of lower wind power and clear skies, they were able to progress.
Finally, Tom took flight!
He sat in his lawn chair as 100 huge balloons helped him float a whopping 8,000 feet high up into the sky.
He traveled 15.5 miles across South Africa, proving that anything is possible with persistence and determination.
Tom told BBC that his experience was "unbelievably cool", and that he felt "somewhere between terrified and elated."
To lower himself back down to the ground, Tom gradually cut the large balloons off his lawn chair and slowly descended, ending his successful adventure.
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