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« on: December 04, 2004, 08:48:59 »
How about Cluster Ballooning?

http://www.clusterballoon.org/index.html

The Introduction section provides some background.
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« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2004, 09:33:58 »
Wow! Tape and cable ties???  :shock:

I went to school with someone who's parents owned a hot air balloon. He was given a small one that just had a harness under it, a bit like the one on that site. Must be an amazing feeling once you get used to it. But I'm not sure it's for me  :shock:  :lol:
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« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2004, 10:20:36 »
If you had enough balloons, you could use them for a bit of zero-ground impact greenlaning!

Let the ramblers put that one in thier pipe and smoke it.

Staying to the right of way could be tricky, though.
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« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2004, 10:35:27 »
NO WAY NO HOW  :shock:
i,v got a nose bleed just looking.


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« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2004, 12:24:00 »
:shock:   Wow.

I'd need a fair few balloons though.

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« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2004, 22:24:39 »
MMMM... Now where's me pin :D
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« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2004, 22:26:29 »
Quote from: "pritch"


Let the ramblers put that one in thier pipe and smoke it.

 


They'd probably go out armed with pea shooters  :lol:
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« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2004, 14:05:45 »
Nutters!

Reminds me of a Darwin Award nominee from a few years ago.  The guy wants to see over his fence/into neighbours garden or whatever, so he attaches a weather ballon to his deckchair, sits in and unties the tether.

Ballon lifts him admireably, keeps lifting him, and lifting him, and lifting him........
....Guy freezes to death in the atmosphere!

Nutter.
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« Reply #8 on: December 05, 2004, 23:37:11 »
:D Thats given me an idea?. a phew lengths of Kinnetic rope tied together one end on bumper...... presto reveseable bungee jumping. Make a bit of a mess of your bonnet though if you come back down a bit too quick... :lol:  :lol:
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« Reply #9 on: December 06, 2004, 08:31:44 »
Quote from: "Range Rover Blues"

Ballon lifts him admireably, keeps lifting him, and lifting him, and lifting him........
....Guy freezes to death in the atmosphere!
Nutter.


In all actuality he survived unharmed, but got a big fine from the FAA.

He quit his job as a truck driver and took up the circuit as a motivational speaker.

He sold the chair he used to the neighbours kids.

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