It’s weird to say this- but i feel like I agree with you and disagree with you at the same time. My agreement basically stems from the fact that it’d seem that it didn’t have to be david Blaine doing the stunt. Really any of those experts or instructors could have done it with far more ease and less stress. However, probably zero chance that YouTube finances or funds it. With that said- for me the actual stunt was relatively underwhelming. The part where i disagree is the nothing burger part. I think the beauty is that it was life imitating a dream. Every kid probably had the thought of floating up into the sky holding balloons. They effectively recreated that imaginary tale in realistic form. I do think there is a certain beauty to that.Maybe I am in the minority but this was terrible IMO. He took a hot air balloon to 25k feet and parachuted from there. He had to have his hand held at every point and his parachuting instructor talked to him like a beginner. So many people and resources dedicated to this nothing burger.
In the Rogen interview he talked about some of that. The reason for all the talk though and handholding was they were not able to practice any of the put the parachute on part. The first time they did it was that time. Obviously if something goes wrong there he’s dead.Maybe I am in the minority but this was terrible IMO. He took a hot air balloon to 25k feet and parachuted from there. He had to have his hand held at every point and his parachuting instructor talked to him like a beginner. So many people and resources dedicated to this nothing burger.
That was 100% is entire inspiration for the stunt.Every kid probably had the thought of floating up into the sky holding balloons. They effectively recreated that imaginary tale in realistic form
In reality what could he be impressed by? That was one of, if not THE, craziest things I’ve ever seen.Felix Baumgartner is not impressed
I forgot about that one... hfs
Next Blaine will attempt to drive his SUV a little over the post speed limit on an empty highwayMaybe I am in the minority but this was terrible IMO. He took a hot air balloon to 25k feet and parachuted from there. He had to have his hand held at every point and his parachuting instructor talked to him like a beginner. So many people and resources dedicated to this nothing burger.
I was not aware of this. So freaking crazy!
But he's not an expert or instructor. Love watching him. My fav.It’s weird to say this- but i feel like I agree with you and disagree with you at the same time. My agreement basically stems from the fact that it’d seem that it didn’t have to be david Blaine doing the stunt. Really any of those experts or instructors could have done it with far more ease and less stress. However, probably zero chance that YouTube finances or funds it. With that said- for me the actual stunt was relatively underwhelming. The part where i disagree is the nothing burger part. I think the beauty is that it was life imitating a dream. Every kid probably had the thought of floating up into the sky holding balloons. They effectively recreated that imaginary tale in realistic form. I do think there is a certain beauty to that.
another one I'd forgotten.
Yoshikazu Suzuki departed from Lake Biwa in Japan on 23 November 1992 with 23 helium balloons. He was spotted by a Japanese coast guard aeroplane on 25 November 1992, located about 800 km offshore over the Pacific Ocean, at altitude between 2,500 and 4,000 m, and was never seen again.
On January 13, 2008, the Brazilian Roman Catholic priest and human-rights defender Adelir Antonio de Carli lifted off from Ampére, Brazil, suspended under 600 helium-filled party balloons, and reached an altitude of 5,300 metres (17,400 ft) before landing safely in Argentina.[18] On April 20, 2008, lifting off from Paranagua, Brazil, in an attempt to fly 725 km (450 mi) inland to Dourados, Brazil, he flew using a chair suspended under 1,000 party balloons, reaching an altitude of 20,000 feet (6,100 m). Not having checked the weather forecast, he got caught in a storm. He had a GPS but did not know how to operate it. He was last heard on the radio eight hours after liftoff approaching the water after flying off the coast, unable to give his position, and crashed in the Atlantic Ocean; part of his body was found by the Brazilian Navy near an offshore oil platform on July 4, 2008. The act won him a 2008 Darwin Award.
Was that the kicker? That he had to put the parachute on while free-falling?Why couldn’t he wear the parachute from the start?
- that was literally my first thought when I saw him throw the Red Bull canThis is why there is so much trash in the ocean. F'n litterer
On Rogan he mentioned that everyone wanted him to wear it from the start. He wouldn't due to the appearance of this whole stunt was very important to him. He really wanted it to look like a guy hanging on to balloons floating away.Why couldn’t he wear the parachute from the start?
I feel the exact opposite.Funny how we're all so smug, or whatever... where a guy who rose to 25k feet by being kinda connected to a bunch of balloons with a device without a parachute immediately at the ready... lifted off in an image we all recognize... and we're like... meh...