Man soars 8,000 feet using balloons in a lawn chair.

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Man soars 8,000 feet using balloons, lawn chair

Eric Roner flies to the heavens and says "it really doesn't get much more peaceful than this."

Eric Roner lifted by balloons to 8,000 feet



BASE jumper soars to the heavens in a lawn chair beneath 90 balloons filled with 50 tanks of helium; 'I'm doing it. This is crazy!'

Eric Roner has a point when he asks, "Who hasn't thought about being lifted up by balloons into the sky?"

That's because most people who have been around helium-filled balloons probably wondered, at some point, how many it'd require to achieve liftoff, and how amazing the sensation must be.


Most people, however, are too sensible to try to find out.

But Roner, an avid skier and BASE jumper from Northern California, can now tell you that it requires about 90 large and colorful balloons, 50 tanks of helium, "a rickety old lawn chair," and a parachute.

The accompanying footage reveals how his crazy project came together: the acquisition of equipment, the selection of a suitable location (unnamed), achieving lift-off and, ultimately, shooting the balloons once enough altitude has been gained, bailing and floating softly back to earth.





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