I might die on Saturday

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GagHalfrunt

Lifer
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There wouldn't happen to be any alligator or crocodile farms around, would there?

Hey, one crisis at a time, you have to survive the landing first and foremost. It doesn't matter what critters are on the ground if you're on fire. You do the water landing to douse the flames, then if you're still alive you can worry about dodging hungry gators, crocs, sharks or piranhas.
 

TheVrolok

Lifer
Dec 11, 2000
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Did this with the fiancée a few weeks ago. Was awesome, really enjoyed it,although maybe I wouldn't have if I read the statistics first!
 

cbrunny

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I don't think they give you parachutes. Not sure. Hopefully I'll tell you on Saturday afternoon.
 

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
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Lucky you! I've always wanted to go in one. I sorta had the chance when they had a festival here, but they were tethered so they'd bring you up for a bit of time then bring back down so next group can go. I was working that day though.

Don't worry about getting your insurance and will up to date, they normally have a small lawyer office right at the launch site for that.
 
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Hot air balloon ride Saturday morning. Very much nervous about dying. The whole falling to my death thing really doesn't sit well with me.

Anyone done this before? What should I expect?

If you are not afraid of height, I'd expect to be very fucking bored.
 
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More exciting things to do:

Paint exterior wall in sub 32 degree weather and ponder if the paint is dry or frozen.
 

Ruptga

Lifer
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They're not going to give you a parachute. They're expensive and you need to know what you're doing to use one.
 

disappoint

Lifer
Dec 7, 2009
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What does "airspace" mean? Shot down by MiGs?

It means Dear Leader doesn't want balloonboy in his airspace and will send his starving artist army of Naer clones after him. They are under strict orders to pop any and all balloons in NK airspace with abilify maintena syringes. It will bring new meaning to the term "syringered".
 

wetech

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Sorry to go off topic here...

I actually did a balloon ride in Napa. Large basket, held up to 20 people. Had some reservations like you do, but it was an awesome experience. Got to about 1500 feet, which isn't all that high (pilot said they normally go 2-3k). You don't get a sense for how high you are, since there's no reference point. No real sense of motion either. The basket walls are about 5' high, so you feel pretty secure.

Oh, and don't touch the ropes. We had a guy on our ride feel like he had to start touching things. The pilot yelled at him, saying if he pulled that rope that we're going down fast. He had his hand on the main vent line. If you pull it hard enough, the whole top of the balloon opens up (for deflating once you're on the ground).

 
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CraKaJaX

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Yeah, he dead.

Well, because I am MacGuyver-esque in many ways, I'd quickly take out my knife and cut each rope, tying each of the ropes around my arms. I would then float to safety using the giant balloon like a parachute and become a legend.

See:

Oh, and don't touch the ropes. We had a guy on our ride feel like he had to start touching things. The pilot yelled at him, saying if he pulled that rope that we're going down fast. He had his hand on the main vent line. If you pull it hard enough, the whole top of the balloon opens up (for deflating once you're on the ground).

So much for MacGuyver.

You dead.
 

z1ggy

Lifer
May 17, 2008
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See:



So much for MacGuyver.

You dead.

DAMNIT MY PLOT IS RUINED!

In that case then, since we'd be in America, I'd just land on top of the 5,000 pounds of fat people on board and would be completely unharmed.
 

sdifox

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Sep 30, 2005
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DAMNIT MY PLOT IS RUINED!

In that case then, since we'd be in America, I'd just land on top of the 5,000 pounds of fat people on board and would be completely unharmed.

nope, you'll drown in fat cells.
 

CraKaJaX

Lifer
Dec 26, 2004
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DAMNIT MY PLOT IS RUINED!

In that case then, since we'd be in America, I'd just land on top of the 5,000 pounds of fat people on board and would be completely unharmed.

death from suffocation. even worse.
 
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