>> THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN
TELLING YOU ABOUT THAT I HAVE
DREAMED OF SINCE YOUR AGE.
>> AND WHAT I WANT TO DO IS GRAB
THAT RIG OF BALLOONS AND I WANT
TO GO FLYING ALL THE WAY TO THE
SKY UNTIL I BECOME A LITTLE DOT
IN THE SKY THAT YOU WILL SEE.
AND I WILL SEE?
>> A LITTLE BLACK DOT.
>> AND WHERE AM I GOING TO HEAD
TOWARDS?
>> VENUS.
>> I HOPE SO.
>> AND THIS IS ALL BECAUSE OF
YOU.
I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING SINCE
YOU WERE ONE YEARS OLD AND I
STOPPED.
>> SCARY THINGS.
>> AND BECAUSE OF YOU COME I
WANTED TO DO SOMETHING
BEAUTIFUL.
>> FREAKY.
>> BECAUSE OF YOU WHOM I WANTED
TO DO SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.
THIS IS THE FIRST ONE THAT I'M
DOING THAT IS BEAUTIFUL AND THAT
IS ALL BECAUSE OF YOU.
IT IS TRUE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> EVER SINCE I WAS A KID, I
DREAMED OF FLYING.
WHEN I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD, MY
MOM TOOK ME TO SEE A MOVIE ABOUT
A BOY THAT FLEW DOMINIC FLOATS
AWAY ON A BUNCH OF BALLOONS.
MY INSPIRING OF LOVE OF
LEVITATION AND MAGIC FOR SURE.
I HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN THAT
IMAGE, AND NOW, I AM GOING TO
MAKE IT A REALITY BY HOLDING ON
TO A BUNCH OF BALLOONS AND
FLYING AS HIGH AS I CAN POSSIBLY
GO.
EVERY SINGLE STOP THAT I HAVE
EVER DONE IS ABOUT ENDURANCE AND
PUSHING PAST WHAT I THOUGHT
WOULD BE POSSIBLE.
I CAN'T IMAGINE ANY PEOPLE WOULD
EVER DREAM OF DOING THAT.
MY DAUGHTER WAS ABOUT TWO YEARS
OLD.
IT WAS SO DIFFICULT AND EXTREME
THAT I DECIDED RIGHT THEN AND
THERE, I WOULD FIND SOMETHING
THAT WOULD INSPIRE HER AND NOT
SCARE HER.
EVEN THOUGH THIS SEEMS LIKE
EVERY KID'S DREAM, ASCENSION IS
THE MOST AMBITIOUS PERFORMANCE
OF MY LIFE.
THANKS TO MY TEAMMATE MY YOUTUBE
COME I HAVE ASSEMBLED THE BEST
EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELD LED BY
THE ELITE SKYDIVER AND CRAZIEST
DAREDEVIL I HAVE EVER MET, LUKE
AIKINS.
I HAVE THE WORLD'S LEADING
WEATHER EXPERTS, BALLOONIST AND
A REAL ENGINEERS WORKING ON THIS
ALL OF WHOM ARE CRITICAL ON
HELPING ME PULL THIS OFF.
>> WE HAVE NEVER DESIGNED
ANYTHING LIKE THIS LIGHTER THAN
AIR OUTDOORS, ET CETERA.
THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY WILD AND
FUN EXPERIENCE FOR US.
>> IN ORDER TO DO THIS, I HAVE
BEEN LEARNING HOW TO SKYDIVE.
>> THAT WAS SO GOOD!
>> I ALSO BECAME A COMMERCIAL
BALLOON PILOT WITH THE ABILITY
TO FLY IN THE
HELIUM-FILLED BALLOONS.
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF CRITICAL
MOMENTS IN THIS PROJECT THAT
DAVID HAS TO WORK ON.
>> TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
PUT THE PARACHUTE ON ONCE I'M UP
AT 5,000 FEET.
>> SWITCH, NO, NO, NOT THIS!
>> IF HE DOESN'T PUT ON HIS
PARACHUTE, HE DIES.
A CATASTROPHIC COAL MOVE, DAVE
WILL COME CRASHING DOWN TO EART.
>> AND NOW WE HAVE MOVED TO
PAGE, ARIZONA.
AND I HAVE NEVER HAD TO LAND ON
TERRAIN THIS DIFFICULT IN MY
LIFE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I'M SO
EXCITED TO PULL THIS OFF.
>> I CAN'T BELIEVE TODAY IS
FINALLY HERE.
I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS AND
DREAMING ABOUT THIS OVER A
DECADE.
THIS IS BY FAR THE MOST EXCITING
PROJECT THAT I HAVE EVER PUT
TOGETHER IN MY LIFE.
AND THE BEST PART IS I HAVE
ACTUALLY PUT THE MOST INCREDIBLE
TEAM TOGETHER TO HELP ME DO THIS
SO I DON'T DIE.
THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING
I HAVE EVER DONE, AND I WANT TO
INTRODUCE YOU TO SOME OF MY
TEAM.
SOME OF THE BEST EXPERTS IN THE
WORLD.
SO COME WITH ME.
LUKE.
SO THIS IS LUKE AIKINS WHO HAS
TAUGHT ME HOW TO JUMP OUT OF
PLANE SAFELY, HOW TO LAND IN THE
IN AREA SAFELY COMMAND ACTUALLY
PUT THE ENTIRE STUNT TOGETHER.
HE IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
THE REASON I FOUND LUKE IS
BECAUSE HE WAS THAT GUY THAT
JUMPED 25,000 FEET OUT OF AN
AIRPLANE WITHOUT A PARACHUTE AND
LANDED INTO A TINY NET.
FROM UP THERE, YOU CAN'T SEE IT.
IT LOOKS LIKE A TINY DOT.
SO THIS IS LUKE.
>> ARE YOU EXCITED?
>> I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS
FINALLY GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> I START TO GET GOOSE BUMPS
THE MORE I TALK ABOUT IT.
>> EVERYBODY IS IN POSITION AND
THE WEATHER IS GREAT.
>> LUKE HAS NOT SLEPT IN ABOUT
TWO MONTHS.
WE ARE HERE.
IT IS GAME DAY.
IT IS ALL UP TO YOU NOW.
>> AND THE BEST YOUTUBE OR WHO
KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT TECH THAT
DOES EVERY SINGLE GREAT VIDEO
THAT EXPLAINS SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY.
MARK HAS DECIDED TO COME HELP US
WITH IT.
HE WILL BE THE EYES FOR YOU
GUYS.
HE WILL EXPLAIN EVERY QUESTION
YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU, MARK.
>> THAT IS THE PLAN.
THERE IS A LOT OF TECH BEHIND
THIS AND I THINK PEOPLE WANT TO
APPRECIATE THAT UNTIL THEY SEE
IT.
I WANT TO ASK YOU SOMETHING
BECAUSE WE ARE HERE AND NOW.
THIS IS A CHILDHOOD DREAM YEARS
AND YEARS OF TRAINING BUT WE ARE
HERE ON THE DAY NOW.
HOW DOES THAT FEEL?
>> I WON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING
UNTIL MY FEET START LIFTING UP
OFF OF THE GROUND AND KEEP
GOING.
>> IT IS AMAZING.
HOW DOES THIS DIFFER FROM YOUR
OTHER PROJECTS?
IT IS SUPER DIFFERENT, BUT WHAT
MAKES IT SO DIFFERENT?
>> THIS IS THE FIRST PROJECT I
HAVE EVER DONE AND IT'S ALL
THANKS TO YOU TWO.
THAT I'M ACTUALLY ABLE TO PUT
TOGETHER THE DREAM TEAM THAT IS
ALL AROUND ME.
AND I COULDN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING
BETTER.
SO EVEN THOUGH THE IDEA SEEMS SO
SIMPLE, IT IS LIKE I WILL HOLD A
BUNCH OF BALLOONS AND BECOME A
DOT IN THE SKY BUT THERE'S A LOT
TO MAKE IT HAPPEN SAFELY AND
LEGALLY.
IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT UP
TO THIS MOMENT.
>> THAT IS TRUE.
I HAVE WITNESSED IT.
LUKE YOU HAVE BEEN IN CHARGE OF
ESSENTIALLY A TON OF THE
PROJECT, AND YOU KNOW THE
BIGGEST RISK FACTORS BUT
WHAT ARE THE THINGS TO PAY MOST
ATTENTION TO?
>> I HAVE A LIST A MILE LONG BUT
I HAVE FOUR BASICS.
TEMPERATURE, IT IS GOING TO BE
COLD.
FREEZING 25,000 FEET WERE
HIGHER.
YOU HAVE HYPOXIA, LACK OF
OXYGEN.
YOU COULD BE ARGUING WITH ME.
OR GET SILLY, IT IS ALMOST LIKE
YOU ARE IMPERATIVE.
>> SO SHORT MERRILY DRUNK IS
WHAT HAPPENS.
>> AND FOR ME, ONE OF THE
BIGGEST ONES IS I WAS TALKING TO
DAVID, AND I HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL
LOOK.
I DIDN'T WANT TO WEAR A
PARACHUTE.
DUDE, YOU HAVE TO WEAR A
PARACHUTE.
HE SAID TO COME IS THERE
ANYTHING I CAN DO.
AND I SAID I DON'T THINK SO.
>> MAYBE WE COULD HIDE IT TO END
THE BALLOONS.
>> HE JUMPED ON IT, LET'S DO
THAT.
THAT IS WHAT I'M DOING.
WAIT A MINUTE.
IT GETS REALLY COLD.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF STUFF GOING
ON.
I DON'T WANT TO ADD ANOTHER
THING.
I STARTED THINKING ABOUT IT AND
I TOOK MY 8-YEAR-OLD KID AND
HUNG IT IN MY HANGAR, STARTED
MESSING AROUND.
I CALLED DAVID, HEY, I THINK WE
CAN DO THIS.
>> LOGAN PULLED IT OFF FIRST.
SO THEN WE GOT THE PARACHUTE ON
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO
ME IS THE SAFE LANDING.
AND WE ARE OUT HERE.
IT IS SKETCH BALL.
YOU KNOW, THERE IS SOME
BEAUTIFUL LANDING SPOTS AND SOME
REALLY BAD ONCE.
>> WEEP AND THE BEAUTIFUL ONES
FOR YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL BUT FOR ME
MY MEANT 400.
>> I'M SURE FROM THAT HEIGHT IT
IS A LOT TO LOOK AT.
I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE
IN THE EXPERTS.
>> BUT WAIT I WANT TO SAVE ONE
OTHER THING WE FORGOT AND THIS
IS THE TRUTH.
I'VE NEVER GONE UP ABOVE A FEW
HUNDRED FEET BASICALLY.
WITH THE ENTIRE -- I'VE DONE A
FEW FLIGHTS, BUT I'VE NEVER DONE
THIS ENTIRE SYSTEM ONCE.
SO THE FIRST TIME I PUT ON THE
PARACHUTE UP IN THE AIR AND THE
FIRST TIME I GO TO THESE HEIGHTS
WILL BE LIVE RIGHT HERE.
THE FIRST TIME EVER!
IT IS A TRUE TEST.
AND THAT IS THE TRUTH.
>> WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE YOU
WERE PRACTICING GETTING THE
PARACHUTE ON BUT YOU WERE
10 FEET OFF OF THE GROUND.
THIS IS A TRUE FIRST OF
EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE.
>> ALSO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT
HAPPENS UP THERE WHEN IT GETS
FREEZING COLD.
WHAT IF I CAN'T FEEL MY FINGERS?
>> WE ARE ALL GOOD.
>> WE WILL GET TO ALL OF THAT
BUT I TALKED ALL THE EXPERTS
BEHIND THE SCENES THAT PUT ALL
THIS TEXT TOGETHER.
SO LET'S CHECK THAT OUT.
>> SO THESE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS,
I'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO
BASICALLY WITNESS THIS ENTIRE
PROJECT COME TOGETHER IN THIS
PLACE.
IT STARTED SUPER SIMPLE.
THE IDEA IS IT IS DAVID, THE
BALLOONS, FLOATING AWAY,
DISAPPEARING IN THE SKY.
EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO GO
TOGETHER AROUND IT IS INCREDIBLY
COMPLEX BUT IN ORDER TO MAKE IT
POSSIBLE AND SAFE.
AND SO WHAT THE RESULT IS IS AN
INCREDIBLE A-TEAM OF ALL THE
EXPERTS IN AVIATION, BALLOON,
SKYDIVING ALL HERE.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND MEET THE
TEAM.
>> DUDE, SO FUN.
>> LUKE AIKEN IS A WORLD IN A
REALIST EXPERT ON THE TEAM.
>> WHY DO THEY HAVE YOU WITH ALL
THE TECH RIGHT NOW?
FOR SOME REASON I WOULD DO THE
TESTING.
BUT DAVID IS GETTING BUSY READY
TO PRACTICE AND HANGING AND YOU
CAN'T BE TWO PLACES AT ONCE.
SO I WILL DO A JUMP ON THE
TESTING EQUIPMENT TO MAKE SURE
IT IS WORKING RIGHT.
>> WHAT IS IT LIKE HAVING THE
SUPERHERO TEAM WITH NUMBER ONE
SKYDIVING EXPERT, THE BALLOONING
EXPERTS, THE WEATHER EXPERT?
DOES THAT SEEM LIKE THE
BEST-CASE SCENARIO?
IT IS ABOUT UNDERSTANDING THE
HORIZON AND THAT BEING THIS
IMAGE OF CHILDLIKE WONDER, EVEN
WITH ALL THIS TECH HERE, IT WILL
LOOK LIKE DAVID GRABS A BUNCH OF
BALLOONS AND FLOATS AWAY.
IF IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD, WHY
WOULD WE DO IT?
MARK THOMPSON, AEROSPACE
INDUSTRY.
>> WHEN WE DO TEST FLIGHTS COME
EVERYBODY THINKS WE ARE TRAINING
DAVID.
WE ARE ACTUALLY TRAINING GROUND
CREW BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING HOW
TO LOOK -- LEARNING HOW TO WORK
TOGETHER.
TEAMWORK AND SCIENCE.
HE IS A THIRD-GENERATION BALLOON
AVIATION EXPERT.
WHAT IS THE BASIC QUESTION FOR
YOU?
>> THERE IS A NUMBER OF LITTLE
STEPS ALONG THE WAY BEFORE HE
CUTS HIMSELF LOOSE THAT I WILL
BE BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF
ON.
>> DON DAY IS MAKING THE FINAL
LUNCH.
>> WHAT IS YOUR PREDICTION FOR
THE LAUNCH?
IT WILL ACTUALLY COOL OFF IN THE
DESERT SO EVERYTHING IS LOOKING
GOOD.
>> FINGERS ARE CROSSED.
>> IT IS LOOKING GOOD.
>> AMAZING, HEY, LUKE CAN I SEE
YOU FOR A SECOND.
JIM, YOU ARE IN CHARGE WITH THE
PAYLOAD SO FIRST OF ALL, THERE
IS A LOT WE ARE LOOKING AT.
WE ARE LITTLE WHILE FROM LAUNCH.
WHERE ARE WE IN THE PROCESS?
WE ARE ONE HOUR FROM LAUNCH AND
WE GOT HERE SIX HOURS AGO.
INFLATING BALLOONS FOR SOME
OTHER TEAM MEMBERS TO START
INSTALLING SQUIBS ON THEM.
WE WAITED FOR THE WINTER CALMED
DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND ASSEMBLED
THE CLUSTER.
>> YOU SAID THE WORD "SQUIB" AND
WHAT IS A SQUIB?
IS THIS A SQUIB?
>> SO THESE ARE ELECTRONIC MAPS
TAPE TO EACH BALLOON IN
DIFFERENT ORDERS LIKE A BUNCH OR
A FEW.
THIS WILL ACTUALLY PREVENT THE
BALLOONS WHICH MEANS WE POP THE
BALLOONS AND IT LETS IT COME
DOWN.
>> IT IS A REMOTE CONTROL
BALLOON POP TRIGGER.
>> BEAUTIFUL.
>> I COULDN'T SAY IT BETTER
MYSELF.
SO YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF THE
GO/NO-GO CHECKLIST AS YOU
MENTIONED BUT WHAT KIND OF
PROGRESS HAVE WE MADE ON THE
LIST SO FAR?
>> IT IS A BIG LIST.
WE LIMITED IT TO THE TEAM
CAPTAINS.
WE HAVE WEATHER MOST IMPORTANT.
A SEQUENCE CHEMICAL WEAPON ARE
WE ALLOWED TO TAKE OFF?
WE HAVE THE SAFETY TEAM,
PARACHUTE GUYS, WHETHER, A
MASSIVE LIST AND WE WILL BE
READY WHEN IT'S DONE.
>> OKAY.
I ALSO WANT TO TOUCH ON THE SORT
OF MAGICAL BALLOON.
THAT I CAN'T HELP BUT LOOK AT
BECAUSE I AM A TECH GUY.
INSIDE THE BLOWN CLUSTER THERE
IS ONE SPECIAL BALLOON THAT
MAKES ALL OF THIS POSSIBLE.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT.
>> WE CALL IT THE PAYLOAD AND
ACTUALLY STARTING TO MAKE
DISAPPEAR RIGHT NOW SO WHEN WE
GO UP, WE DON'T HAVE A TECH
CATALOG ABOVE DAVID THE PURITY
WE WANT TO KEEP THAT SENSE OF
CHILDLIKE WONDER BUT THE A.C.T.
CLEARANCE AND ALL THE
ELECTRONICS TO GET THE CAMERAS
AND SIGNALS AND ALL THE SIGNALS
BACK.
>> I HAVE SEEN THE INSIDE OF IT
AND IT IS LIKE A PC INSIDE OF A
BALLOON IS CENTRALLY.
THE PREVIOUS VERSION ACTUALLY
OVERHEATED.
IT IS 1 MILLION DEGREES IN THE
DESERT.
WHAT PRECAUTIONS HAVE YOU GUYS
TAKEN WITH THIS NEW VERSION TO
MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN?
>> A BUNCH OF THINGS AND HVAC
SYSTEM.
WE HAVE ALSO PUT MORE HOLES IN
THE SHELL OF THE BALLOON, WHICH
ALLOWS FOR MORE AIRFLOW.
AND WE ADJUSTED SOME OF THE
DESIGN OF SOME OF THE PLATES
THAT ALL OF THAT STUFF IS
MOUNTED TO FOR BETTER EATING AND
ELEMENTS AROUND IT.
>> SO YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN IN THIS
FOR LIKE TWO YEARS AND SPEAK
ABOUT EVERY LITTLE DETAIL BUT WE
HAVE A PIECE FOR EVERYONE TO GET
CAUGHT UP ON WHAT'S GOING
DOWN.
CHECK IT OUT.
>> THIS FACILITY IS REALLY
UNBELIEVABLE.
THEY BUILT EVERY RIG FOR EVERY
SHOW.
THEY BUILT THE CIRCUS STAGES.
THAT LOOKS AWESOME.
IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS A LEGAL
AIRCRAFT, WE HAVE TO CREATE A
FIBERGLASS BALLOON THAT HAS ALL
THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE WOULD
NEED.
IT HAS A TRANSPONDER.
IT HAS OXYGEN THAT YOU WILL NEED
TO MAKE THIS LEGAL.
IS IT IS ALSO GOING TO HAVE A
PARACHUTE, AND IT HAS EVERYTHING
WE NEED TO TRANSMIT AUDIO AND
VIDEO BACK DOWN TO THE GROUND.
IT WILL LOOK JUST LIKE A
BALLOON.
THAT WILL FIT RIGHT INSIDE OF
IT.
>> ENTIRE POINT OF THIS IS TO
NOT HAVE IT LOOK LIKE THERE IS A
WHOLE RIGGING CATALOG HANGING
ABOVE DAVID, BUT THAT IT LOOKS
LIKE HE'S WALKING UP AND
GRABBING A BUNCH OF BALLOONS AND
TAKING OFF IN THE AIR AND
HAVEN'T WORKED EVERY SINGLE TIME
BECAUSE THERE IS ONLY ONE DAVID
BLAINE AND WE WILL ONLY DO THIS
ONCE.
>> PAYLOAD CLOCKS AND
226 POUNDS.
SO MOST OF THE BALLOONS ARE JUST
TO GET THE PAYLOAD TO BE
NEUTRALLY PLANTED APPEAR THE
REST OF THE BLENDS ARE TO GET
DAVID TO BE NEUTRALLY PLANTED AD
ONE OR TWO KOBO BALLOONS.
IN RIGGING, ALL OF THE BALLOONS
ARE CONNECTING TO IT.
AND THEN DAVID IS HANGING BELOW
THAT.
THIS SITE HERE IS WHAT PAYS THE
BILLS.
THIS IS FOR THE CAMERA SYSTEM.
SO IT WILL TAKE ALL OF THE COOL
IMAGES THAT ARE BEING SENT DOWN
AND RELAYED THEM UP THROUGH AN
AIRPLANE THAT ENCIRCLING OFTEN
THE DISTANCE THE DISTANCE AND
RELATING THAT DOWN LIVE.
THROUGH SOME SORT OF MAGIC THAT
GOES ACROSS THE INTERNET WHILE
IT IS HAPPENING.
BECAUSE THIS IS THE DEVICE THAT
HAS ALL OF THE SAFETY STUFF ON
IT.
THESE ARE WHAT THE REAL BALLOONS
WILL LOOK LIKE.
THIS IS WHAT ALL OF THIS STUFF
IS GOING TO GO IN.
>> I HAVE ANOTHER FREE HAND.
READY?
ALL OF THESE BALLOONS ARE FOR
POP UP POP UP.
>> WOW!
THEY ARE REALLY BIG.
THE BALLOONS >> LOOK, I'M
WALKING THROUGH THEM.
PICO IT IS A TON OF BALLOONS.
LET'S GO PUT IT TOGETHER.
HOLD ON.
>> OKAY.
LOVE YOU.
>> SO I'M HERE WITH SOME OF THE
EXPERT TEAM THAT MAKES THIS
POSSIBLE.
EACH ONE OF THEM HAS THEIR OWN
SUPER HIGH LEVEL EXPERTISE, BUT
YOU HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER AS A
TEAM.
I WANT TO START WITH YOU, ART
THOMPSON.
OR IT IS SINCE ESSENTIALLY IN
CHARGE OF PAYLOAD AND AVIATION
ENGINEERING.
CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT WHAT IS
INSIDE SPECIFICALLY THE PAYLOAD?
>> INSIDE WE HAVE SEED TO
COMMAND AND CONTROL OF THE
RADIOS.
THE PRIMARY BACKUP.
THE SAME THING FOR UNIVERSITIES
OR INSTRUMENTAL FLIGHTS, AND
RESEARCH LAB.
AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT SENDS
SIGNALS FOR DROPPING WEIGHT
WHICH GIVES US WITH WERE VENTING
BALLOONS, POPPING BALLOONS.
WHICH ALLOWS US.
SO NORMALLY WE WOULD USE THE
VALVE WHICH WOULD EVENT, IN THIS
CASE, SQUIBS THAT ACTUALLY POP
THE BALLOON.
>> THIS IS SOMETHING I REALLY
DIDN'T THINK ABOUT UNTIL I GOT
HERE AND THOUGHT THROUGH THE
WHOLE THING.
DAVE AND CONTROLS THE BLENDS ON
THE WAY UP.
HE JUMPS FROM THEM.
THAT PAYLOAD IS STILL FLOATING
AND NEEDS TO BE COME A KIND OF
LIKE GETTING OUT OF A CAR WITH A
DRIVER NOT IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT.
THIS APPARATUS WILL HELP YOU
CONTROL AND EVENTUALLY GET IT
DOWN?
>> SO WE ARE SENDING SIGNALS, IN
AN CODED SIGNAL ON A MILITARY
CHANNEL SO THERE IS A LOT TO BE
DONE THAT REALLY MAKES THE CALL
TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THOSE JET
STREAMS ARE APPEARING SO WE CAN
FLIGHT UP TO GET IT AWAY OR
BRING IT DOWN.
THAT IS OUR WAY OF CONTROLLING
IT.
>> GOTCHA.
I SHOULD TALK TO YOU, DON.
LET'S TALK WEATHER.
I THINK IT IS SAFE TO SAY
DON DAY NUMBER ONE MAN IN THE
WORLD, WHETHER MAN IN THE WORLD.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BALLOONS, THE
NATURAL BIGGEST WEATHER IS THE
WIND, RIGHT?
>> BALLOONS ARE SUPER SENSITIVE
TO WIND AND DAVID'S LAUNCH WHEN
SPEEDS OF 5 MILES AN HOUR OR
LESS.
MOST PEOPLE CAN'T FEEL 5 MILES
AN HOUR BUT WE HAVE TO BE LESS
THAN THAT WHERE THE BALLOONS
GET UNCONTROLLABLE.
A GOOD EXAMPLE THIS WEEKEND WHEN
WE TRIED TO PUT YOU IN THE
TETHER FROM IT WAS 8 MILES AN
HOUR.
THAT WAS TOO FAST AND TOO
DANGEROUS.
>> I REMEMBER THAT.
I WAS TRYING TO EXPERIENCE WHAT
HE WAS GOING TO EXPERIENCE AND
WE COULDN'T GET IN THE BALLOONS
AND DO IT BECAUSE 8 MILES AN
HOUR WAS WHIPPING HIM ALL OVER
THE PLACE WHICH IS CRAZY.
I'M STANDING OUT HERE AND IT'S
FEELING LIKE WE HAVE GOOD
CONDITIONS, EARLY IN THE MORNING
WHICH FROM WHAT I CAN TELL IS
GOOD FOR WIND.
>> ABSOLUTELY, BALLOON
OPERATIONS ARE BEST IN THE
MORNING WHEN IT IS COOL, THEY
WERE A STAPLE.
UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD AN AIR
FRONT COME THROUGH ARIZONA
YESTERDAY AND GOT WINDY BUT
10 DEGREES COOLER THIS MORNING.
IT FEELS WONDERFUL.
AND I SCHOOL MORNING.
>> YOU SET UP A TEST BALLOONS
THIS MORNING.
HOW DID THAT GO?
WE MENTIONED THEY ARE VERY SLOW.
AND AS DAVID ASCENDS NICE AND
SLOW, THE WINDS VARIABLE AND
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE UNTIL HE
GETS HIGHER UP AS THE WIND
SPEEDS INCREASE BEFORE HE WILL
START TO MOVE VERY MUCH.
>> GOTCHA.
THE LAST PERSON I WANT TO
INTRODUCE OVER HERE IS BERT.
BERT, WHEN YOU DO THESE BALLOON
THINGS, YOU NEED ESSENTIALLY THE
NUMBER ONE BALLOONING EXPERT IN
THE WORLD SO HAPPY YOU ARE HERE
AS WELL.
AND WE TALK ABOUT --
>> AND BE UNHAPPY.
TAKING ME THROUGH BALLOONING
STEP-BY-STEP.
>> IT IS AMAZING.
>> A GREAT MEMBER OF THE TEAM
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS
BALLOON CLUSTER I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING FLY LIKE THIS BEFORE
BUT THERE IS A LOT OF VARIABLES.
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST CONCERN?
>> IT IS SURFACED WHEN SPIRIT
NEED NICE CALM WINDS THIS
MORNING.
AND IF IT WERE ME SITTING HERE
RIGHT NOW I WOULD WANT TO BE AND
THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.
>> WOULD YOU ALSO WANT TO JUMP
AGAIN?
>> I NEVER HAVE, DAVID.
[LAUGHTER]
>> SO HE MENTIONED THE PAYLOAD
IS ABLE TO POP BALLOONS AND DROP
WEIGHT.
WHY ARE WE DOING THAT?
HOW DOES THAT WORK?
>> SO WITH THE GAS BALLOON TO GO
UP, YOU RELEASE WEIGHT THAT
ALLOWS THE BALLOON TO GO UP TO
POP BALLOONS, DECREASING THE
WEIGHT.
EACH BALLOON HAS A LIFT OF
15 POUNDS SO YOU POP THE
BALLOON.
YOU ARE A 15 HEAVY.
>> WE HAVE 60 POUNDS OF SAND.
SO IF, FOR SOME REASON, I LOSE
CONSCIOUSNESS, WHICH I MOST
LIKELY WILL NOT BUT IF I DO LOSE
CONSCIOUSNESS, HE CAN BASICALLYE
UP WHICH HE WOULDN'T BY DUMPING
THE SAND.
OR HE CAN REMOTE BRING ME DOWN
AS WELL.
AND FOR CONTROL THAT THEY WILL
HAVE OVER THE BALLOON IF I
COULDN'T FUNCTION IS THEY
BASICALLY BETWEEN HIM AND DON
CAN LOOK AT THE WIND.
THE WINDOWS LIKE A RIVER.
THE WIND AT DIFFERENT ALTITUDES
MOVES YOU A DIFFERENT DIRECTION
SO THEY CAN PUT ME WHERE I NEED
TO INTO A DIFFERENT RIVER WENT
WHICH IS A CURRENT TAKE ME WHERE
THEY NEED TO BE.
>> SO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE
BLENDING MORE THAN I DO.
EXCELLENT.
WE HAVE A POLICE TO SHOW YOU AND
THIS HERCULEAN EFFORT THE LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS SO WE WANT TO
PUT TOGETHER A PIECE OF THE SHOW
TO SHOW YOU HOW THAT HAS GONE.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> IN ORDER TO PULL THIS PROJECT
OFF I DISCOVER THE BALLOONS I
WILL BE FLYING WILL HE DID
CLASSIFIED AS AN EXPERIMENTAL
AIRCRAFT.
IN ANY AIRCRAFT A LICENSED PILOT
TO FLY IT SO THAT'S WHAT I HAD
TO BECOME PEER THERE ARE TWO
WAYS TO FLY UP INTO THE SKY
WITH BALLOONS.
USING EITHER HOT AIR TO FORCE IT
UP OR CAST SUCH AS HYDROGEN THAT
RISES NATURALLY.
MOST PEOPLE LEARN HOW TO FLY
BALLOONS AND A HOT AIR METHOD SO
THAT'S WHERE I STARTED.
>> 6:15.
>> GOING UP AND DOWN IN A
BALLOON IS PRETTY SIMPLE.
HOWEVER, IT INTENTIONALLY FLYING
IT IN ANY GIVEN DIRECTION IS
MUCH MORE COMPLICATED.
THE BEST PILOTS IN THE WORLD
HAVE A TOUCH AND FINESSE THAT IS
UNRIVALED.
IT WAS THESE PILOTS THAT I
SOUGHT OUT TO INSTRUCT ME AND
TEACH ME WHAT THEY KNOW.
>> THIS WILL TELL US A LOT ABOUT
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN HERE.
AND I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF
IT GOES STRAIGHT UP.
EXACTLY LIKE YOU SAY.
♪ ♪
SPEAK WITH THE FIRST LESSONS HOW
TO SAFELY BUILD AN INFLATABLE
BALLOON AND ALL OF ITS RIGGING.
>> OKAY, CHECK AIR IN THIS
REGISTRATION, FLIGHT MANUAL,
WHICH WE DID.
>> HAVE A SAFE FLIGHT.
>> NEXT I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO
FLY HIGH AND VERY LOW.
I HAD TO LAND AND PLAN AND
UNPLANNED LOCATIONS.
>> GOOD JOB.
THAT WAS A SAFE LANDING.
>> AND BRING IT DOWN IN ROUGH
WINS.
 WHEN
SPWINS.
WE HAVE TO PULL ALL OF THE AIR
OUT OF THE ENVELOPE.
OTHER THAN HITTING POWER LINES,
THAT IS AS BAD AS IT GETS.
HE DID GOOD, HE DID REALLY GOOD
TO.
>> AFTER I MASTERED THE ART OF
FLYING WITH HEAT MY REACHED OUT
TO THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED GAS
BALLOON PILOT IN THE WORLD,
BERT.
BERT HELP ME TO GET CERTIFIED SO
I CAN FLY LIGHTER THAN AIR
BALLOONS.
>> WELL WHAT YOU ARE DOING DOWN
THE ROAD IS LITTLE DIFFERENT,
THIS IS GOOD TRAINING.
I THINK IT WILL COME BACK AND
YOU WILL THINK ABOUT THIS WHEN
YOU ARE DOING IT.
>> UNLIKE HOT AIR WHICH IS
NOISY, GAS BALLOONING IS
COMPLETELY SILENT ON ONE OF THE
MOST AMAZING EXPERIENCES I HAVE
EVER HAD.
YOU ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE YOU ARE
PART OF THE WIND AS YOU MOVE
ALONG WITHOUT ANY SOUND
WHATSOEVER.
>> IT IS STILL.
WOW!
LEARNING TO FLY BALLOONS HAS
EXCEEDED ALL OF MY WILDEST
EXPECTATIONS.
NOW THAT I AM AN OFFICIALLY
LICENSED BALLOON PILOTS, I
CANNOT WAIT TO FLY MY AIRCRAFT.
>> ALL RIGHT, WE ARE STILL ABOUT
AN HOUR OR SO FROM LUNCH WHICH
GIVES ME ENOUGH TIME TO
SELFISHLY ASK DAVID BLAINE TO
GIVE ME ONE OF HIS SECRET MAGIC
TRICKS.
IS THAT COOL?
I WILL SHOW YOU MY FAVORITE CARD
TRICK AND I WILL GIVE THIS CARD
TO MY BROTHER.
>> OKAY, COOL.
>> MY BROTHER IS OBSESSED WITH
MARQUES.
HE WAS SO EXCITED BUT HE SAW
MARQUES AND SAID -- BUT HERE,
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE.
ANY CARD THAT YOU WANT, YOU CAN
HELP.
TAKE ONE OUT.
>> OKAY, GOT IT.
>> CAN YOU WRITE YOUR NAME SO
EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT?
>> ANYWHERE?
>> BIG AND BOLD SO IT IS VISIBLE
SO YOU CAN SEE YOUR NAME.
SO IT MIGHT BE ON THE BORDER.
>> YOU SEE THAT?
>> GREAT.
>> CAN YOU ALL SEE THAT?
NOW LOOK DO YOU SEE HOW THE
CARD, IT LOOKS LIKE I PUT YOUR
CARD, FOR REAL, INSIDE, YES?
>> YES.
>> NO, I DID THIS ONE MOVE AND
YOU SEE IT'S RIGHT ON TOP JUST
LIKE THAT.
CAN YOU SEE THAT?
BUT NO, HOLD ON THAT IS SIMPLE
MAGIC, RIGHT?
HOLD YOUR HAND PALM UP AND THIS
IS WHAT WE DO.
PUT YOUR OTHER HAND ON TOP OF IT
FLAT.
LIKE THAT.
AND I ALSO USE THIS CARD
SO WE USE A DEUCE OF HEARTS,
RIGHT?
WATCH WHAT I DO WITH THE TWO.
YOU CAN ALL SEE IF I TAKE THE
TWO AND PLACE IT ABOVE YOUR HAND
AND I DID THIS.
OH, YEAH, I HAVE YOUR CARD.
>> WHAT?
OKAY.
THAT'S -- YEAH, THIS IS WHY
PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE ALL THIS
STUFF.
IT IS DAVID BLAINE.
IT WILL JUST BE ANOTHER TRICK
MANNER.
BUT THAT IS REAL MAGIC.
BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IS A
NATURAL SEGUE TO THE PHYSICS
THING.
BECAUSE WHEN WE ARE DOING MAGIC
IT IS BEAUTIFUL AND ART, BUT
DESPITE THIS ALSO BEING
BEAUTIFUL AND ART, THERE ARE SO
MUCH MATH AND PHYSICS TO MAKE IT
SAFE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
SO LIKE A CHOICE BETWEEN HELIUM
AND HYDROGEN BALLOONS FOR
EXAMPLE.
WE HAVE A PIECE YOU WERE TALKING
TO DIANA, THE PHYSICS GIRL,
FELLOW YOUTUBE FRIEND OF OURS
AND WE TALK ABOUT THE CHOICES
YOU HAVE TO MAKE.
SO LET'S ROLLED OUT.
ROLE THAT.>> WHAT I'M HERE DO YE
THAT CHANGES OR CONTROL HOW MUCH
YOU ARE GOING UP OR DOWN?
>> I HAVE NO IDEA.
[LAUGHTER]
SO I BROUGHT SOME EXPENSE I WANT
TO SHOW YOU TO TALK ABOUT THE P.
BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING UP IN THE
ATMOSPHERE.
AND THE PRESSURE GETS WAY LOWER.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU AN EXPERIMENT
TO TALK ABOUT THAT COME ABOUT
THE FACT THAT THE AIR GETS
THINNER.
>> OKAY.
>> THIS IS A VACUUM CHAMBER.
AND I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO BLOW
THIS BALLOON UP.
I AM GOING TO TELL YOU IT.
OKAY.
SO I WILL TIE THE VACUUM PUMP
ON.
THAT LITTLE BALLOON AT THE
BOTTOM IS THE ONE THAT I DIDN'T
BLOW ON AT ALL.
>> NOTHING TO.
>> IT IS STARTING TO EXTEND BUT
THESE ALREADY HAVE SO MUCH GAS
IN IT.
>> SO COOL.
THE REASON I WANT TO SHOW YOU IS
THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT ABOUT
WHEN I SAW THESE MASSIVE
BALLOONS IS THE FACT THAT THESE
WILL EXPAND.
THEY WILL GO FROM 8 FEET
DIAMETER TO ABOUT 10 FEET.
BECAUSE THEY DO THE SAME THING
AS THESE BALLOONS.
SO THERE IS MORE DRAG ON THEM.
THEY ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT GO
WANT TO.
>> THEY WILL LOOK BIGGER BUT THE
ISSUE IS IF THEY START POPPING.
THAT IS A REAL --
>> IF THEY ARE CLOSER TOGETHER
AND TOUCHING.
>> WHAT HAPPENS IN YOUR BLOOD?
>> SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THING BUT
WE HAVE AN EXPERIMENT FOR THAT
IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT.
OKAY, YES.
I WAS CURIOUS WHEN I HEARD YOU
WERE GOING UP HOW FAST YOU ARE
GOING AND HOW HIGH YOU ARE GOING
BECAUSE THAT DETERMINES WHETHER
YOU WOULD GET DEPRESSION
SICKNESS.
BECAUSE THERE IS SOME FLUID IN
HERE.
I WILL PULL IT BACK AND YOU WILL
SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
I WILL HAVE YOU GUESSED.
HERE WE GO.
SO YOU CAN SEE IT CONTINUING TO
BUBBLE.
I'M JUST HOLDING IT HERE AND IS
CONTINUING TO BUBBLE.
>> LIKE CARBONATED WATER.
IS THAT WHAT IT DOES?
>> YES, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT
IS.
SO YOU PULL IT BACK AND ALL OF
THE FLUID, YOU LET IT GO WHEN IT
STOPS.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS TO
YOUR BLOOD.
>> MORE WITH DIVERS.
A DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS BECAUSE
YOU GO DOWN AND THE MORE
PRESSURE YOU ARE UNDER, THE MORE
YOU CAN GET NITROGEN DISSOLVED
INTO YOUR BLOOD.
I MEAN I'M A THIS IS A QUICK AND
DRASTIC PRESSURE CHANGE SO WITH
THAT HAPPEN TO YOU.
>> THAT IS BETTER.
>> THAT WOULD BE REALLY BAD.
>> THIS IS 17 POUNDS OF LITITZ.
IF YOU FEEL THIS.
>> SO HARD TO PULL.
THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
SO BASICALLY, IF I HAD SEVEN
BALLOONS, YOU WOULD BE GOOD TO
GO.
>> SEVEN OR EIGHT BALLOONS?
THAT IS SO COOL.
SO YOU ARE USING HELIUM WHICH IS
A GREAT GAS WERE FLYING
BALLOONS, BUT HYDROGEN GIVES
YOU A BIT MORE LIFT BECAUSE IT
IS LESS DENSE.
>> HELIUM IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT
TO COME BY, MORE COSTLY.
>> I WANT TO DO A DEMONSTRATION
WITH YOU.
AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHY YOU
ARE USING HELIUM AND NOT
HYDROGEN END.
>> SO WE HAVE SOME HAND
SANITIZER WRAPPED AROUND A
STICK.
>> THAT IS GOING.
>> TEST NUMBER ONE, HELIUM.
[LAUGHTER]
>> BASICALLY WHAT WE EXPECTED.
>> WAS THAT ONE CLAP I HEARD
OVER THEY ARE?
>> NOW, WE ARE GOING TO DO THE
HYDROGEN TEST.
[LAUGHTER]
>> WE DID IT!
SO THAT IS WHY YOU AVOID
HYDROGEN, BOOM!
>> WOW!
>> THAT IS AWESOME.
>> THAT IS AWESOME.
THANK YOU.
>> LUKE, WE ARE ABOUT HOW LONG
FROM LAUNCH DO YOU THINK?
>> ABOUT AN HOUR.
IT IS STARTING TO GET SERIOUS
NOW.
WE ARE AND IT.
>> I WANT TO GO OVER THE MAIN
RISK FACTOR YOU MENTIONED AT THE
BEGINNING.
WHICH IS HYPOXIA, TEMPERATURE,
PARACHUTE, AND LANDING.
MET WITH I'M GUESSING AT HOME,
PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT
MEDIA THING IS HYPOXIA BUT DO Y?
>> HYPOXIA IS A REAL DEAL.
I HAD AN EXPERIENCE HELPING
FELIX BAUMGARTNER FROM JUMPING
FROM SPACE FOR MY FOLLOW UP THE
SIDE OF AN AIRPLANE.
BASICALLY UNCONSCIOUS AND 26,00.
AND I WOKE UP 10,000 FEET IN
FREE FALL.
AND THEY ARE STARTED TO GET
THICKER AND THE OXYGEN COMES
BACK IN YOUR BRAIN IS WORKING.
IT WAS SCARY STUFF.
SO I TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUS.
AND I MADE ON THE OUTSIDE SEEMED
JOKING AND FUNNY BUT AS WE GET
CLOSER, THIS STUFF GETS REAL
SERIOUS NOW.
>> WHEN DAVID IS GOING UP AND
GETTING INTO THE THINNER AND
THINNER ATMOSPHERE, WOULD YOU BE
ABLE TO TELL IF HE'S LOSING IT A
LITTLE BIT?
>> I FEEL THAT I CAN.
DAVID DID A GREAT THING AND HE
BROUGHT IN SOME FRIENDS THAT
KNOW HIM AND HIS PERSONALITY.
I WILL REFER TO THEM A LITTLE
BIT IF THEY FEEL HE IS ACTING
DIFFERENT THEN HE IS NORMALLY.
I MIGHT TAKE THEIR ADVICE AND
WEIGH THAT INTO MY DECISIONS
WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO.
>> GOTCHA.
SO I'M HERE THINKING, DAVID
BLAINE MIGHT BE THE GUY WHO CAN
TRAIN FOR OXYGEN DEPRIVATION.
IF YOU CAN TRAIN FOR THIS, HE
CAN BREATH HOLD AND THAT KIND OF
THING, WILL THAT WORK?
>> IT DRIVES ME CRAZY BECAUSE HE
HOLDS HIS BREATH SO LONG AND SO
GOOD AT THE OXYGEN PART, BUT I'M
LIKE COMMITTED SERIOUS.
NO ONE CAN OVERCOME CERTAIN
ALTITUDES.
IT IS JUST WHAT HAPPENS.
BUT WE RODE UP IN AN AIRPLANE
TOGETHER AND WE PUT PULSE OX ON
OUR FINGERS MEASURING THE OXYGEN
CONTENT IN HER BLOOD AND WE
CLIMB TO 25,000 FEET.
HE WAS ACTUALLY BETTER THAN I
WAS.
AND I GOT 20,000 DRUMS AND SPENT
HALF OF MY LIFE IN THE AIR.
HE PROCESSES OXYGEN A LITTLE BIT
BETTER THAN ME.
I DID IT TO PROVE TO HIM THAT IT
DOESN'T WORK AND IT ACTUALLY
WORKED A LITTLE BIT.
SO NOW I'M GOING TO BE FIGHTING
THAT TODAY.
>> HE IS IN HIS OWN GOOD HANDS
AND TRAINING FOR IT.
SO I'M ALSO THINKING LIKE IF HE
DOES GET TO THAT TIGHT AND
BECOMES A PROBLEM, YOU HAVE THE
REMOTE CONTROL AS A LAST RESORT
TO MAYBE BRING IT LOWER AND SORT
OF FEEL LIKE HE'S GETTING BACK.
>> WE CAN.
I TRY NOT TO THINK ABOUT THAT
BECAUSE IF IT IS ME AND I LANDED
AND I'M OKAY, I'M UPSET.
AND YOU WRECKED MY STUNK DUMB
EXTENT, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
YOU'RE NOT MY DAD.
IT IS A FINE LINE WHAT IS SAFE
ON WHAT DAVID IS ALL ABOUT,
DOING AN AMAZING, INTENSE
THINGS.
>> GOTCHA.
WE HAVE A LITTLE PIECE WITH HIM
LEARNING HIS BREATH HOLDING
TECHNIQUE AND ACTUALLY GETTING
BETTER AT IT.
SO IF IT WORKS, IT WORKS.
LET'S CHECK THAT OUT.
>> THERE IS ONE TECHNIQUE I
STARTED WHEN I WAS FIVE YEARS
OLD THAT I HAVE SPENT THE LAST
FOUR DECADES LEARNING HOW TO DO
BETTER AND BETTER.
THE TECHNIQUE THAT I HAVE
LEARNED FOR HOLDING MY BREATH
WAS ESSENTIAL AND EVEN ALLOWED
ME TO BREAK A WORLD RECORD JUST
BY LEARNING TO CONTROL MY
BREATHING AND SLOW MY
HEART RATE.
ONE OF THE POSSIBLE THREATS ON
MY NEXT STUNT IS A POTENTIALLY
FATAL CONDITION CALLED HYPOXIA.
HYPOXIA IS WHEN YOU DON'T GET
ENOUGH OXYGEN BECAUSE YOU GO TO
HIGH AND YOU ARE NOT IN A
PRESSURIZED CABIN LIKE AN
AIRPLANE SO YOU ARE BREATHING
THE AIR THAT HAS LESS
OXYGEN.
WHEN YOU BECOME HYPOXIC, YOU
HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE DOING
SO YOU'RE COMPLETELY FOGGY, IT
IS LIKE YOU ARE DRUNK.
BUT THE BREATHING TECHNIQUE CAN
HELP ME OVERWRITE HYPOXIA BY
KEEPING BLOOD OXYGEN SATURATED
AND HIDE.
>> WE HAVE THE FIRST READING
TAKE OFF AT 200 FEET.
I WAS 98% O2 AND DAVID WAS 97.
SO AS WE GO UP, WE WILL SEE WHAT
WE GET.
>> AS WE ASCENDED TO TO HIGHER
ALTITUDES, LUKE'S OXYGEN LEVELS
BEGAN TO DROP.
BY USING THE SAME BREATHING
TECHNIQUES THAT I HAVE LEARNED,
I WAS ABLE TO KEEP MY BLOOD
OXYGEN LEVELS NORMAL MORE THAN .
>> WE ARE AT 18.
I'M STILL GOOD.
IT'S NOT HYPOXIA.
[LAUGHTER]
>> ONCE WE REACH OUR PEAK
ALTITUDE, MY OXYGEN LEVEL IS
DROPPING AS WELL SO I NEEDED TO
BREATHE O2 TO RECOVER.
I WILL NEED TO PREVENT HYPOXIA.
>> THERE IS NO FOOTAGE.
THERE IS NOTHING OF SOMEONE
GOING UP TO EXTREME ALTITUDES
USING THIS TECHNIQUE AND BEING
PERFECTLY FINE.
>> LOOK AT THIS.
HYPOXIA.
>> 85 O2 LEVEL MINUS 98.
>> WHEN I'M SHOOTING MY
SPECIALS, PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK ME
IF WHAT I'M DOING IS REAL OR IS
IT MAGIC.
ONE OF THE THINGS I OFTEN
DEMONSTRATE TO ANSWER THEM IS
TEACHING THEM HOW TO HOLD THEIR
BREATH LONGER THAN THEY REALIZE
AS POSSIBLE.
SOME OF THEM EVEN FIND IT
RELEVANT TO WHAT THEY DO.
>> WINTER IS RIGHT AROUND THE
CORNER AND LEARNING HOW TO
BREATHE PROPERLY, THIS IS A
ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY.
>> HEY, YEAH!
>> I KNOW IT WILL BENEFIT ME
CERTAINLY WHEN YOU GET TO
2 MINUTES, I WILL BE HAPPY.
>> BEFORE WE START, WE WILL DO A
TEST.
I WILL SAY TAKE A DEEP BREATH,
EVERYBODY HOLD, HOLD YOUR HAND
UP.
TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND THEN H
HOLD.
>> THE AVERAGE HUMAN BREATH.
1:41, VERY IMPRESSIVE.
GOOD.
1:45.
>> MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE
THEY CAN HOLD THEIR BREATH FOR
LONGER THAN A MINUTE.
AND I'VE TAUGHT MANY PEOPLE OVER
THE YEARS HOW TO HOLD THEIR
BREATH FOR THREE TO 4 MINUTES.
DON'T TRY THAT ON YOUR OWN, BUT
NOW I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN THE
PROCESS TO YOU.
YOU WILL TAKE A DEEP BREATH IN
AND WE WILL HOLD FOR A SECOND
AND THEN WE WILL EXHALE ABOUT
TEN SECONDS.
IT IS GOING TO FLUSH THE CO2 OUT
OF THE BLOODSTREAM.
YOU WILL GET NUMB FEELINGS AND
YOUR LIPS.
YOU MIGHT GET TINGLING IN YOUR
FINGERS.
IMAGINE YOU ARE BLOWING A TOY
BOAT OVER THE SURFACE OF THE
POOL BUT DON'T DO IT TO THE
POINT THAT YOU ARE BLACKING OUT,
BUT PUSH IT ENOUGH.
AND THEN A HUGE BREATH IN AND
HOLD.
FEEL TINGLY, THEY ARE AS
OVERFLOWING AND FEELS LIKE IT
WILL COME OUT, JUST HOLD APPEAR
TO HOLD IT, RELAX.
RECOVER BREATH.
YOU PURGE SO HARD THAT YOU
BLACKED YOURSELF OUT.
>> JUST KEEP RECOVERING.
CRAZY, DUDE, HE IS FULLY BLACKED
OUT.
>> THE LAST ONE WHEN WE WERE
DOING THE PURGING --
>> IT IS SO EASY TO BLACK OUT ON
THAT.
WE WILL JUST DO A FEW MINUTES OF
THIS RECOVERY, AND THEN WE WILL
GET IN THE POOL.
IF WE GET TO 3:30, WE HAVE
PASSED A LIFELONG RECORD.
IF WE GET TO 4 MINUTES, WE ARE
AT THE ELITE NAVY SEAL.
THAT IS THE VERY TOP.
HUGE BREATH IN.
GO UNDER WHEN YOU ARE READY.
JUST GET AS COMFORTABLE AS YOU
CAN.
>> CAN I SEE IF YOU ARE OKAY?
SIGNAL IF YOU ARE OKAY.
GOOD, 3 MINUTES IS GREAT.
>> RECOVER.
4:25.
>> RECOVER.
[LAUGHTER]
>> YOU DID 4:45.
>> DAVID.
>> 4:45 IS NO JOKE.
THAT IS SERIOUS FOR YOUR FIRST
TIME.
>> SO THAT HAS COMPLETELY
CHANGED HOW I SERVED.
BEFORE I DROP, AND THEN I GET
THE DROP IN IN THE WAY IF I WILL
EXHALE.
>> HOW WAS YOUR LITTLE BLACK OUT
IN THE CHAIR?
I FELT LIKE SOMEBODY PUT A HAT
ON MY HEAD.
>> YOU GET LOST AND I DIDN'T
KNOW WHERE I WAS.
>> ONCE WE GET PAST, WELL.
WE GOT PAST THE NAVY SEALs.
[LAUGHTER]
>> DO NOT DO THIS ON YOUR OWN
WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING BECAUSE
NOW THAT YOU HAVE THE TECHNIQUE
COME IF YOU DO IT TO THE POINT
THAT HE DID WHEN WE WERE
PRACTICING, HE BLACKED OUT FROM
PUSHING TOO HARD.
IF YOU BLACKED OUT ON THE WATER,
NO ONE IS WATCHING YOU IN
SHALLOW WATER.
THAT IS VERY EASY.
>> DARK.
[LAUGHTER]
>> TOMORROW, YOU GUYS WILL HAVE
A SLIGHT LITTLE BIT OF HEADACHE
BUT IT GOES AWAY FAST.
I COMPLETELY FORGOT TO SAY THIS.
IT IS A CO2 BULLET, BUT IT GOES
AWAY.
I WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO DO IT.
>> AWESOME, SO ACTUALLY GAVE
THAT A LITTLE BIT OF A SHOT.
I WAS UNDER WATER OR ANYTHING
BUT I WENT FOR ONE MINUTE TO
AROUND 2 MINUTES, WHICH I WAS
VERY PROUD OF.
>> AND WHEN WE HAVE TIME, THE
ONE THING I WANT TO REEMPHASIZE
IS IT IS VERY, VERY DANGEROUS TO
DO THAT.
SO NOBODY TRIED TO DO THAT.
WHEN I DO IT, ONCE AGAIN, I HAVE
AN INCREDIBLE TEAM AROUND ME AND
I SUPERVISE AND LEARN ALL THE
SKILLS SO THERE IS NO RISK IN
THE SHALLOW WATER DEPTH.
ON YOUR COUCH MIGHT ALSO DON'T
RECOMMEND.
>> I THINK THE TRAINING IS THE
MOST IMPORTANT PIECE, BUT I
THINK I JUST WANT TO ZOOM OUT
FOR A SECOND.
YOU ARE GOING TO GRAB A BUNCH OF
BALLOONS, FLOAT UP INTO THE
SUNRISE OVER THIS MAJESTIC
LANDSCAPE UNTIL YOU ARE A TINY
DOT, AND THEN YOU WILL LET GO OF
THE BALLOONS WITH A PARACHUTE ON
AND SKYDIVE TO THE GROUND.
THAT IS WHY OLD.
SO I JUST LIKE --
>>  --
>> ICE HER STOMACH AM SORRY TO
INTERRUPT YOU GUYS BUT WE HAVE A
PERFECT WINDOW SO WE NEED TO
LUNCH AT 7:45.
>> I DON'T WANT TO PUSH
MOTHER NATURE BUT WE HAVE A
GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
>> EVERYTHING HAS SHIFTED.
NO LATER THAN 7:45.
>> OKAY.
>> WE WILL HURRY THINGS ALONG.
I CAN TELL THE WIND IS PERFECT
SO THAT IS GREAT.
>> IT IS NOW TIME AND I LOVE THE
CAMERAS, AND LOVE YOU GUYS
WATCHING.
IT'S TIME TO GET GOING.
5 MINUTES AND THEN WE WILL START
GEARING UP.
I KNOW YOU HAVE A SHOW, BUT
WE'VE GOT TO GET GOING.
>> THAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF IT
AND THAT'S WHERE THE TRAINING
MATTERS.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT EXTRA
FACTOR THAT WE TALKED ABOUT,
HYPOXIA.
THAT IS A BIG DEAL.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE PARIS
SHOOTING AT THE LANDING AND THAT
IS ALSO SUPER IMPORTANT BUT
TEMPERATURE, WHEN YOU ARE
FLOATING OFF INTO THE CLOUDS BUT
NOT ONLY DOES IT GET THIN BUT WY
COLDER.
I'M TOLD THREE AND A HALF
DEGREES CELSIUS OR 7 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT COLDER FOR EVERY
THOUSAND FEET YOU GO UP HERE
IT'S OVER IT'S GETTING REAL COLD
UP THERE.
NOW I'M FROM NEW YORK AND DAVID
IS FROM NEW YORK.
WE ARE USED TO COLD WEATHER
HANDS BUT IF YOU GET YOUR
PARACHUTE DOWN IN YOUR HANDS ARE
TOO COLD, THAT CAN BE A PROBLEM.
SO YOU HAVE TO GET READY FOR
COLD WEATHER TOO.
IT WILL BE COLD.
LET'S CHECK OUT HOW WE TRAIN FOR
THE COLD.
>> HOPEFULLY YOU ARE NOT
CLAUSTROPHOBIC.
>> TRY TO STAY IN THERE AS LONG
AS I POSSIBLY CAN.
>> I CAN'T DO IT.
>> OKAY.
JUMP OUT MAYBE 30 SECONDS.
40 SECONDS.
THE WAY THIS HELPS MY NEXT AUNT
IS WHEN I'M GOING UP ON THE
BALLOONS AND WRITING ALL THE WAY
UP, BASICALLY YOU LOSE THREE
AND A HALF DEGREES BUT ON THE
FIRST JUMP THAT I DID FROM
25,000 FEET, I HAD A FULL FACE
MASK ON.
THE FIRST BREATH THAT I TOOK,
THE WHOLE THING ICED OVER SO MY
SKYDIVING WAS JUMPING DOWN AND I
HAD TO LOOK THROUGH THIS LITTLE
HOLE.
>> ICE.
>> ICE IMMEDIATELY.
>> THAT IS CRAZY.
>> AND YOU WILL TAKE MY
TEMPERATURE BECAUSE ONCE WE GO
INTO CRYOGENIC COME I WANT TO
SEE IF THE TEMPERATURES DROP.
HE WILL BE 98.3.
>> WE HAD ONE PROFESSIONAL BOXER
YESTERDAY TO HAVE FILE.
>> HE GOT KNOCKED OUT IN ONE
ROUND.
>> WOW THIS IS CRAZY RIGHT NOW.
>> ARE YOU DOING OKAY?
>> YEP.
>> YOU ARE HALFWAY THERE.
>> HE'S GOT 45 SECONDS LEFT.
HE IS DOING GREAT.
HE IS STARTING TO SHAKE.
>> ALL RIGHT, GOOD JOB.
>> WOW!
>> THAT IS AMAZING.
YOU SAID THAT WAS ONE LEVEL.
WHAT IS THE NEXT LEVEL OF THAT?
BECOME MORE INTENSE.
>> JUST CRANK IT TO THE HIGHEST
FOR ME.
>> IN THE STUNT, HAVE TO LEARN
WHEN I'M GOING TO THESE HEIGHTS
HOW TO STAY COMPLETELY COHERENT.
AND HYPOXIA KICKS IN MUCH
QUICKER WHEN YOU ARE IN EXTREME
CONDITIONS.
>> HOW ARE YOU DOING IN THERE,
BRO?
>> IT IS GOOD.
>> HE SAYS HE'S GOOD.
>> WE WILL DO TWO IN A ROW.
NOW IT IS GOOD.
>> THIS MAN.
>> HE IS TRYING TO GO AGAIN FOR
THREE.
>> YOU WANT TO GO FOR A THIRD
TIME?
YEAH.
>> I JUST WANTED TO TRIPLE
CHECK.
HE WILL BE IN THERE FOR
9 MINUTES.
DUDE.
>> THIS IS THE LONGEST I THINK
ANYONE WOULD EVER THINK ABOUT
DOING.
>> YOU HAVE ABOUT 25 SECONDS
LEFT, BRO.
>> I DO NOT KNOW HOW.
THAT WAS INSANE.
>> WOW!
[APPLAUSE]
>> THAT IS GOOD.
LET'S SEE IF THE TEMPERATURE
DROPPED.
>> LOOK.
[LAUGHTER]
YO, YOU DID IT, BRO, YOU ARE
GOING TO BE GOOD TO GO.
>> SO I GUESS ONE LAST IMPORTANT
BIT IS, WELL WE WENT OVER THE
IMAGE FLOATING UP ON THE
BALLOONS.
AND I LOVE THE ART OF IT.
LIKE IT IS A SILHOUETTE OF A GUY
GOING OVER THE HORIZON WITH
BALLOONS, RIGHT?
BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT, HE
DOESN'T HAVE A PARACHUTE ON.
SO THIS IS AN IDEA YOU GUYS WENT
BACK AND FORTH ABOUT, HOW, WHEN
DOES HE GET IT ON?
>> I ALMOST WISH I WOULDN'T HAVE
BROUGHT IT UP.
IS THERE A WAY?
WE PUT A MAN ON THE MOON AND WE
CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS.
BUT THEN I WAS REGRETTING IT FOR
QUITE A WHILE.
WE HAVE BEEN PRACTICING PUTTING
THE PARACHUTE ON.
BUT FOR ME COMMIT IS THE MOST
CRITICAL PORTION.
HE COULD LAND AND CRASH LAND
WITH HIS PARACHUTE OUT IN AN
AREA AND HURT HIS ANKLE AND
BREAK HIS LEG.
BUT IF HE DOESN'T GET THE
PARACHUTE ON AND COME OUT OF
SOMETHING IN A HURRY, LIKE A
MOTHER'S NO OPTIONS.
THAT IS REAL.
IF HE DOESN'T GET THAT ON MY
MIND, THAT IS EQUIVALENT OF NOT
MAKING IT.
>> SO IS PULLING THE PARACHUTE
DOWN AND HOW LONG DOES THAT
TAKE?
>> THE FASTEST WE'VE BEEN ABLE
TO DO IT IS AROUND TWO AND HALF
MINUTES.
SO ABOUT 500 FEET A MINUTE AND
WE WILL START THAT AT ROUGHLY
FOUR OR 5,000 FEET ABOVE THE
GROUND.
IT TAKES THAT LONG AND IS
GETTING COLDER, LESS OXYGEN
APPEAR ITS OWN GOING TO BE
OCCURRING AND PUSHING HIM TO DO
WHAT I THINK IS RIGHT.
HE'S THE ONLY ONE UP THERE.
ONCE HIS FEET LEAVES THE GROUND,
IT IS ON HIM.
>> THAT SAY THAT WAS GREAT.
THEN YOU GUYS GOT TO LAND.
YOU GUYS WENT UP AND LOOKED AT
SOME SITES.
THERE IS A LOT TO CHOOSE FROM
OUT HERE.
I SEE MACES MY DESERTS AND STUFF
LIKE THAT.
HOW DID THAT GO?
THE OTHER DAY, I CAME OUT INTO
IT AND EXPECTION, GOING TO THE
DESERT.
WE WILL BE IN THE DESERT AND IT
WILL BE GREAT AND THEN I GOT
HERE AND I STARTED FLYING AROUND
AND CHECKING IT OUT AND DAVID
GOT HERE A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER
AND I SAID DAVID, DO NOT GET IN
A HELICOPTER.
DO NOT LOOK UNTIL WE HAVE TIME
TO LOOK AT A MAP AND TALK ABOUT
IT.
BLUE, IT IS NO PROBLEM.
MAN, DON'T GET IN THE
HELICOPTER.
>> WE WENT FOR A RIDE CAME DOWN
AND IT GOT VERY REAL FOR HIM.
AS REAL AS IT HAS BEEN FOR ME
THE WHOLE TIME THAT I HAVE ALL
THESE GNARLY SPOTS.
WHERE MY GOING TO LAND, LUKE?
I CAN LAND IN BEAUTIFUL NICE
GRASS BUT THIS IS MOUNTING FROM
THE CLIFFS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE FENCE A
LITTLE BIT.
EVERYTHING CAME AROUND AND NOW
HE'S NERVOUSLY EXCITED, I THINK,
TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
>> IF ANYBODY IS GOOD TO TRAIN
HIM COMMIT ISSUE.
HOW MANY LUNCHES?
I HAVE 20,000 SKY DIVES.
>> IT TAKES A LOT OF TRAINING
AND ESPECIALLY BUT SKYDIVING A
LOT OF SAFETY PRECAUTIONS SO
THAT IS WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN
DOING AND A LITTLE PIECE ABOUT
HOW HE'S GOT IT.
>> ON THE DAY OF ASCENSION COME
IF I HAVE TO RELEASE FROM THE
BALLOONS COME I WILL NEED TO
SKYDIVE THERE SKYDIVE DOWN TO
SAVE MY LIFE.
WHEN WE GET AS CLOSE TO 500
CHUMS, I FEEL SAFE ALMOST OVER
ANY AREA.
>> ALL RIGHT, NICELY DONE.
GOOD JOB.
I'VE BEEN LEARNING HOW TO
DEVELOP THE SKILLS I NEVER
HAD.
IT IS THE MOST INCREDIBLE SKILL
TO LEARN.
♪ ♪
>> MY FIRST 100 JUMPS WERE DONE
WITH SCOTT SMITH, WHO IS A WORLD
CHAMPION FREESTYLE SKYDIVER AND
A GREAT INSTRUCTOR.
A REPETITIOUS LEAD JUMPED
SOMETIMES 15 TIMES A DAY SO I
CAN HAVE COMPLETE AWARENESS OF
EVERYTHING AROUND ME.
AND THEN HOW TO LAND SAFELY IN A
SPECIFIC AREA.
WHICH ACTUALLY TURNS OUT TO BE
THE HARDEST PART.
>> I LANDED SO FAR FROM
EVERYTHING.
LIKE I'M IN THE MIDDLE -- I
LANDED AROUND A BUNCH OF TREES
WHERE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO LAND
IS WHERE THAT LITTLE THOUGHT IS
RIGHT THERE.
>> THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF BAD
LANDINGS THAT I'VE HAD TO.
>> YEAH, OH, SHUT IT DOWN, ALL
THE WAY!
STOP, STOP!
>> ANOTHER TIME I CRASHED INTO A
FENCE IN MY BODY FLIPPED OVER.
THESE ARE MY LITTLE WHOAS.
>> THAT'S GOT MY INITIALS ON IT
RIGHT THERE.
IT WAS OKAY BUT IT COULD HAVE
BEEN BETTER.
LIKE THIS MUCH, AND IT WOULD
HAVE BEEN SHOW IS DONE.
>> OBVIOUSLY, THE DANGER IN
SKYDIVING IS THE EARTH COMING AT
US AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.
IF YOU DO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW IT
WILL KILL YOU FOR SURE AND YOU
HAVE LOST FRIENDS AND IS TOUGH.
THE LAST FOR YEARS I'VE LOST A
HUNDRED FRIENDS.
>> I WISH I HAD A HUNDRED
FRIENDS.
SKYDIVER SENSE OF HUMOR IS LIKE
THAT, SORRY.
>> 20 YEARS I WAS HERE TRAINING
FOR MY STUNT WHERE I STOOD ON A
PILLAR FOR 36 HOURS AND HAD TO
JUMP OFF OF A CARDBOARD BOX.
MY COACH PAT WHO IS IN THIS
PICTURE RIGHT HERE IN 2011,
SOMEBODY COLLIDED INTO HIM AND
HE PASSED AWAY.
>> PECK FROM HIS EXAMPLE IS WHEN
HE DID NOTHING.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT STICK
WITH ME PAIR THE ONES I COULDN'T
SAY I WOULD HAVE DONE THIS.
IT CAN HAPPEN TO THEM AND IT CAN
HAPPEN TO ANYBODY.
>> DURING THE STUNT COME I WILL
HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THE WINDS
WILL TAKE ME.
SO I NEED TO LEARN HOW TO GET TO
A SPOT WHERE I CAN LAND SAFELY
WITH MY PARACHUTE.
>> MONEY.
>> THAT IS WHY I REACHED OUT TO
LUKE AIKINS, THE MAN WHO JUMPED
FROM 25,000 FEET OUT OF AN
AIRPLANE WITH NO PARACHUTE AND
LANDED IN A SMALL NET.
THERE IS NO WHEN I WOULD TRUST
MORE THAN LUKE TO TEACH ME HOW
TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE SKY AND
LAND SAFELY.
CLEAR BUILDINGS, POWER LINES AND
ANY OTHER DANGEROUS OBSTACLES.
>> YEAH, BUDDY.
MY GOAL IS TO GET HIM ANYWHERE
HE DROPS, HE CAN LAND.
SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT YOU HAVE
TO TRACK YOUR BODY THROUGH THE
AIR.
>> TRACKING IS A WAY TO TRY TO
GET TO A SPECIFIC LOCATION MUCH
FASTER.
BASICALLY, YOU ARE FLYING.
LUKE HAS BEEN TEACHING ME HOW TO
TRACK.
WHEN YOU TRACK, YOU CAN APPLY
REALLY FAST, AND IT FEELS SO
GOOD.
IT IS LIKE YOU ARE CUTTING
THROUGH THE AIR, AND IT IS SO
AMAZING.
THIS IS THE MOST EXCITING
PROJECT THAT I HAVE EVER
WORKED ON.
LEARNING TO SKYDIVE FROM SOME OF
THE BEST COACHES IN THE WORLD
HAS BEEN UNLIKE ANYTHING I COULD
HAVE EVER IMAGINED.
>> YEAH, IT LOOKS GREAT!
>> I LOVE SKYDIVING AND BEING
ABLE TO DO THIS OVER AND OVER
AND ACTUALLY LEARN IT IS
AMAZING.
I HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF
THE CHALLENGES I WILL FACE POOR
"ASCENSION" AND WITH ALL THE
PREPARATION WE HAVE DONE, I FEEY
THIS ONE FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THE FEELING OF FLYING BALLOON IS
LIKE FLOATING.
AND THE FEELING OF JUMPING OUT
OF A PLANE IS LIKE FLYING.
SO BETWEEN FLOATING AND FLYING,
THESE ARE THE TWO THINGS I'VE
ALWAYS DREAMED OF AS A KID.
PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, IT
SURPASSES ANY OF MY DREAMS.
>> ALL RIGHT STATUS UPDATE TIME,
HOW ARE YOU DOING JIM?
I WAS A CLUSTER DOING?
ALL THE BLINDS ARE ATTACHED NOW,
THE CAMERAS ARE INSTALLED,
FOCUSED, TESTED AND WE WEIGHED
OFF THE CLUSTER AND THE UPLIFT
THAT WE ARE EXPECTING.
WE ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES FOR
SURE.
>> BASICALLY ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
IS GET DAVID, I MEAN, HE'S
PUTTING HIS HARDEST ON NOW ONCE
HE'S ATTACHED TO IT, READY TO
LIFT OFF BASICALLY?
A FINAL ADJUSTMENT WITH BERT TO
MAKE SURE WE GO OUT AT THE SPEED
WE WANT TO INITIALLY.
AND THEN THAT AS IT APPEARED
THAT HE WINS.
>> NICE.
I HAVE A BUNCH OF YOUTUBE
QUESTIONS, THERE IS A CHAT AND
SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S
GOING ON.
FIRST OF ALL HOW MANY BALLOONS
AND I'M LOOKING 30 FEET TALL OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
CLOSER TO 50 FEET TALL AND THERE
IS 52 BALLOONS.
>> 52 CARDS.
>> THAT MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO
WITH IT.
>> I LIKE THAT.
THE BALLOONS HAVE HELIUM IN
THEM.
HOW MUCH IF YOU JUST LET THOSE
GO, HOW MUCH LIFT -- I GUESS IT
IS A MATH QUESTION -- HOW MANY
IS 50 HELIUM BALLOONS RIGHT NOW?
AN 8-FOOT BALLOON IS 50 POUNDS.
MOST OF THIS IS 8-FOOT DIAMETER
BALLOON MAY HAVE FIVE AND A HALF
AND 4-FOOT DIAMETER BALLOONS.
THE SMALLER THE BALLOON TO LIST
THE LIFT THE MORE WE CAN DIAL IT
IN.
>> ARE YOU ONLY POPPING SMALL
ONES ARE BIG ONES?
BIG ONES ACTUALLY.
THOSE ARE FOR A BIG ADJUSTMENT
ACTUALLY.
>> GOTCHA.
WILL YOU BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO
DAVID IN THE AIR?
>> I WILL NOT WHICH I THINK
DAVID WILL BE THRILLED ABOUT BUT
LUKE WILL HAVE A DIRECT LINE.
THAT IS AWESOME.
>> WHERE TO CISCO WHEN IT IS
DONE?
SO WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED
CONTROL AND A PLANE FROM A
ANTIDOTE ANY TIME A MONTH
CAMERA, I JUST BRING THE NOISE
WITH ME.
BUT ONCE THIS THING IS JUMPED
FROM IT GETS BROUGHT DOWN INTO
DESERT?
>> AT THE PLATE TEAM WILL BE
WATCHING THE FLIGHT PATTERN.
AND THE SAME AS DAVID MEANS TO
FIND A LANDING SPOT.
THEY WILL FIND A SAFE LANDING
SPOT FOR THIS TO START PRINTING
BALLOONS SO IT STARTS COMING
DOWN.
AS IT GETS TO THE GROUND, THEY
WILL DUMP REMOTE TO SLOW THE
DESCENT RATE TO HAVE A RECOVERY
TEAM PICK IT UP.
>> DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY LINT YOU
NEED TO POP TO RECOVER IT?
IT DEPENDS ON THE FLIGHT AND TO
KEEP DAVID SPEED CORRECT IN ALL
THAT STUFF.
THOSE GUYS ARE EXCELLENT AT
THINKING ON THE SPOT WITH
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND MAKING
THE RIGHT DECISION.
>> GOTCHA.
SOMETIMES THOSE BALLOONS DISPLAY
OUT A LITTLE BIT.
I WAS LOOKING AT MY
8-MILE-AN-HOUR WIND DAY AND I
WANTED TO FEEL IT BUT I DIDN'T.
THEY KIND OF SPREAD OUT A LOT.
THAT SEEMED LIKE EITHER REALLY
GOOD OR REALLY BAD FOR CATCHING
A LOT OF WIND.
WHAT DO THESE LOOK LIKE FLOATING
IN THE AIR?
>> WHEN THEY ARE FLOATING IN THE
AIR ACTUALLY THE CLUSTER BEHAVES
AS ONE BIG OBJECT.
THEY ARE NOT TETHERED TO THE
GROUND.
SO WHEN THE WIND HITS THEM, THEY
MOVE WITH THE WIND AS OPPOSED TO
YOUR CLUSTER WHEN WE TRY TO PUT
YOU UP THE OTHER DAY WAS
TETHERED TO THE GROUND AND THERE
WERE NOT ENOUGH BALLOONS SO THE
WIND COMES THROUGH.
EVERYTHING GOES WILD.
>> HERE AS MAY BE A LITTLE WEIRD
QUESTION.
WHAT IF A BALLOON POPS
UNINTENTIONALLY?
LIKE IN SOME TESTING IT IS
HAPPEN WHERE ONE OF THE BALLOONS
HAS POPPED.
WHAT IS GOING ON THEN?
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE DAVID WITH A
COUPLE OF BAGS ON HIM HE CAN
WORK WITH AND THEN WE HAVE
REMOTE DEPLOYABLE BALLAST INSIDE
THE PAYLOAD.
SO IF THE BALLOON POPS AND THAT
AFFECTS THE LIFT, SPEED, THE
FLIGHT TEAM CAN DROP A LITTLE
BIT OF SAND TO GET US TO BE
POSITIVE AGAIN.
>> HOW MUCH HELIUM WOULD YOU SAY
IS IN ALL 52 BALLOONS?
THEY HAVE 18-WHEELER FULL OF THE
LIMB OVER THERE.
WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF SENDING
THEM HOME EMPTY.
>> SO THAT IS HUNDREDS,
THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF THE
LYMPH?
>> IT IS MEASURED IN CUBIC FEET
AND IT'S A HOLE.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF CURIOUS
QUESTIONS FROM THE YOUTUBE
AUDIENCE BUT MORE, GENERALLY
ABOUT WILL ALL COME TOGETHER?
THERE ARE SO MUCH TECH.
SO MUCH PREPARATION THAT HAS
GONE INTO IT AND SO MUCH
TEAMWORK.
THE WEATHER.
I WILL SAY I DON'T WANT TO JINX
IT BUT IT LOOKS PRETTY AMAZING.
I DON'T FEEL ANY WIND.
THIS IS A MAJESTIC SITE SO I'M
HAPPY.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT AS WE
HAVE BEEN SAYING ON THIS
PROJECT.
IT IS NOT A QUESTION IF IF IT
WILL HAPPEN BUT WHAT WE WILL GO
THROUGH TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
AND BECAUSE WE DID IT TOGETHER,
HERE WE ARE READY TO GO.
>> OKAY, YOU WANT TO WALK UP
HERE AND CHECK IT OUT?
>> ABSOLUTELY, WE CAN.
>> SO THESE ARE THE CAMERAS
RIGHT HERE THAT WILL BE FACING
DAVID AS HE IS IN THE AIR?
>> CORRECT.
THEY WERE PRETTY BLIND SO WE CAN
SEE PRETTY MUCH HIS WHOLE SELF
WHILE HE IS HANGING THERE.
SO IT WILL GIVE US A REAL IDEA
WHAT HE IS LOOKING AROUND THERE.
>> HIS PERSPECTIVE, PROBABLY A
LOT OF BLUE SKIES.
>> HOPEFULLY SOME OF THIS
BEAUTIFUL BACKGROUND BELOW HIM,
AT LEAST IN THE BEGINNING.
>> AND OVER HERE, WE HAVE
DAVID'S OXYGEN LATER IN THE
PLATE TO AVOID HYPOXIA.
AND THIS IS HOW THE LOWER PART
OF THE CLUSTER HAS COME
TOGETHER.
>> I DON'T THINK I'VE ASKED YOU
WHAT THE BALLOONS ARE MADE UP.
>> LATE TEXT.
IS THAT BIODEGRADABLE WHEN IT
LANDS IN YOUR POP A BALLOON?
JUST LIKE WEATHER BALLOONS,
DESIGNED TO NOT AFFECT THE
ENVIRONMENT.
>> AWESOME.
HOW MANY OF THEM DO YOU LIKE SEE
ANOTHER WEATHER LIKE APPARATUS?
>> WHETHER BALLOONS ARE USUALLY
JUST ONE REALLY LONG BALLOON.
BECAUSE THE AESTHETIC IS NOT AS
IMPORTANT.
IT IS VERY UTILITARIAN.
>> CLUSTERS POPULAR BALLOONING
MECHANISM, I GUESS.
>> FOR SURE, THERE'S A LOT OF
POINTS OF FAILURE.
EVERY BALLOON IS A SINGLE POINT
OF FAILURE.
>> DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE COLOR
BLEND?
I HAVE A FAVORITE COLOR.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COLOR?
THIS BLUE ONE HERE.
>> IT IS A GOOD RIGGER BLUE.
THERE IS A LOT OF RED AND THE
YELLOW ONCE MATCH THE PAYLOAD.
WE LIKE THOSE TOO.
>> SO THE PLAN IS TO TAKE OFF?
THAT ONE GOES UP AND IT'S AN RF
PLATFORM SENDING RADIO SIGNALS.
IT CIRCLES AROUND DAVID AT ABOUT
5 MILES AND SINCE ALL OF THESE
SIGNALS BACK DOWN TO US.
THAT IS WHAT IS ABOUT TO PLAY
OUT.
I WANT TO SEE IF IT AFFECTS THE
BALLOONS AS HE TAKES OFF.
>> YEAH, LET'S HOP DOWN FOR A
SECOND.
I THINK THAT IS WHILE THIS
ENTIRE PROJECT.
THERE WAS SO MUCH TECH THAT I
HAVE SEEN THAT I HAVEN'T EVEN
MENTIONED LIKE YOU MENTIONED THE
PLANE GOING UP.
IT'S GOT ALL SORTS OF ANTENNAS
BEAMING INFORMATION DOWN MAKING
SURE CONNECTIONS ARE SECURE.
MAKING SURE THIS CONNECTION IS
SECURE.
THEN ART MENTIONS OF MILITARY
CHANNELS THAT ARE USED TO
COMMUNICATE WITH THE SQUIBS THAT
ARE ENCODED SO NOBODY WHO GETS
THE RADIO SIGNALS CAN EVER POP
ON JUST BY GETTING IN.
THERE WAS SO MUCH THAT GOES INTO
THIS SO I'M GLAD.
>> IT'S ALL ABOUT REDUNDANCY.
IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE NO ONE
THING CAN TAKE US DOWN AND PUT
DAVID IN DANGER.
>> BEAUTIFUL.
I WILL GO BACK TO THE HANGAR TO
SEE WHAT IS GOING ON.
>> HAVE FUN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ON HIS BELLY, CABLE, WE HAVE
TO DO ALL OF THAT FIRST.
>> GOOD MORNING, DAVID.
>> GOOD MORNING, MAN.
>> HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE
HERE?
HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE UNTIL
LAUNCH?
IS THAT THE ANTENNA?
>> YOU HAVE LIKE 10 MINUTES OR
SO.
>> HOW MANY UNTIL LAUNCH?
>> 30 MINUTES, 35 MINUTES.
WE HAVE 40 MINUTES.
I WAS ROBBING YOU.
IT LOOKS GOOD, THE WINDS ARE
PERFECT.
DON IS JUST LAUNCHING AN EYEBALL
OUT THERE.
TO SEE WHERE THE TRUCK GOES, THE
LANDING AREA LOOKS THE SAME.
EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD, ALL OF
THAT.
RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE PUTTING ON
BATTERIES.
A LUG RADIO.
ARE YOU GUYS LOOKING FOR --
>> NO, WE'VE GOT THIS.
>> EVERYTHING IS LOOKING REALLY
GOOD OUT THERE.
THIS IS THE CRAZY PART.
WE KNOW THIS WILL BE BUSY WITH
EVERYBODY WATCHING AND CHECKING
IT OUT.
THE CAMERAS.
>> I THOUGHT WE DECIDED WE WOULD
HOOK IN YESTERDAY.
ABLE TO GET DOWN.
>> PERFECT, SHOOT, WE WON'T BE
ABLE TO ATTACK THE BEST LOW
BECAUSE HE HAS TO CABLE FOLDED
DOWN LOW.
>> GET THE UPPER TOOTHPICKS.
>> GET THE UPPER TOOTH PICKS AND
LEAVE THE BOTTOM THERE.
WHEN YOU ARE JUMPING, THE COOL
SWEAT SHIRT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
POCKETS ARE ZIPPED UP.
SO THAT THE POCKETS ARE ZIPPED
UP BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT HANDLES
GOING IN.
THAT IS ON US.
BUT WHEN YOU ARE IN FREE FALL,
THE WORST THING WOULD BE THE
SWEATSHIRT COMES UNDONE, RIGHT?
IF YOU HAVE TO USE YOUR HANDLES,
MAKE SURE ALL OF THAT.
SO LEFT LEG IS A RADIO.
THAT LETS ME COMMUNICATE TO
DAVID WHEN IN THE AIR.
THE BATTERY PACK POWERS THE
WHOLE VEST AND NOT ONLY DOES THE
IMAGE BUT ALSO TRANSMITS THE
IMAGE.
HE WEARS THIS BEST AND IT GETS
WARM ON YOUR BACK.
I WORTH THE OTHER DAY AND DAVID
SAID IT GOT WARM.
HE WAS UNDERPLAYING IT.
IT WAS HOT.
LIKE IT WAS SUPER HOT.
>> WE WON'T HAVE THAT ISSUE.
>> IT WILL BE A WARMER.
HE DOES NOT NEED A HEAT FAST.
YOU HAVE ALL THAT TECH ON YOUR
BACK AND I WANT TO BRING IT UP
BECAUSE I DON'T THINK HE
MENTIONED IT YET, HE HAS TWO
MAIN ANTENNAS AND ONE IS IN HIS
BOOT.
ONE WILL BE ON HIS CHEST.
AND THEY WILL SWITCH BASED ON
BAROMETER APPEARED AS HE HAS
RIDING THE BALLOONS UP, THE
CLOSEST ANTENNA COMMUNICATING WH
THE GROUND IS IN HIS SHOE.
AND AS HE SKYDIVE'S THE CLOSEST
ANTENNA WILL BE IN HIS CHEST AND
IT WILL SWITCH.
>> REALLY COME I KNEW THERE WERE
TWO ANTENNAS BUT I THOUGHT THEY
WORKED THE SAME TIME.
>> WHICH ONE IS CLOSER TO THE
GROUND.
>> WHAT HAPPENS IF HE TOTALS?
THAT IS A QUESTION FOR THE
ENGINEERS AND MAYBE IT WILL KEEP
SWITCHING.
>> LET'S HOPE THAT DOES NOT
HAPPEN.
BUT IT'S GETTING REAL NOW.
WHENEVER YOU GUYS ARE READY FOR
IT.
LET'S SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE IT
TAKES A VILLAGE HERE.
>> THAT IS THE TEAMWORK.
>> AND THEN DAVID HAS SPECIFIC
WANTS AND IMAGES THAT HE WOULD
LIKE TO COME UP AT THEM WE HAVE
STUFF REQUIRED FOR SAFETY,
RIGHT?
HE ASKED ME AT ONE POINT, DO YOU
THINK I CAN HANG 25,000 FEET
JUST HOLDING ON?
>> PROBABLY NOT.
BUT THAT IS THE DAVID BLAINE HER
AS MUCH AS YOU CAN MAKE IT THAT
MAGICAL, LIKE SURREAL LOOK, THE
BETTER.
AND I THINK IT'S ALREADY
INCREDIBLE THAT LIKE THIS IS A
50-FOOT CLUSTER OF BALLOONS AND
WHAT KID HASN'T THOUGHT ABOUT
LATCHING ONTO THEM AND FLOATING
AWAY?
SPEAK WITH THE VERY FIRST TIME I
WENT TO PENNSYLVANIA.
WE WALKED OUT THERE AND THEY
HAVE THE BALLOONS GOING.
IT WAS ALL A PERFECT MORNING.
WE LOOKED INTO IT AND HIS FEET
GOT OFF OF THE GROUND 2 INCHES.
HE GIGGLED LIKE A LITTLE KID.
IT WAS SUCH A FUNNY -- DO YOU
REMEMBER THAT, DAVID?
SO COOL, HE GIGGLED AND HE
LOOKED AT ME AND LUKE.
HE SAID YOU WERE GOING TO BE SO
JEALOUS ON THIS.
>> THAT IS WHEN I HAD A TETHER
ON.
>> THAT PART LOOKS REALLY FUN
COMING CAGING.
WHEN YOU ARE LOW, IT IS GREAT.
BUT AS HE STARTS TO LOOK THROUGH
HIS FEET AND GAIN ALTITUDE, AND
BECOMES A LOT MORE REAL.
BUT WITH ALL THIS STUFF, THE
LEGS AND THE WHOLE HARNESS.
I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY YOU'RE USED
TO BEING UNCOMFORTABLE ALL OF
YOUR STUNTS.
HE SAID THOSE ARE UNCOMFORTABLE
BY CHOICE, NOT EQUIPMENT.
SO HE DEFINITELY IS TRYING TO BE
AS COMFORTABLE AS HE CAN, BUT
THERE IS NO WAY TO HANG AROUND
FOR AN HOUR AND BE LIKE STANDING
HERE ON THE GROUND.
>> I WILL REESTABLISH EXACTLY
WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW HOW YOU TO WORK IF
TURNING IN AT THE CLIMAX, RIGHT?
DAVID WILL GO UP AND YOU ALL
HAVE SEEN THE HUGE CLUSTER OF
BALLOONS BY NOW.
THE PLAN IS TO HAVE HIM UNHOOK
FROM THE GROUND, CONNECTED TO A
TON OF HELIUM-FILLED BALLOONS.
HE WILL GO FLOATING UP INTO THE
SKY OVER THIS BEAUTIFUL DESERT
LANDSCAPE OF PAGE, ARIZONA, INTO
THE SUNRISE.
HE WILL KEEP GOING UP AND UP AND
UP UNTIL HE'S LIKE A LITTLE DOT
IN THE SKY.
IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN SKYDIVERS
FROM THE GROUND, IT IS JUST A
DOT.
CLASSIC MARK HAS MOMENT JUST A
LOT OF NOISE HAPPENING.
THAT IS THE LAST PART, HE GETS
UP AND HE BRINGS A PARACHUTE
DOWN ONTO HIM, PUTS IT ON, JUMPS
FROM THE BALLOONS, SKYDIVE'S TO
THE GROUND, LANDS, AND HOPEFULLY
ALL GOES WELL.
THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF SAFETY
AND TECH RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING
THIS HAPPEN APPEAR THE WEATHER
TEAM WE TALKED TO, THE WINDS ARE
LOOKING PRETTY GOOD, I THINK.
WE HAVE ALL THE COMMUNICATION
FROM THE PAYLOAD INSIDE THE
BALLOON SO HE WILL BE TALKING TO
HIS RADIOS, THE CAMERA SIGNAL SO
WHEN HE GOES UP THERE WE CAN
STILL SEE HIM AND HIS VIEW.
THERE WAS A TON OF TECH
HAPPENING.
HE'S WEARING BATTERIES TO POWER
ALL OF THIS STUFF AND A VEST.
I ,
SO GOOD AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE
AT RIGHT NOW.
>> SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THE
ELZIE'S.
THIS IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT FOR
THE LANDING.
THE PROJECT JURIES WILL BE IN
THIS GREEN AREA HERE.
REMEMBER HIGH TENSION POWER
LINES.
THOSE WILL KILL YOU.
YOU CANNOT LAND THOSE.
>> WHAT AM I LOOKING FOR?
SO WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT HERE
IS THIS IS THE AIRPORT.
THE GREEN IS YOUR FLIGHT PATH.
IT WILL CARRY YOU ALONG.
WHERE IT TURNS WHITE, THAT IS
WHERE WE SHOULD REACH
25,000 FEET.
BEST GUESS I'M AMAZING, SO MANY
VARIABLES.
>> SO WHERE IS --
>> SO IT IS RIGHT HERE, STRAIGHT
BACK TO THE AIRPORT FOR A
REFERENCE.
>>  WHAT AM I LOOKING FOR?
>> YOU WILL SEE THE CITY OUT
THERE.
WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING DOWN --
>> HOLD ON HIM AWAY, THE CITY IS
HERE.
SO THE CITY IS HERE, WHERE IS
THE --
>> THIS IS THE THREE TOWERS.
>> HOLD ON.
SO IF I SEE THIS, THAT IS WHERE
WE ARE BASICALLY.
>> THAT IS WHERE WE ARE TAKING
OFF.
>> IF I SEE THIS ON MY RIGHT,
CORRECT?
I WILL NOT SEE THIS ANYWHERE
ELSE, RIGHT?
>> NOTHING EVEN REMOTELY CLOSE.
>> I'M LOOKING FOR THIS ON MY
LEFT AND THIS ON MY RIGHT,
CORRECT?
THEN WHAT AM I LOOKING FOR ONCE
I COME DOWN.
>> THERE WAS A BEAUTIFUL ROAD,
ONE ROAD THAT RUNS UNDERNEATH.
AND THESE IRRIGATION POEMS THEY
STAND OUT TERRIFIC.
>> NO POWER LINES?
THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR
FOR A REFERENCE.
THAT IS EASY TO FIND, EASY TO
SEE.
THEN YOU WILL GO TOWARDS THE
AIRPORT.
STILL ON YOUR PATH TOWARDS THE
AIRPORT.
>> WAIT, I'M GOING TOWARDS THE
AIRPORT IN THIS DIRECTION?
OR TOWARDS THE AIRPORT?
>> IT IS THE SAME THING.
IT IS THE SAME THING.
IT IS NORTH.
YOU ARE HEADED NORTH.
>> DIRECTLY TOWARDS THE AIRPORT.
OKAY.
>> YOU WILL LOOK OUT HERE.
THIS STANDS OUT REALLY GOOD.
THESE WATER PALMS.
SO YOU ARE HEADING TOWARDS THE
WATER PALMS, AND THE AIRPORT.
WATER PALMS, AIRPORT.
>> WHERE IS THE LANDING ZONE?
RIGHT HERE.
>> WHERE?
RIGHT THERE?
BUT ISN'T HERE OR HERE?
>> NO, IT IS GREEN.
IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
>> SO CAN I SEE IT WITHOUT THE
GRAIN WHERE IS THAT POSSIBLE?
>> SURE.
>> SO HERE IS ROUGHLY A SPOT
THAT I HAVE LOOKED AT.
I HAVE LIVED HERE.
>> THAT IS CRAZY.
>> IT IS VERY OBVIOUS, THE EDGE.
THE SIMPLE WATER, BY THE WAY.
>> THIS IS REAL.
>> IT GETS REAL FOR SURE.
>> REMEMBER THIS CHANGES
EVERYDAY.
WE LOOKED AT ALL OF THESE AREAS
BUT REMEMBER IT COULDN'T BE
BETTER.
THE ONLY OBSTACLE ON THAT WHOLE
FLAT.
YOU JUMP OFF OF THE BALLOONS.
YOU HEAD TOWARDS THE AIRPORT.
ONCE YOU ARE AT THE AIRPORT
HEADING THAT DIRECTION, YOU LOOK
AT THOSE TWO LITTLE WATER PONDS.
AND IT'S REALLY CLOSE COME IN
FRONT OF THEM, EXACTLY, IN FRONT
OF THEM IN THE LANDING ZONE,
THIS IS ONE THAT WE PICKED.
>> AND THE WORST PERSON WITH
DIRECTIONS.
>> THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO GIVE
YOU A BETTER REFERENCE.
SO THEY SHOULD BE VERY, VERY
EASY TO SEE.
THIS IS WHAT I'M HOPING.
AND IT LOOKS RIGHT NOW THAT THAT
IS YOUR BEST LANDING SPOT.
BESIDES THAT, YOU WILL PICK IN
THE LITTLE RAVINE, THE SAND
DRIPPINGS WE LOOKED OUT THERE.
IF YOU END UP IN AN EMERGENCY
SITUATION, YOU WILL PICK A NICE,
SANDY REMAINED AND TRY NOT TO
LAND ON A PAVED ROAD BECAUSE
THAT'S WHERE THE POWER LINES
WILL BE, RIGHT?
OUR EYES ARE OPEN BUT I SHOULD
BE ABLE TO TALK TO YOU.
IT WILL BE SKETCHED.
SO YOU WILL EXIT.
WE WILL LOOK AT IT ONE MORE TIME
AND I WILL LET YOU FINISH GET
READING.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU A CURRENT
BRIEFING WHERE WE ARE AT.
>> WE WILL LOOK AT THAT AGAIN
FOR SURE.
>> LUKE COME ARE YOU ALSO GOING
TO -- LUKE, YOU ARE ALSO GOING
TO COMPLETE EYEBALL MULTIPLE
TIMES?
>> RIGHT NOW IS A GOOD TIME.
WOW!
>> THANK YOU.
SO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IS IT
WILL COME UNDER THEY ARE THE
TEMPLE BE UNDERNEATH IT.
MAKE SURE YOU GET THE BIGGER T
TAB.
JUST FIELD THOSE AND GET AN IDEA
WHERE THEY ARE AT AND WHAT THEY
FEEL LIKE IN YOUR HAND.
>> THIS IS GOOD.
THIS IS GREAT.
THAT IS AWESOME.
WHEN DID YOU THINK OF THAT?
THIS MORNING?
[LAUGHTER]
>> SO PERFECT.
SO FIND THESE AND THAT MEANS I
GET TO HEAR.
>> LIVE BY THIS.
LIVE BY THIS.
>> GO UNDERNEATH AND YOU CAN
GRAB THE SMALL ONES, PERFECT.
NEXT.
>> SIT DOWN, DAVID.
I'M GOING TO DOUBLE CHECK
EVERYTHING.
THAT IS GOOD.
THAT IS GOOD.
THAT IS GOOD.
ALL RIGHT, HAVE A SEAT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> LAWRENCE, YOU HAVE 10 M
10 MINUTES?
>> RIGHT FOOT.
WE ARE GOING TO DO THESE LOSE
FOR NOW.
>> WHAT TIME IS IT?
OKAY.
GIVE ME A COUNT DOWN.
SO GIVE ME LIKE 30 MINUTES UNTIL
LAUNCH.
>> ALL RIGHT.
NOW I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP
THESE -- SO SCOTT, YOU ARE GOING
TO FIND ME.
>> I WILL.
>> OKAY.
>> WHAT COLOR, RED?
WHAT COLOR?
>> YOU WILL SEE SOME WHITE.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
SO WHITE, ORANGE, RED.
>> EVERYBODY CAN FEEL IT.
AS SOON AS HE CAME OVER HERE TO
GET READY, INTENSITY PICKED UP.
I EXPECTED THAT.
DAVID STARTS QUESTIONING
LANDING, WHERE WE ARE LOOKING.
THE DIRECTIONS.
THERE IS A LOT GOING ON HERE.
AND THEN THE WHOLE WORLD IS
WATCHING HIM AT THE SAME TIME SO
YOU HAVE THAT.
I HAVE NOTICED THAT LAST TIME HE
WAS ABLE TO IGNORE THE CAMERAS
AND WE GOT INTO THE MEAT OF WHAT
HE NEEDS TO DO TO BE OKAY.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE LANDING
AREAS.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN
APPEAR THEY ARE GEARING HIM UP.
SAFETY CHECK IN STAN, SCOTT
SMITH AND EVERYBODY HAS THEIR
JOBS.
MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
WHOLE TEAM IS DOING WHAT THEY
NEED TO DO AND END UP CHECK IT.
BUT IT IS GETTING REAL RIGHT
NOW.
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT MAKING
SURE --
>> HE WANTS TO WEAR IT.
WE ARE UP HERE PAGE, ARIZONA,
4,200 FEET ABOVE THE OCEAN, SEA
LEVEL.
AIR AVIATION CARES ABOUT SEA
LEVEL.
EVERYTHING HERE TALKS ABOUT SEA
LEVEL.
SKYDIVERS ONLY CARE ABOUT GROUND
LEVEL.
SO WE CALL THAT A JAIL ABOVE
GROUND LEVEL.
I ONLY WANT HIM TO KNOW HIS
ALTITUDE ABOVE THE GROUND.
>> MAKE SENSE.
HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BOTH
BECAUSE HE WANTS TO KNOW.
SO HE'S WORRIED ABOUT THE
HYPOXIA PART BUT LET ME HELP YOU
WITH THAT.
I AM WORRIED THAT HE WOULD SEE
THE ALTITUDE AND HEAR THE TRAIN
IS ALL DIFFERENT.
THERE IS NO GROUND.
WHERE EVERYTHING IS LEVEL.
SO THE GROUND LEVEL IS
INACCURATE NO MATTER WHAT.
>> YEAH, IT IS DEFINITELY,
THERE'S A LOT OF BACK-AND-FORTH,
YOU KNOW?
HE HAS OPINIONS.
I HAVE OPINIONS.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US, BUT I
THINK WE ARE ON THE RIGHT PAGE.
SO HE HAS MSL AND AGL.
>> LOOK AT THE LANDSCAPE AND
USAGE MESAS IS WHAT THEY CALLED
THE LANDSCAPE FEATURES.
>> I ACTUALLY PREFER IF HE ENDS
UP IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION TO
LAND ON THE TOP OF ONE OF THOSE.
THOSE LITTLE HOUSES, FANS,
POWER LINES, THERE'S NOTHING UP
THERE.
WE WILL FIGURE HOW TO GET HIM
DOWN LATER.
I WOULD CHOOSE ONE OF THOSE IF I
END UP IN A BAD SPOT.
>> GOTCHA.
WE DIDN'T MENTION THE HELICOPTER
IN ADDITION TO THE PLANE THAT IS
GOING AROUND HIGH ALTITUDES.
WE HAVE A CAMERA ON THE
HELICOPTER SAID HER STOMACH SORT
OF MIDDLE ALTITUDE BUT A LOT OF
COMMUNICATION ON THE WAY UP.
HE PASSES THE HELICOPTER MAX
ALTITUDE AND STARTS TALKING WITH
A PLANE AND COMES BACK DOWN.
>> CORRECT.
THE HELICOPTER WILL GET AMAZING
SHOTS AND SERVES TO PURCHASES.
CAPTURES DOMAIN CAPTURES THE
BEAUTIFUL IMAGES AND EYES ON HIM
THE WHOLE TIME.
SO WE CAN COMMUNICATE.
AT THE HELICOPTER PILOT A LONG
TIME FRIEND OF MINE, FITZGERALD,
ONE OF THE GUYS I TRUST TO GET
IN THERE TIGHT AND NOT AFFECT
THE BALLOONS BUT GET GREAT
SHOTS.
IT IS ALMOST UNCOMFORTABLE HOW
CLOSE HE GETS.
YOU CAN SEE THE WHITE OF HIS
EYES IN THERE.
>> ANOTHER TOP PIECE OF THE TEAM
GETTING THE HELICOPTER IN THE
SPOT AT THE RIGHT TIME.
>> SO MOVING PARTS.
I EXPECT BETWEEN US, EXPECTED TO
GET MORE INTENSE AS WE GET CLOSE
TO LAUNCH.
>> COME LOOSE, DAVID, JUST FOR A
SECOND.
>> BALANCE IT?
>> TITAN BACKUP.
TITAN IT BACK UP.>> I CAN MAKE .
>> YOU CAN PUT THAT SAME ONE,
RIGHT?
THIS ONE?
THIS HAS TO GO OVER THE EAR
THOUGH, DOESN'T IT?
>> IT DOES.
>> NOT TO HAVE MORE PRESSURE,
BUT DON SAYS WE DEFTLY NEED TO
KEEP MOVING.
>> AND WE ARE.
>> WHAT IS THE TIME?
>> AIRTIME IS AS SOON AS YOU ARE
READY.
>> REALLY?
WHAT TIME IS AT NOW?
>> RIGHT NOW IT IS 7:20.
WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF TO DO
STILL OUT THERE.
I WILL CHECK THE PARACHUTES,
EVERYTHING SAFETY WISE.
AND AS SOON AS YOU GUYS ARE
READY AND COMFORTABLE, LET'S
MOVING.
>> I THINK THIS IS INCHES.
I THINK IT IS FINE.
>> IT WILL BE.
>> STAND COME I DON'T KNOW WHERE
YOU WANT THAT.
GOT IT.
>> THIS CAME UP WE JUST HOOKED
IT TO THIS.
IT KEEPS IT WARM.
AND THEN THIS, READY TO GO, THIS
IS TIGHT, THIS IS TIGHT, THIS IS
TIGHT.
SAFETY IS GOOD.
THAT IS TIGHT.
THAT IS TIGHT.
YOU ARE GOOD.
>> OVER EVERYTHING.
>> I HAVE FAITH.
RIGHT?
>> JUST TAKE IT OUT.
I THINK WE WILL PUT IT BACK AND,
RIGHT?
TAKE IT OUT AND WE WILL PUT IT
BACK IN.
>> JUST TAKE IT OUT AND WE WILL
PUT IT BACK IN.
WE WILL GET THIS OUT IN A
SECOND, HOLD ON, PERFECT.
>> NOW WE ARE READY FOR THE
CHURCH.
WE NEED TO CHECK?
PERFECT.
>> IT'S ALL BEEN THE SAME.
>> YES, IT IS.
LUKE.
>> ONE MORE TIME.
>WHERE IS -- YOU GOT THAT?
>> YOU CAN HEAR THAT?
>> WHAT?
>> THIS.
>> THAT YOUR BATTERY.
>> WE WILL WALK HIM AS FAR AS
POSSIBLE.
>> AS LOUD AS POSSIBLE IS GOOD.
>> OVER THE TOP.
>> HEY, DAVID, WE ARE STILL GOOD
WITH THE WEATHER.
IT WAS REALLY CALM FOR THE FIRST
2,000 FEET.
SO WE ARE STILL GOOD ON TIMING.
WE ARE GOOD.
>> ARE YOU SURE?
>> WE DON'T NEED TO GO LONGER
THAN WE NEED TO BUT RIGHT NOW
EVERYTHING IS GOOD WITH THE
WEATHER.
WHAT IS THE LATEST TIME YOU WANT
TO HAVE HIM GO UP BECAUSE I KNOW
WE ARE LOOKING GOOD ON TIME.
>> RIGHT NOW WE ARE GOOD ON
TIME.
THE WEATHER IS HOLDING.
WE HAVE A STABLE, THICK COLUMN
OF CALM WINDS AND WE LET A
HIGHBALL BALLOON GLOW.
FIRST THOUSAND FEET THE BALLOON
BARELY MOVED WHICH IS STRAIGHT
UP JUST LIKE WE EXACTLY WANT TO
SEE.
>> A LITTLE TEST BALLOON.
BIKO AS THE GROUND WARMS UP,
ADDING LOCATION WITH THE ASPHALT
AND CONCRETE, THAT WILL
WARM UP THE AIR AND THE AIR
WILL START TO MOVE.
THE LATER WE GO END, THE MORE
THE WINDS WILL PICK UP.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE EXACTLY WHERE
WE WANT TO BE IN TERMS OF TIMING
AND I THINK THE WINDS WILL HOLD.
WHAT HAPPENS IF WE NEED EXTRA
TIME AND WE ARE AFTER THE WINDOW
WE WANT?
>> OKAY IN THAT SITUATION WE
HELP MOTHER NATURE OR COOPERATE
IN THESE NICE, CALM WEDNESDAY
MANAGEABLE.
WE BRING BACK 5 MILES AN HOUR
WIND.
AS LONG AS WE STAY UNDER 5 MILES
PER HOUR, SAFE ASCENT, SAFE
LANDING AND WE START TO GET TO
5-6 MILES AN HOUR AND WE START
TO GET CONCERNED.
OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WHEN YOU GUYS WALKED DAVID
OUT, WE WILL WALK AS FAR EAST ON
THE ASPHALT AS WE CAN GO.
EAST TOWARDS THE PLATEAU.
>> THE ONE THING THAT MAY HAPPEN
IS GET A FEEL WHAT THIS FEELS
LIKE.
IF YOU GRAB THIS ONE, YOU WILL
PULL AND PULL AND PULL.
YOU HAVE TO TIGHTEN THEM UP.
>> THAT IS PERFECT.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
>> THESE GUYS ARE STILL WORKING
ON IT.
>> ALMOST DONE.
>> YOU WANT DAVID TO DO THAT?
>> HANG ON.
I GOT THIS.
>> DAVID THIS IS --
[RADIO STATIC]
>> I NEED THE CUTTER AS WELL,
BUT WE WILL GET THAT.
>> YOU WILL GET THAT ON THE D
DECK.
>> A LITTLE BIT.
I HEAR YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE HERE.
QUIT PLAYING WITH THESE THINGS.
WHAT IS GOING ON?
HOLD ON.
I HEAR IT IS LOW.
IS IT GOOD?
HOLD ON, WAIT, I'M IN.
TALK AGAIN.
I HEARD YOU SAY IT'S LOW.
I GOT YOU IN MY LEFT EAR NOW.
BUT I HAVE TWO THINGS, A RIGHT
AND A LEFT.
WHO ARE IN MY LEFT AND IT'S
QUIET.
YEAH MY HEAR YOU IN MY RIGHT N
NOW.
YEAH.
>> TOLD THEM THEY HAVE EMPOWERED
THE BEST YET.
AND I CAN'T DO THAT UNTIL HE
STANDS UP.
>> WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE STOPS
GOING ON RIGHT NOW, PUTTING ONTO
VEST POWERING IT UP AND GET THE
BOOT ON WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT.
AND I LOOKED UP A COUPLE MORE
YOUTUBE QUESTIONS.
I WILL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER THEM
BASED ON THE TIME SPENT AROUND
THE EXPERTS AND WE WILL SEE HOW
THEY GO.
I MIGHT HAVE TO CALL THEM OVER.
SO ONE OF THEM WEAR TO THE
BLENDS GO?
WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT HE
WILL GET TO?
THAT MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR
LUKE BUT WE ARE LOOKING OVER
10000-15000 FEET.
PRETTY HIGH.
AGAIN, WHAT ARE THE VARIABLE
THINGS I CAN CHANGE WHILE DAVID
IS IN THE AIR THAT WE ARE
LOOKING FOR?
>> BASICALLY, DON IS IN CHARGE
OF WHETHER I WILL HAVE AN EYE ON
WHAT WINDS ARE DOING AT
DIFFERENT HEIGHTS SO AS HE
ASCENDED INTO DIFFERENT WIND
BANDS, THAT CAN CHANGE.
THE WINDS CAN PICK UP AND WE
CANNOT SEE IT UNTIL IT PICKS UP.
HOW WILL HE DETACH FROM THE
BALLOONS?
>> HE HAS A SERIES OF HOOKS AND
IS HANGING ON ATTACHED TO THE
BLENDS BUT HE GETS THE PARACHUTE
DOWN AND ATTACHES TO THE OUTCOME
WITHIN A SPECIAL SET OF
INSTRUCTIONS TO UNHOOK AND
BASICALLY LET GO OF THE BLENDS,
WHICH IS KIND OF WILD, BUT THAT
IS WHAT I HAVE SEEN.
WHAT ARE THE MAIN CHALLENGES OF
PARACHUTING?
I HAVE NEVER PARACHUTED, BUT I'M
GOING TO GUESS IT IS LANDING.
I'M GOING TO GUESS IT'S COMING
DOWN, PICKING YOUR SPOT.
WE HAVE A LOOP WHO HAS DONE
20,000 DRUMS, WHICH IS AMAZING
SO HE COMES DOWN SUPERFAST, PICA
SPOT AND LANCE.
BUT AS YOU ARE COMING DOWN YOU
LOCK YOUR EYES ON A SPOT ON THE
HORIZON AND A COUPLE OF RULE OF
THUMB TO TRY TO HIT THAT SPOT.
AND YOU DON'T WANT TO COME DOWN
TO STEEP OR TOO SHALLOW.
JUST AS YOU LAND, WE'VE SEEN A
LOT OF GOOD LANDINGS ON YOUTUBE
AND YOU CAN WATCH THOSE BUT
GENERALLY, I THINK IT IS THE
LANDING.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF SOME
BALLOONS POP SOMEONE WANTS TO
KNOW?
THERE IS ALWAYS THAT RISK AND I
THINK THE NUMBER ONE THING WE
HAVE IS THE CONTROL CENTER WHICH
CAN COUNTERACT THAT BY DROPPING
WEIGHT.
SO THEY CAN ALREADY DECIDE THE
TOP OF A BALLOON IF THEY WANT
HIM TO WRITE SLOWER OR DESCEND.
AND WHEN A BALLOON POPS BY
ACCIDENT AND STARTS TO GO DOWN,
THEY CAN DROP SOME OF THAT
WEIGHT WHICH THEY CALL BALLAST
AND HE WILL START TO EVEN OUT
AND GO BACK UP HERE THAT IS
MY UNDERSTANDING.
I DON'T THINK THEY WILL POP BY
ACCIDENT OR AT LEAST I DON'T
HOPE SO.
ONE MORE, HOW CLOSE IS THE
CHOPPER TO DAVID?
GREAT QUESTION.
IT LOOKS REALLY CLOSE.
WE HAVE DONE LIKE TEST RUNS,
FLYING THE HELICOPTER RUN.
 APPEAR
THAT SWEET CAMERA ON THE FRONT.
BY THE WAY, THE RED CAMERA AND
THERE IS A SWEET, LONG LENS.
THEY GET PRETTY CLOSE AND YOU
WILL SEE WHEN HE GETS UP THERE
HOW CLOSE THE HELICOPTER GETS.
GETTING THE LAST COUPLE OF
LAYERS ON.
HE HAS THIS CAMERA THAT CAN
EITHER TWIST AROUND  TO TO FACE
HIM OR FACE THE CREW AND THERE
WILL BE CAMERAS AND THE BALLOON
THAT PAYS HIM FROM SUPER FAR
AWAY.
SO WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD VIEW AS
HE IS ACTUALLY RISING UP
ATTACHED TO THE BALLOONS OF WHAT
HE IS SEEING AND HOW HIGH HE
GETS AND HOW CLOSE THE
HELICOPTER GETS.
>> DO YOU HAVE A PICTURE?
TIME.
>> I'VE GOT THIS NOW.
>> SO WE'VE ALREADY DOUBLED
CHECKED THE HARNESS AND
EVERYTHING ALL THE WAY UP.
EVERYTHING IS COVERED UP RIGHT
NOW.
WE HAVE DOUBLE CHECKED.
>> OKAY.
>> IT WILL BE FLOPPING WHEN I
JUMP.
>> ARE WE GOING TO ATTACH THIS?
>> NO, EVERYTHING IS GOING TO.
>> LEAVE IT LIKE THIS.
WHERE IS THE BUTTON?
>> DO YOU HEAR IT CLICKING?
>> DO YOU HEAR ME?
HELLO?
>> THIS IS THE AVIATION.
>> THAT IS THE BACKUP BACKUP.
>> THIS IS THE BACKUP BACKUP.
THIS IS THE ONE WE ARE TALKING
TO.
>> DOESN'T HAVE TO BE EXEMPT ALL
THE WAY.
>> YOU SHOULD ATTACK THIS HERE
TOO.
WATCH YOUR NECK BONE.
>> BUT THEY JUST VESTED M.
>> AS SOON AS THE PARACHUTE GOES
ON.
>> THEY ARE TELLING ME JUST TO
WAIT.
IT'S GOING TO COME OUT.
>> INSIDE OF THAT.
>> YOU CAN'T HEAR NOTHING FROM
ME, NO?
>> NO.
>> I DON'T HEAR LUKE AT ALL.
I DON'T HEAR LUKE AT ALL.
>> HE CAN'T HEAR ME.
>> SHOULD I TAKE THE OTHER ONE
OUTCOME OF THE ONE FOR THE SHOW?
JUST LEAVE IT THE SECOND BECAUSE
THAT'S ONLY WAY WE CAN TALK TO
YOU.
>> I AM IN THE SHADE.
>> WE ARE GOOD.
WE ARE GO TO.
>> WHEN HE DOES THE RADIO.
>> HEY, DAVID.
>> CAN YOU STAND ON THE SCALE?
>> DAVID, CAN YOU HAVE THIS
RADIO?
>> THAT IS THE BACKUP RADIO.
THAT IS THE ONE.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
>> BERT, ARE WE SKIPPING THE
HANDOFF AND KISS AND GO?
I JUST GIVE A KISS AND GO?
I DON'T HAVE SOMETHING TO HAND
OFF, RIGHT?
>> I WILL GIVE YOU A 5-GALLON,
UNFORTUNATELY.
>> I WONDER IF WE CAN JUST PUT
IT --
>> THAT MEANS WE ARE PRETTY
CLOSE.
THEY EXACT CALIBRATION FOR
EVERYTHING.
DON, HOW DO YOU FEEL RIGHT NOW?
>> NOW IT'S STARTING TO GET
CRAZY.
NOW IT'S STARTING TO BECOME
REAL.
>> DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE PRESHOW
WAS DIFFERENT?
I'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE
THIS IN MY LIFE BY FAR.
IF YOU TAKE EVERYTHING I'VE
DONE, EVERY ENDURANCE THING,
EVERY STUNNED MATTER ALL THOSE
TOGETHER, COMBINED THOSE AND
THIS FEELS WAY CRAZIER BY A
LONG SHOT.
THIS FEELS INSANE.
>> IT SURE IS.
I THINK WE ARE MINUTES AWAY.
>> NORMALLY I FEEL LIKE I HAVE
CONTROL LIBERAL MICHAEL FOR
EVERYTHING.
THAT'S WHEN I HAVE NO CONTROL
OVER ANYTHING.
>> >> I'M GOING TO GET OUT OF
YOUR WAY NOW AND I THINK WE WILL
HAVE A LUNCH PRETTY SOON.
>> THANK YOU, MARCUS.
THIS ONE FEELS CRAZY.
>> IT LOOKS CRAZY.
>> FEEL GOOD?
>> I FEEL REALLY GOOD.
>> SO THESE THINGS WILL BE HERE.
AND ONCE IT IS UNDER HERE, THEN
I'M HERE APPEAR AND SPEAK WITH
THE SMALL ONES AND THOSE ARE THE
ONES WE WILL DO ON THE DECK.
>> JUST A LITTLE.
>> HEY, NOODLES.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE.
>> THIS.
I DON'T CARE.
I COULD CARE LESS.
>> I HEAR YOU, LUKE.
I HEAR YOU IN BOTH YEARS NOW.
>> PERFECT.
TAKE THE LITTLE ONE.
>> PERFECT.
CAN I HAVE A SMALL SIP OF WATER,
MAY BE.
I FEEL GOOD.
THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
OH, YEAH, WE NEED THOSE.
>> YOU CAN HEAR ME NOW.
>> I WILL PUT THE L TENDERS ON.
>> UNDERNEATH?
>> YEAH.
IT IS ALLOWED, WHICH IS GOOD.
OKAY, THIS ONE I WILL PUT RIGHT
HERE.
RIGHT?
AND THEN THIS ONE, I WILL PUT
ABOVE IT.
IT CAN'T HURT.
NO?
>> IT CAN'T HURT UNLESS YOU
CATCH IT ON YOUR ARM TRYING TO
REACH BACK TO PUT IN THE RIG
WHICH IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
I DON'T WANT TO DO TOO MUCH ON
YOUR WRIST.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
WHEN YOU PUT YOUR RIGHT ARM
THROUGH AND THEN YOU PUT YOUR
LEFT ARM, YOU ARE REACHING BACK
LIKE THIS AND TRYING TO HOOK IT.
JUST BE CONSCIOUS THIS CAN HOOK
ON IT.
THAT IS ALL.
>> I WILL KEEP IT UNDER MY
SLEEP.
>> YEAH, THAT'S GREAT.
JUST TO CONFIRM IT.
>> THIS WHEN I CAN KEEP IN MY
POCKET OR SOMETHING.
>> IF YOU THINK THE OTHER ONE IS
NOT WORKING, SURE, IN YOUR
POCKET.
AND JUST IN CASE.
LET'S SAY ALL OF THEM DID NOT
WORK AND YOU FREE FALL.
WHAT WILL YOU DO?
>> OPEN AT 125.
>> PERFECT COME I LOVE IT.
ONE MORE LOOK, THIS IS WHAT I
EXPECTED TO SEE WHEN YOU OPEN
AND YOU WERE LOOKING BACK.
YOU SEE THE CITY, THE CITY
STANDS OUTCOME OF THE TOWERS.
THE CITY, THIS IS YOU OPEN AND
YOUR HEAD.
>> I'M TRYING TO LAND WHERE?
>> RIGHT WHERE THIS THING IS.
SO FOR SOME REASON IF I'M GOING
EAST THIS WAY, BUT IF I SEE
THIS, THEN I'M PROBABLY GOING
TO.
>> YOUR GRADE.
YOU WILL SEE THIS TOWER, THIS
LITTLE POND RIGHT HERE AND YOU
WILL LAND ON THE RISE.
SO THAT IS ABOUT YOU FLYING IN.
JUST LIKE THAT.
RIGHT IN.
THAT IS THE PLAN.
DON'T OVER THINK IT.
YOU HAVE THE SKILLS.
>> WE HAVE 10 MINUTES TO LAUNCH,
DON'T WE?
>> DO YOU HAVE THE PULSE OX WITH
YOU?
LET'S SWITCH THAT.
WHAT ABOUT GLOVES?
>> PUT THAT IN THERE.
>> SO YOU CAN TALK TO ME AND I
WILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING IS
GREAT.
>> SO YOU GUYS ARE GOOD?
YOU GUYS HANG OUT HERE AND
EVERYBODY, YOU GUYS GOOD?
HANG OUT A SECOND, I WILL CALL
YOU ON THE SECOND AND HANG OUT
IN THE SHADE.
WE ARE GETTING CLOSE.
EVERYBODY ELSE THERE IS READY?
>> ALL RIGHT, BUDDY.
MAKE SURE YOU SAND CHECK YOUR
GLASSES.
>> NOT TOO TIGHT BECAUSE THE
THING WILL PULL OUT.
IS IT LOOSE?
THAT IS GREAT.
MAYBE A LITTLE MORE.
>> AND I NEED A BALLOON, THAT IS
A RIGHT.
>> DO YOU WANT ME TO GET YOU
ONE?
DO YOU WANT ONE RIGHT THERE?
>> THE ORANGE ONE.
NO, THAT LITTLE BLUE ONE DESSA.
>> THE LITTLE BLUE ONE.
>> SO DAVID, THE ONLY THING --
>> YEAH.
>> WHEN YOU GRAB THAT LINE FOR
THE PARACHUTE, YOU HOLD ONTO
THAT LINE.
>> DON'T LET GO OF IT.
>> BECAUSE IF ANYTHING, YOU HAVE
TO HOLD ONTO IT, YOU KNOW WHAT I
MEAN?
JUST BE CONSCIOUS, WHEN YOU PULL
IT DOWN, EVERY SINGLE STROKE ALL
THE WAY DOWN.
AND WE WILL REMIND YOU.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN DOING THAT.
>> ANY OTHER NOTES?
BUT YOU WILL BE IN MY EAR AS
WELL.
>> FOR SURE.
>> JUST WAIT UNTIL LUKE CALLS 
US.
>> HERE YOU GO, DAVID TO.
>> WAIT, OH, PERFECT.
WAIT, I FORGET.
>> BUT FOR YOU, LIKE AND HOW
MANY -- LIKE HOW MANY HOURS?
>> LIKE AN HOUR.
>> AND THEN WHAT?
>> STAYED WITH THE GROUP.
>> ELECTRICITY AND THE WATER.
>> WE SHOULD GO SOON BECAUSE
THOSE BALLOONS ARE HEATING UP
HEATING UP.
>> OKAY.
>> OH, NO, IS THAT OKAY?
>> YEAH.
>> LET'S GO.
LUKE, THE BALLOONS ARE HEATING
UP.
>> IS IT OKAY IF THEY ARE
HEATING UP?
>> OH, YEAH.
>> PROMISE?
IT'S FINE?
>> IT'S FINE.
WAIT.
>> NO, IT'S OKAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THAT IS GOOD.
>> OKAY.
>> GO AROUND THE SIDE.
>> WITH YOU.
ESPECIALLY.
STAN, DAVID?
>> WE'VE GOT THIS.
>> I WILL TAKE THAT FROM YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
GREAT.
TELL US AGAIN HOW TO SAY IT.
[SPEAKING A NATIVE TONGUE]
>> I WILL SAY IT ONCE MYSELF.
>> LOOK HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS.
[SPEAKING IN NATIVE TONGUE]
>> POLAR PEOPLE OF THE SKY AND
THE EARTH, THAT THE SURFACE OF
MOTHER EARTH, WE ASK FOR THE
PROTECTION OF OUR BROTHER, DAVID
BLAINE, AS HE MAKES THIS
ESSENTIAL.
AND WE KNOW THAT HE WILL
COMPLETE THIS IN BEAUTY AND
BEAUTY IS IN HIM AND BEAUTY IS
ALL AROUND HIM.
AND SO WE PRAY THAT WITH YOUR
HELP, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE JOY,
HAPPINESS, CONFIDENCE, AND PEACE
BEFORE HIM.
JOY, HAPPINESS, PEACE BEHIND
HIM.
JOY, HAPPY, PEACE BELOW HIM.
JOY, HAPPINESS, CONFIDENCE, AND
PEACE ABOVE HIM.
MAY HE DO THIS "ASCENSION" IN
BEAUTY THAT HE WILL BE ABLE TO
HAVE IT COMPLETED AND FINISHED
AND BEAUTY AND JOY AND
HAPPINESS, AND CONFIDENCE AND
PEACE ALL AROUND HIM AND IN HIM.
[SPEAKING IN NATIVE TONGUE]
ALL IS WELL, ALL IS WELL, ALL IS
WELL, ALL IS WELL.
[SPEAKING IN NATIVE TONGUE]
>> [SPEAKING IN NATIVE TONGUE]
>> [SPEAKING IN NATIVE TONGUE]
>> [SPEAKING IN NATIVE TONGUE]
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> "ASCENSION" FEELS MORE
IMPATIENT THAN ALL MY OTHER
STUNTS COMBINED.
I WANT TO GRAB A BUNCH OF
BALLOONS AND FLY AS HIGH AS A
JET.
IT MIGHT SEEM SIMPLE, BUT IN
REALITY, THERE ARE SOME SERIOUS
RISKS.
IF THERE IS A BALLOON FAILURE
BEFORE I PUT ON MY PARACHUTE, I
CAN GO CRASHING TO THE GROUND.
>> IF HE DOESN'T PUT ON HIS
PARACHUTE, HE DIES.
>> SWITCH, NO, NO!
>> FOR ME THE MOST DANGEROUS
PART OF THIS IS LANDING SAFELY.
>> SHUT IT DOWN ALL THE WAY!
>> I'VE NEVER HAD TO LAND ON
TERRAIN THIS DIFFICULTY IN MY
LIFE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME COME I'M SO
EXCITED TO PULL THIS OFF.
>> WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?
>> I HAD TO SHOVE IT WAY DEEP.
YEAH.
YOU MIGHT ALWAYS HAVE TO MESS
WITH A LITTLE BIT.
BUT I CAN HEAR EVERY WORD YOU
SAY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HIT ANYTHING
OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
HOW ABOUT THAT?
IS THAT ANY BETTER?
ANY BETTER?
OKAY, LESS IS MORE.
PERFECT.
ARE YOU FEELING GOOD?
>> READY TO GO, BUDDY.
THIS IS THE ONE.
>> DON, YOU ARE GOING TO BE GOOD
FOR THE WAY OFF?
GUYS --
>> I'M READY FOR BERT.
>> BERT, COME ON UP.
IS THAT GOOD?
>> MORE THAN GOOD.
>> REMEMBER, THIS IS A COMFORT
FIT ALSO.
>> HOLD ON, WHAT IS THIS THING?
>> THAT IS THE REAL WIN.
AND THE OTHER ONE --
>> YOU CAN'T DO IT UNTIL LATER.
GREAT.
>> YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND PUT
THE BAG OVER HIM?
>> LET'S WEIGH HIM O OFF THE BA.
>> I CAN GET HIM HANGING A FEW
MONTHS.
>> LET'S GO AAD AND GET HIM
HANGING.
>> ARE YOU READY TO GO?
BECAUSE I WILL DOUBLE CHECK.
>> I'M GOING TO NEED THE LADDER.
>> WE WILL HAVE TO PUT ONE RIGHT
HERE, YEP.
OF COURSE, IT IS EASY TO PULL IT
OUT.
>> IT'S WHERE IT IS SUPPOSED TO
BE.
A LITTLE BIT MORE.
YOU WILL NOT SEE HIS CHEST OUT.
YOU WILL NOT SEE HIS CHEST.
HE IS GOING TO PULL IT OUT.
>> CAN WE GET A 5-POUND HER ON?
>> HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
HOLD ONTO THAT.
IT IS ALL HANDS OFF.
HANDS OFF.
WE NEED A 5-POUND WEIGHT ON
THERE, AT LEAST, AT LEAST.
MAYBE TWO.
LISTEN TO ME.
HOLD ON.
OKAY?
IT IS THE WIND.
IT IS THE WIND.
I WILL REDO IT DOWN THERE.
I WILL REDO IT BEHIND THE FRONT.
>> I'M NOT PUTTING THIS ON.
1-2-3-4.
25.
>> THAT IS ON MIKE'S SHOULDERS.
MIKE, ARE YOU READY?
>> NO, IT IS THE WIND I THINK.
I THINK WE NEED ONE MORE
5 POUNDS.
>> YOU ARE SAYING UP.
GOT IT.
>> NO, NO, I'M SORRY, YOU
MISUNDERSTOOD.
>> DAVID, HAVE TO BRING YOU
BACK.
>> LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU WANT TO
BRING HIM BACK IN.
DAVID LOOKS GREAT, MAN.
>> PLEASE STOP.
>> THAT IS NOT IN THE WAY OF THE
PARACHUTE ON THE SIDE?
>> PUT IT RIGHT THERE.
>> CAN I HAVE ONE SIP OF WATER?
ONE SIP OF WATER.
>> WATER?
>> CAN WE TAKE THE WEIGHT OFF?
>> I'M READY.
>> DAVID.
A LITTLE MORE DOWN.
>> OKAY, VERY GOOD.
>> YOU LIKE THAT, BERT?
>> YEAH, WE ARE GOOD.
CAN YOU SUCK IT IN A LITTLE BIT?
>> THE AVIATION --
>> WHERE IS THE MIC?
>> MIC CHECK, MIKE CHECK.
>> I WANT YOU TO CARRY THESE
JUST IN CASE.
>> THAT IS IT.
>> YOU PULL IT DOWN.
HOLD THAT ROPE.
CHECK.
AND THEN WHAT I NEED TO DO, YOU
DON'T HAVE A FREE HAND SO I WILL
KEEP THIS.
OKAY, THE BACKUP RADIO NOW.
A BACKUP RADIO CHECK.
BACKUP RADIO CHECK.
>> IF YOU GUYS WANT, WE CAN TAKE
THESE OFF OF THE BLOCK.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> DON'T UNHOOK IT.
>> SORRY.
>> GOTCHA.
OKAY, SO WHAT WE ARE GOING TO
DO, BERT, ARE YOU HAPPY WITH
WHAT YOU GOT?
OKAY, GO/NO-GO FOR THE TV.
3G.
3G, YOU GUYS GOOD?
THE HELICOPTER.
>> WE GOT YOU.
COMMAND AND CONTROL.
YOU GET IT?
YOU GUYS ARE GOOD.
ONE LAST CHECK WITH DON.
>> WE GOOD?
THAT MEANS GO NOW, RIGHT?
>> PAUSE, WE HAVE AN
INCONVENIENT AIRPLANE HANGING AT
THE END OF THE RUNWAY.
HE'S ABOUT TO GO.
AS SOON AS HE CLEARS, IT'S
ANNA'S.
>> HOW ARE YOU DOING?
GREAT.
>> STRAIGHT UP, YOU GO BASICALLY
STRAIGHT UP, DAVID.
>> LET'S START WALKING DOWN THE
STAIRS NOW.
LET'S GET DOWN THE STAIRS FIRST.
>> YOU GUYS GOT ME?
JUST GET A HOLD OF HIM RIGHT
THERE.
YEAH.
>> HE'S ROLLING.
YOU ARE HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU GOT
NOW?
BERT, YOU HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU
GOT?
>> I'M SO HAPPY.
>> MOST IMPORTANTLY, ARE YOU
HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU GOT?
>> YEAH.
>> IT LOOKS GREAT.
>> A WHITE STREAK.
WE WILL PUT ON THE SIDE.
WE WILL SHOW YOU WHERE TO CLICK
IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, WE ARE CLEARED TO
WALK.
>> CLEAR TO WALK.
>> CLEAR TO WALK.
>> THANK YOU.
YOU LOOK GREAT, MAN.
>> IT SEEMS NICE, DON?
>> DAVID, I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR IN
MY ERA.
>> DON SAYS WE ARE GOLDEN,
BEAUTIFUL.
>> YEP, YEP, WE WILL DO IT OUT
HERE.
REMEMBER, WE ARE GOING ALL THE
WAY ACROSS.
>> YOU STILL WANT TO BE ON THE
OTHER SIDE?
>> YEP.
YEP.
THE CODE WE CAN WALK ALL THE WAY
TO THE EDGE.
I DON'T NEED TO RELEASE UNTIL WE
ARE UP AND ADDED TO.
 AT IT.
PARACHUTE IS HERE?
>> PERFECT.
DOUBLE CHECK IT.
>> I'M GOING TO UNZIP YOUR
SWEATSHIRT A LITTLE BIT.
>> OKAY.
>> JUST GET YOU A LITTLE BIT
MORE, HOW ABOUT THAT?
HOW ARE WE DOING ON THAT?
ALL RIGHT COME ARE YOU EXCITED?
IT IS HAPPENING, MAN.
>> THIS IS ACTUALLY CRAZY.
>> IT LOOKS FAKE.
IF I'D WAS NOT SEEING HIM I
WOULDN'T THINK IT WAS HIM.
>> I AM GOING TO HAVE THE MOST
AMAZING VIEWS EVER ON THESE
BALLOONS.
IT IS AMAZING.
>> STRAIGHT UP ON THREE, GUYS.
WALK TO DON, WALKED TO DON. WAL.
>> OKAY.
>> YEAH, IT'S GREAT.
>> ARE YOU THINKING?
>> NO, I SEE, THAT IS PROBABLY
WAY BETTER FOR YOU GUYS.
>> IS THAT BETTER?
>> YOU LIKE THAT BETTER NOW?
>> STRAIGHTEN UP THERE.
>> BERT?
>> WE ARE GOOD.
>> OKAY.
>> DO YOU FEEL GOOD WITH
EVERYTHING?
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> IT LOOKS GOOD.
AND THE CODE RED IF THE PLANE
STARTS FLAPPING WINGS COME I
COME DOWN.
>> THERE IS NEVER A CHOMP.
 JUMP.
>> WHEN IT SAYS 8,000, THAT'S
WHAT I'M PUTTING IT ON.
WHEN MSL SAYS 8,000 BUT THE
GROUNDS HAS 4,000.
>> OKAY, OKAY.
>> 8,000.
ALL RIGHT.
I GUESS I'M FOLLOWING YOU GUYS.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO DO ONE MORE.
HANDS OFF.
>> BASICALLY, PERFECTLY
FLOATING.
AND I HAVE THIS SO WOW!
DO YOU WANT TO TRY IT WITH THIS,
AL, JUST TO SEE?
>> JUST BE READY.
>> YOU WERE GOING TO GIVE ME AN
EXTRA LITTLE BIT OF LIFT.
>> COME ON IN.
COME OVER HERE.
>> WHERE?
THERE?
>> HARDER, THERE.
>> AWARE, THERE?
SURE?
SURE?
I'M LETTING GO?
>> LET IT FLY.
PERFECT, NICELY DONE.
CAN I GET ONE KISS?
>> WE ARE NOT LETTING HIM GO YET
GUYS.
>> I WILL SEE YOU SOON.
>> YEP.
>> DAVID, WE ARE GOING TO HOLD
FOR A SECOND.
THEY ARE RUNNING TO CHECK ON
YOUR MICROPHONE.
>> STAY HERE PLEASE.
STAY HERE.
>> THEY HAVE TO CHECK A COUPLE
OF THINGS.
DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE?
DO YOU WANT TO COME DOWN A
LITTLE BIT?
>> NO, WE ARE FINE.
AND THEN I WILL GIVE YOU
SOMETHING.
>> THEY ARE RUNNING TO CHECK
SOMETHING WITH YOUR MICROPHONE.
>> OKAY.
>> YOU ARE GOING TO GO NORTH A
LITTLE BIT.
HEY, DON --
>> STRAIGHT UP.
>> OKAY, PERFECT.
>> LET'S GO THOUGH BECAUSE WE
ARE HEATING UP AND WE GOT TO GET
THINGS GOING.
WE ARE GOING.
WE ARE GOING.
YEP, EVERYBODY IS GOOD TO GO?
WE ARE GO TO.
IS EVERYBODY GOOD?
ARE WE GOOD TO GO?
LOVE YOU.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME UP.
WILL YOU SPIN ME?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> EVERYBODY ON YOUR KNEES. KNE.
NOBODY UNDERNEATH HIM.
I'M LOOKING FOR DEATH.
YEAH, YEAH, I UNDERSTAND ALL
THAT.
SO WE ARE HEADED A DIFFERENT
DIRECTION THAN WE ANTICIPATED
FOR NOW.
CORRECT?
I'M JUST GOING TO GO NICE AND
SLOW LIKE THIS AND ENJOY THE
RIDE FOR A LITTLE BIT.
WOW!
WOW!
THAT IS AMAZING!
IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL!
CAN I DROP ONE NOW?
DROP ONE NOW?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THE THING CAME OFF ON THE
GLASSES.
SO WE ARE GOING TO LOSE THE
GLASSES ON THE JUMP, BUT THAT IS
FINE.
YEAH.
WHAT IS MY ALTITUDE?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> HE'S AT 4500 RIGHT NOW.
AND YOU WILL COME BACK THIS WAY.
DON IS CONFIDENT.
>> GREAT.
>> IT LOOKS CRAZY.
>> THIS IS A FUN PART AND THEN
IT WILL GET REAL AT SOME POINT.
THOUGHT IT?
WE NEED COMES BACK, WHENEVER HE
IS CLEAR TO DROP THAT, YOU WILL
KEEP ME POSTED ON THAT?
>> WHAT IS MY RATE OF ASSENT?
>> CHECKED THE RATE OF ASSENT.
>> YOU ARE STILL GOING UP AT
4600.
>> I HAVE EXACTLY 4600 AS WELL.
>> I AM RIGHT HERE.
DO YOU WANT HIM TO DROP ONE?
OKAY.
>> WHEN HE CAN.
>> LET ME CHECK.
>> IS THAT OKAY?
>> DAVID, IF YOU ARE IN A SAFE
SPOT WHICH IT LOOKS TO ME, TAKE
A GOOD LOOK DOWN AND BERT WOULD
LIKE YOU TO DROP MORE WEIGHT.
>> I WILL WAIT UNTIL I'M OVER
THIS.
>> ALL RIGHT, I'LL COME HERE WE
GO.
HE'S JUST ABOUT TO WHEN HE
CLEARS.
>> THE WEIGHT IS COMING DOWN.
IS IT CLEAR?
>> IT LOOKS CLEAR TO ME, CLEAR
TO DROP.
THEY HAVE ALL EYES ON IT.
>> YOU COPY?
I HAVE 4800-4900 FEET, DAVID?
>> TELL ME WHEN TO RELEASE THE
NEXT ONE.
>> DON'T DROP ANY MORE, DAVID.
WE HAVE YOU AT 4900 FEET.
WHY ARE YOU DROPPING THOSE
WEIGHTS?
>> SAY IT AGAIN?
>> EXPLAINED TO US WHY YOU ARE
DROPPING THOSE WEIGHTS.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
>> I'M DROPPING THE WEIGHTS SO I
CAN GET MORE GOING UP.
I'M DROPPING THE WEIGHT SO
BASICALLY TO BECOME LIGHTER SO
THE BALLOONS CAN BRING ME UP
HIGHER.
>> WHINNIES OVER THE AIRPORT
COME I WANT TO GET RID OF ALL OF
THAT.
>> NOW WE ARE FLYING AS
PREDICTED, WHICH IS GOING WITH
THIS UNBELIEVABLE VIEW IN THE
WORLD.
IT IS AMAZING.
IT IS AMAZING.
>> LET'S MAKE SURE WE ARE IN A
SAFE AREA, AND THEN WE CAN GO
PICK THOSE UP.
>> I'M AT 150.
>> OKAY, DAVID, IT IS ON YOU TO
BALLAST ONE MORE WHEN YOU ARE
READY.
>> CAN YOU HEAR HIM?
>> I CAN HEAR HIM.
>> NOW WAS A GREAT TIME?
>> NOW IS A GREAT TIME FOR US.
>> RELEASING ONE MORE.
>> OKAY, SO DON AND BERT, I'M
GOING TO WANT HIM TO GET THOSE
OFF
FAIRLY SOON BECAUSE THEN WE ARE
GOING TO HOOK UP A SAFETY AND
START DOING OTHER STUFF.
SO YOU TELL ME WHEN.
IT IS ON YOU GUYS.
>> 4,000 AGL, RIGHT?
5,000 WHAT?
>> 5300 IS FINE.
>> SHOULD I RELEASE ONE MORE?
>> SHOULD HE RELEASE ONE MORE OR
NOT?
>> HE'S DOING ABOUT 400.
AND HE'S GOT ONE LEFT.
OR NOT?
DON?
>> I THINK SO.
IF WE NEED TO GET HIM TO 500 OR
600.
>> DAVID, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU ARE
IN A GREAT, SAFE SPOT AND IF YOU
DON'T MIND DROPPING ONE MO
MORE.
>> HE'S OKAY?
>> HE'S DOING GREAT.
>> CAN I SPEAK TO DESSA?
>> SURE.
HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
PUT THIS ON.
WHEN YOU TALK, PRESS THE A
BUTTON.
>> HEY.
HELLO?
>> HI.
>> HOW ARE YOU?
>> BIT IS AMAZING.
IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL.
IT IS LIKE MAGIC.
IT FEELS LIKE I'M FLOATING.
>> YEAH, I DON'T SEE YOU, ONLY
THE BALLOONS.
>> IT FEELS LIKE I'M FLOATING IN
THE AIR.
>> GREAT.
>> IT IS AMAZING.
DO YOU REMEMBER ME HUGGING YOU
WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE?
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> FOR REAL?
>> YEAH, ALL RIGHT, LUKE ONCE TO
WANTSTO GET BACK TO THE THING.
>>> ARE JUST CONFIRMING THAT WE
DROPPED ALL OF THOSE WEIGHTS.
AT THIS POINT --
>> NO, I HAVE ONE MORE.
>> BERT, HE SAYS HE HAS ONE
LEFT.
>> OKAY, THERE IS A TRUCK UNDER
ME SO I'M NOT GOING TO DROP IT
YET.
>> DO NOT DROP IT.
DO NOT DROP IT YET.
>> NO, THERE WAS A TRUCK ON THE
ROAD.
>> HE IS ASKING WHAT YOUR CLAIM
OF RATE, RATE OF CLIMB IS?
>> IT IS ABOUT -- I WILL READ IT
TO YOUR 59 A.D., 5990, 6,000, 6.
6,020.
6,030, 6,040.
>> WE HAVE FEW ABOUT 400 FEET IN
THE AIR RIGHT NOW.
AND WE HAVE YOU AT JUST UNDER
6,000 END.
>> SHOULD I DROP THIS NEXT ONE
WHILE WE ARE IN A GOOD AREA?
>> SHOULD BE DROP IT?
HE'S IN A GREAT AREA.
>> I WILL SAY THIS AS WELL.
>> OF THE BRAIN TRUST FOR ANTON
SAY IF IN THE SAME SPOT, DROP
ONE MORE AND THAT WILL PUT YOU
AT 500 FEET PER MINUTE.
>> REALLY?
SHOULD I WAIT ON THAT WERE JUST
DO IT QUESTION MIGHT JUST DO IT?
>> YOU SHOULD JUST DO IT BECAUSE
YOU ARE AT A GREAT SAFE SPOT
RIGHT NOW.
>> WHAT ALTITUDE AM I AT AT AGL?
>> STANDBY.
>> 2,000, CORRECT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
ON THE NOSE.
JUST A MINUTE.
>> 6390, 6400, 6420.
>> WE WANT TO CONFIRM THAT YOU
DROPPED THAT.
>> YEAH, THAT'S GONE.
>> PERFECT, THEY ARE HAPPY.
ARE YOU LIKING IT?
>> I AM AT 6500.
>> SO WE ARE AT 500 FEET A
MINUTE, SWEET SPOT RIGHT NOW.
>> OKAY, DAVID IT IS TIME TO GET
DOWN TO BUSINESS A LITTLE BIT.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS UNZIP YOUR
VEST, PULL THE CAMERA OUT AND
HOOK UP YOUR SAFETY.
>> OKAY, FIRST, THE SAFETY
BEFORE CAMERA, CORRECT?
>> SURE, THAT IS GREAT.
>> IS THAT CORRECT, FIRST
SAFETY, CORRECT?
>> CORRECT, CORRECT.
>> OKAY, JUST PULL THIS OUT MY
RIGHT?
>> CORRECT, DAVID, YOU ARE ON
IT.
YEP.
PULL THAT OUT AND THAT WILL DROP
YOUR SAFETY, GREAT SPOT.
>> NOW THIS.
OKAY.
THAT IS NOW HANGING UP HERE,
HERE WE GO, GOOD.
THAT IS THAT.
>> WE HAVE EYES ON THE SLEEVE.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO GRAB THAT.
>> WILL TAKE MARBURY GOOD?
>> EVERYTHING LOOKS GREAT RIGHT
NOW.
WHY DON'T YOU UNZIP TO GET THAT
CHEST CAMERA.
>> WE DON'T WANT TO LET GO OF
THE PARACHUTE YET.
CAN WE PUT THE PARACHUTE ON
BEFORE OR PUT THIS ON FIRST?
>> PULL THE CAMERA OUT, SET THE
CAMERA AND I DON'T WANT TO
RELEASE THE PARACHUTE YET.
>> OKAY, LIKE THIS?
>> YEAH, THAT'S GREAT.
>> LIKE THIS?
AND THEN ZIPPED THIS UP, LIKE
THAT?
>> YOU'VE GOT IT.
>> OKAY, OKAY, WHAT ALTITUDE ARE
WE AT?
>> WE HAVE YOU AT 7200 FEET.
>> CAN I PUT THE PARACHUTE ON
NOW OR IS IT A LITTLE EARLY?
>> BIT HIS TIME.
BERT SAYS IT IS TIME.
AT THOUSAND FEET LOWER BUT YOU
ARE GOOD TO.
>> OKAY, SO I CAN START AND GO
SLOW, YES?
>> THAT SOUNDS GOOD, YES, LET'S
DO IT.
>> THE PARACHUTE COMING DOWN.
PARACHUTE COMING DOWN.
IT IS TIGHT.
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
>> THERE YOU GO, NO LOWER, NO
LOWER.
>> RIGHT THERE.
OKAY, AM I CLEAR TO DROP THE
BAG?
IS IT CLEAR FOR?
NO ONE UNDERNEATH ME SO IT IS
FINE?
>> HOLDING THE PARACHUTE FIRMLY
ON THE BACK IS GOING DOWN.
BAG IS DOWN.
>> PERFECT.
WE HAVE EYES ON THE BAG.
THE SAME THING WITH THE
PARACHUTE.
THIS IS CRAZY, OKAY.
>> YOU SHOULD SEE IT FROM THIS
ANGLE.
TAKE YOUR TIME, NICE, DEEP
BREATHS.
>> FIRST COME I WILL PULL ONE
AND HOLD THE PARACHUTE FIRMLY.
OKAY?
NOW I'M GRABBING THE PARACHUTE,
CHECKING IT, WE ARE GOOD.
ARM ONE IS IN.
HERE IS ARM TWO IS IN.
THAT IS THAT.
OKAY.
NOW, I'M GOING TO CONNECT THE
CHEST STRAP COMMIT CHEST STRAP
ON IT.
THAT IS GREAT.
>> CHEST STRAP WITH THE CAMERA
ON.
>> CHEST STRAP OVER CAMERA ARM.
>> CHEST STRAP GO TO.
NEXT LEG STRAP NUMBER 1.
>> TAKE YOUR TIME, MAN, NICE AND
SLOW.
SLOW IS FAST.
>> LEG STRAP NUMBER ONE, I HAVE.
>> CAN I GET ALTITUDE RIGHT NOW?
>> YOU ARE DOING GREAT, LOTS OF
TIME.
8200 FEET.
WE ARE DOING GREAT.
4,000 ABOVE THE GROUND.
>> STRAP NUMBER 2, LEG STRAP
NUMBER 2.
OKAY, HOLD ON.
LEG STRAP NUMBER 2 IS CONNECTED
TO.
>> GOT IT.
WE ARE GOOD BUT THAT.
>> AND I WILL TUCK IT IN.
OKAY.
LEG STRAP IS OKAY.
I'M NOT GOING TO CONNECT THAT,
BUT I'M GOING TO PULL THIS DOWN.
HERE COMES THE NEXT LEG STRAP
NUMBER 2.
OKAY.
LEG STRAP, THIS ONE.
OKAY.
>> THERE YOU GO, NICE.
MUCH BETTER.
>> A LITTLE -- OKAY.
WHOA! LEG STRAP NUMBER TWO IS
NOW.
 IS OFFICIALLY CONNECTED TO.
I'M GOING TO CHECK.
WE ARE GOOD.
WE ARE GOOD, WE ARE GOOD.
I WILL REMOVE THE SAFETY RIGHT
NOW.
THE SAFETY.
 IS NOW OFF.
I'M GOING TO CHECK 1-2, CHECK
THREE.
>> YOU MISSED NUMBER 2.
RELEASE THE RIGHT SHOULDER FROM
THE SNAPSHOT THAT WAS HOLDING
IT.
>> THERE WE GO.
THERE WE GO.
OKAY.
NICE JOB.
3 MINUTES.
>> WE ARE GOOD NOW, RIGHT?
THE PARACHUTE IS ON.
>> REALLY HIGH AND YOU HAVE TO
FIND A PLACE TO LAND.
YOU HAVE THE PARACHUTE ON NOW
COME I WILL SAY THAT.
>> OKAY, OKAY SO WAIT.
HOLD ON.
I PULLED THIS FIRST COME AT THIS
SECOND, AND THAT IS IT, CORRECT?
>> THEN YOU WOULD BE SKYDIVING.
YOU ARE CLIMBING UP 5 FEET A
MINUTE.
BERT IS HAPPY AND EVERYTHING IS
GREAT RIGHT THIS SECOND.
>> I HAVE NO PIVOTING WORKING
RIGHT NOW.
NOW I'VE GOT ONE.
>> I GUARANTEE IF YOU PULL THAT
WENT ON YOUR RIGHT POCKET, DAVID
DAVID, PUT ON YOUR RIGHT WRIST
NOW, CAN YOU DO THAT?
>> HOLD ON.
OKAY.
ALTIMETER THEM OKAY GOOD.
THIS IS AGL 5,000 AND THE OTHER
ONE MSL OVER 10,000.
IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> THAT IS ACCURATE, YOU ARE
CORRECT.
CAN YOU HOLD IT IN FRONT OF THE
CAMERA?
>> WELL, IT IS HARD TO TURN IT.
CAN YOU SEE?
OH, WAIT, I CAN EXTEND THIS OUT.
CAN YOU SEE IT LIKE THAT?
>> YES, WE CAN.
>> CAN YOU SEE THIS ONE?
>> THAT ONE IS A LITTLE BIT
TOUGHER.
BUT IT LOOKS GOOD.
>> THIS IS NOT ON, BUT THAT IS
FINE.
WE ARE ON, CONNECTED NOW, RIGHT?
>> FROM NOW ON, DAVID, LOOK AT
YOUR L TOMORROW ON YOUR RIGHT
WRIST.
THE ONE YOU JUST PUT ON.
THAT WHEN YOU CAN SEE.
>> I WILL SWITCH WRISTS SO HOLD
ON SO ALTIMETER IS COMING OFF.
>> HOLD ON, AL, WE CAN'T DO THAT
YET.
>> OKAY COMMIT 10,000 MSL.
 -- OKAY, 10,000 MSL.
>> I'M READY TO SPEED THE ASCENT
RATE.
>> WHAT DO YOU GUYS WANT?
>> HANG ON A SECOND, CHECK YOUR
LEG STRAP.
>> I'M HARD TO HEAR YOU BUT HOLD
ON.
>> CHEST STRAP GOOD, CHEST STRAP
CONNECTED.
CHEST STRAP IS GOOD APPEAR AT
THE LEG STRAP CONNECTED APPEAR
.HEIGHT, LEG STRAP IS GOOD.
>> DON'T -- SHOULD HE START
COMING BACK TO THE SOUTH SOON?
CORRECT.
LET'S NOT DO THAT YET.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE LEG
STRAIGHT BEHIND YOU RIGHT NOW.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I'M NOT LOOKING.
I THINK I'M LOOKING THE OTHER
WAY, LUKE.
>> CORRECT.
I'M WATCHING WHAT YOU ARE
LOOKING UP BUT I'M TELLING YOU
YOU ARE STARTING TO MOVE
BACKWARDS FROM THE DIRECTION YOU
ARE MOVING WHICH IS GREAT AND TO
THE RIGHT IS TAKING YOU TO THE
SOUTH.
>> WE ARE GETTING BOILING HOT ON
THAT BACK THING, BY THE WAY.
>> CHAKRA FOR YOU AND ME.
>> LET ME DISCONNECT THESE
REALLY QUICK.
HOLD ON.
>> NOW IS THE TIME TO DO
ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED.
YOU HAVE LOTS OF TIME.
YOU ARE SAFE AT THE MOMENT.
EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD.
>> I FEEL LIKE I AM THERE WITH
HIM.
[LAUGHTER]
>> PERFECT.
>> IC PLAINS BELOW.
THAT IS ALL FINE.
>> EVERYTHING IS GREAT HERE.
IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND BECAUSE WE
ARE ONLY 11,000 FEET.
I WOULD LOVE TO GET A PULSE OX
READING ON YOU NOW BEFORE IT
STARTS TO GET THIN UP THERE IF
YOU HAVE TIME.
>> PULSE OX COMING ON.
>> ONCE YOU GET A READING, IF
YOU COULD, HOLD ON THE CAMERA
LENS, IF YOU ARE ABLE TO.
>> YES.
OXYGEN STARTED AGLOW BUT NOW IT
IS CLIMBING.
THE HEART RATE 145, PULSE
OXIMETER 93 AND CLIMBING.
I WILL NOT TALK A MINUTE JUST TO
GET IT UP.
>> SO THIS IS WHERE DAVID IS
DOING HIS BREATHING TECHNIQUE TO
TRY TO ADJUST HIS OXYGEN.
IT WAS LOW WHEN HE PUT IT ON BUT
BROUGHT IT BACK UP AND HE'S ONLY
AT 12,000 FEET.
>> YOU ARE RIGHT, LUKE COME
ABOUT BREATHING.
IT IS DEFINITELY MORE DIFFICULT
WITH THIS ON BUT WHEN I FIND THE
RIGHT POSITION IT SHOULD HELP.
>> DAVID WHY DON'T YOU LOOK DOWN
TO YOUR RIGHT A LITTLE BIT.
YOU SHOULD START TO SEE THE
LANDING AREA THAT WE TALKED
ABOUT.
>> CAN YOU SEE IT?
IT IS UPSIDE DOWN THOUGH.
>> KEEP TRYING TO HOLD IT DOWN.
IT IS A TYPICAL ANGLE.
IT IS TOUGH WITH THE SUN.
THAT LOOKS GOOD.
>> GOING 13 MILES AN HOUR ACROSS
THE GROUND AND UP 500 FEET A
MINUTE.
>> OKAY.
>> SO DO ME A FAVOR AND LOOK
LOOK DOWN TO YOUR RIGHT.
YOU SHOULD START TO SEE THE
AREA.
>> I SEE PAGE AND IN FRONT OF ME
COME I SEE SOME FIELDS, TWO
BASEBALL FIELDS.
>> STRAIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU, IF
YOU LOOK STRAIGHT IN FRONT OF
YOU OUT IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU SEE
THAT LITTLE MESAS THAT PARALLELS
THE ROADS.
GOT EYES ON WHAT WE ARE LOOKING
AT?
>> THAT BUSY AREA IN FRONT OF
THE TWO PONDS.
>> CORRECT, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE
AIMING FOR.
>> THAT IS WHAT WE ARE AIMING
FOR CORRECT?
>> THAT IS STILL WHAT WE ARE
AIMING FOR.
>> THAT IS GOOD BECAUSE I CAN
SEE THAT PERFECTLY.
>> HEY, DON, CAN YOU TELL ME THE
DISTANCE FROM HIM TO THAT TA
TARGET?
>> IT IS ON YOU, MAN, DO
WHATEVER YOU NEED TO.
O2 CLIMBING.
CLIMBING BIG TIME.
WENT FROM 83 TO 91.
>> YOU DID THAT WHEN AIRBORNE
TOO.
>> I AM STILL PERFECTLY COH
COHERENT.
>> HOW IS THE TEMPERATURE?
>> I AM AT 13,000, CORRECT?
>> AFFIRMATIVE, 13,000.
>> WHENEVER I TALK, IT GOES
DOWN.
CAN YOU SEE IT, IT IS AT 95.
>> I CAN'T.
SOMEBODY ELSE MIGHT --
>> TELL ME WHERE TO PUT IT AND I
CAN DO IT.
>> THAT IS GREAT.
O2 CLIMBING AT 96.
IT IS UPSIDE DOWN, BUT --
95.
>> I DON'T NEED THAT EXACT ON,
JUST CLOSE.
MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE.
MAKE SURE YOU MOVE AROUND A
LITTLE BIT.
HOW IS THE TEMPERATURE?
>> THE DISSENT RATE IS GOOD, DON
AND BERT, ARBY GOOD WITH THIS?
>> BIRD IS SITTING NEXT TO ME
AND HE SAID YES.
>> HOW IS THE TEMPERATURE.
>> I WISH IT GOT COLDER, ASK
NOODLES WHY.
>> OH, IT WILL GET COLDER.
WE STILL HAVE YOUR GLOVES, BUT
THERE IS NO NEED FOR THAT UNTIL
YOU --
>> NO, WE DON'T NEED IT YET.
LOOK, MY OXYGEN RIGHT NOW.
CAN YOU SEE IT?
BECAUSE I WAS TALKING, 90 AND
DROPPING IT.
CAN YOU SEE IT?
88.
>> DON'T TALK.
>> NOW WATCH, I'M GOING TO START
BREATHING AND WATCH WHAT
HAPPENS.
THIS IS AT 14,000 FEET, READY?
STARTING MY PURGING NOW.
>> ROTATED, DON'T TALK BUT
ROTATE SO THERE IS NO REFLECTION
BUT MORE STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN.
[BREATHING]
>> DAVID AT THIS ALTITUDE 60% OF
THE OXYGEN.
>> IT IS CLIMBING, 95, CAN YOU
SEE?
>> WHAT IS THAT?
>> CAN YOU SEE?
>> 2.1, PERFECT.
>> CAN YOU SEE?
>> YES, IT IS SMALL ON MY
MONITOR BUT THERE YOU GO.
CLOSE AS YOU CAN.
>> ALMOST TOUCHING IT.
>> ALL RIGHT, THAT LOOKS GOOD
DAVID.
THIS IS FOR YOU, CLIMBING
500-600 FEET.
AT 14,000 FEET.
>> CAN YOU SEE THE O2?
CAN YOU SEE THAT?
NO, I DON'T THINK WE WILL BE
ABLE TO SEE THE REFLECTION.
>> LIKE THIS?
>> THAT IS BETTER.
IF YOU BLOCK THE SUN.
THERE YOU GO.
CLOSE.
THERE YOU GO.
[BREATHING]
>> AS MUCH SUN AS YOU COME BL
BLOCK.
>> I'M GOING TO TAKE A BREAK
AGAIN BUT I GOT IT UP TO 96.
>> YEAH, WE DON'T NEED ANYMORE
PULSE OX.
LOOKS GOOD.
WE DON'T SEE THAT.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING RIGHT NOW?
>> I FEEL GREAT.
I FEEL GREAT.
AND MY TEAM, BY THE WAY, LIVE
YOU DOWN THERE, YOU COULD NOT DO
A BETTER JOB ACROSS THE BOARD
APPEAR THIS IS THE MOST SECURE
AND CONFIDENT I HAVE EVER FELT
EVER FELT ON ANYTHING I HAVE EVR
DONE IN MY LIFE.
SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR 100%, NOT
JUST MY TEAM, BUT ALL OF YOU
GUYS.
YOU TWO, CHRISTIAN, EVERYBODY
THAT HOPE, YOU GUYS.
THIS IS A DREAM.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
>> LOOKS GOOD, MAN.
TRY TO RELAX AND IT'S GOING TO
GET SERIOUS HERE.
>> I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU WHAT I
SEE.
THIS CAMERA WORK LIKE THAT?
>> WE HAVE GREAT IMAGES.
NICE AND SLOW, WE SEE
EVERYTHING.
>> GOOD, GOOD.
>> THAT IS GREAT.
>> I'M GOING TO PUT THIS BACK
ON.
RIGHT HERE.
AND LOWER THIS A LITTLE BIT.
>> DESSA WANTS TO TALK TO HIM?
THIS IS THE TIME?
IF SHE WANTS TO.
OKAY.
SO DAVID, BEFORE IT STARTS TO
GET HIGHER AND STUFF MY JUST
LOOKED OVER AND DESSA IS
AVAILABLE.
DO YOU HAVE A SECOND TO TALK TO
HER OR NOT?
OTHERWISE, IT WILL GET SERIOUS
WHEN WE GET HIGHER.
>> SO PUT THE GLOVES ON NOW.
>> IT IS UP TO YOU TEMPERATURE
WISE AND WHY DON'T YOU TURN THE
CAMERA ON SO WE CAN SEE YOUR
FACE AND THEN DESSA WILL BE ABLE
TO SEE YOUR FACE.
>> GOOD.
YEAH, SHE'S COMING OVER.
I WILL TELL YOU.
YOU CAN PUT GLOVES ON OR
WHATEVER YOU WOULD LIKE.
WHATEVER YOU NEED.
THE CAMERA LOOKS GREAT.
SO YOU ARE ALL FINE.
EVERYTHING IS SAFE.
I WILL TURN YOU OVER TO DESSA.
I WILL COME BACK TO YOU WHEN IT
IS TIME FOR OXYGEN.
SO HERE YOU GO.
PUT THIS ON.
AND WHEN HE TALKS, YOU WILL HEAR
HIM BUT TO TALK TO HIM YOU HAVE
TO HOLD THIS BUTTON DOWN TO TALK
TO HIM.
HAVE A SEAT RIGHT HERE.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
HEY.
HEY.
>> HOW ARE YOU?
>> GOOD, AND YOU?
>> GREAT.
>> TALK ONLY.
THEN LET OFF.
>> GOOD.
>> I'M GOOD.
AND REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
>> GREAT.
AND I WILL BE SEEING YOU PRETTY
SOON.
>> YEAH.
WHEN DO YOU THINK, I MEAN, HOW
MANY --
WHAT TIME?
>> I'M REALLY HIGH NOW.
AND I THINK I WILL FIND A SPOT
AND JUMPED DOWN.
>> BUT WHERE ARE?
>> >> WE ARE GOING TO GO HIGH
NOW.
THIS IS WHERE WE GO OHIO AND IT
STARTS TO GET NICE AND COLD.
BUT REMEMBER WE WENT THROUGH THE
ARCTIC CIRCLE WE HAD
NEW YEAR'S EVE AND FREEZING COLD
TEMPERATURES?
WELL EMMA THAT WAS HELPING
PREPARE FOR THIS.
SO IT WILL BE GOOD.
>> >> AND DO YOU --
>> DO YOU REMEMBER WE SLEPT IN
THE ICE HOTEL IN FINLAND WHERE
IT WAS MINUS FREEZING
TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING?
I WAS UP THE WHOLE NIGHT
TOUCHING YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU
WERE OKAY.
I WAS SO WORRIED.
AND YOU WERE FINE.
>> HOW MANY FEET DO YOU THINK
YOU WILL GO UP?
>> WE ARE AT 16,000 FEET NOW.
>> YEAH?
>> AND WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO
GO UP WHERE THE AIRPLANES GO.
SO I AM GOING TO GO INTO CLASS A
AIRSPACE TO FLY.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW HIGH YET.
WE WILL SEE.
I'VE GOT TO FOCUS NOW.
SO THAT IS IT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> SAY GOODBYE.
>> I LOVE YOU.
>> ME TOO, LOVE YOU, BYE.
THANK YOU.
>> SO DAVID DON'T TALK.
HANG OUT, TAKE YOUR TIME.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
>> I'M DONE WITH TALKING.
>> GREAT.
WE ARE AT 15,000 FEET.
THIS IS WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO
SEE YOU PULL THE AUCTIONS AND
DOWN AND TAKE BREATHS OF O2 NOW.
>> I'M PERFECT.
>> THAT IS THE FIRST SYMPTOM OF
HYPOXIA, CONFIDENCE?
I'M 100% CONFIDENT LIKE IN THE
PLANE, 100%.
YOU CAN ASK ADAM IF YOU WANT.
>> ALL RIGHT, WE ARE OKAY THEN
RIGHT NOW.
>> GOOD.
>> IS HE 1.2 SHORT OR PAST IT?
PERFECT, PERFECT.
1.2 PAST IS WHERE I WANT TO
START THINKING ABOUT ENDING.
>> DID WE LOSE THE HELICOPTER
YET?
>> WOW!
DON, WE ARE EXACTLY WHERE YOU
PREDICTED.
THIS IS CRAZY.
>> REMEMBER, YOU CAN UNHOOK THAT
IF YOU WANT.
>> GOOD CALL.
UNHOOKING, WHICH I CAN GRAB B
BACK.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
AS WE KEEP GOING UP.
THAT IS WHAT I SEE TOO.
>> OKAY.
OKAY, OXYGEN CLEAR.
WE ARE GOOD.
>> LOOKS GOOD.
DAVID, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER
ANYTHING I SAY BUT WE ARE AT
17,000.
WE PASSED THE HELICOPTER
LIMITATIONS AND A HELICOPTER
CANNOT HANG WITH YOU ANYMORE.
WE HAVE A LONG DISTANCE CAMERA
ON YOU.
WE CAN SEE THE LONG ONE IN EVERY
CAMERA IS IN YOUR FACE.
WE.
.4, OH, WOW!
>> WE ARE ALMOST AT CLASSE.
>> LET ME KNOW WHEN WE GET TO
18, PLEASE.
>> 176.
MSL?
>> YOU ARE CLEARED IN THE CLASS
A AIRSPACE.
>> I'M GOOD, I'M GOOD TO GO INTO
CLASS TODAY?
YOU ARE GOOD TO GO INTO CLASS A,
WHICH IS CRAZY.
>> THANK YOU JIM, SUE, WAYNE,
KURT, CARLOS.
THE GUYS WORKED HARD WITH THE
FAA.
YOU HAVE BEEN AMAZING AS WELL.
>> HOW ARE YOU FEELING
BREATHING?
ARE YOU STILL COHERENT?
>> COHERENT, PERFECT BUT IF I
TALK I'M NOT.
>> SO WHEN YOU ARE UP THERE AND
DRIFTING AND STARTING TO PICK UP
GROUND SPEED, WHICH IS GREAT.
BUT NOW YOU LOOK DOWN AND YOU
ARE PROBABLY ALMOST STRAIGHT
OVER THE LZ.
I CALL IT LZ.
>> WE ARE IN A CLASS A RIGHT
NOW.
>> WE ARE IN CLASS A.
YOU WILL KEEP ROLLING AND I WILL
KEEP YOU POSTED ON ALTITUDE.
[BREATHING]
>> SO I'M TRYING TO CHECK YOUR
COHERENCY.
WHAT IS THE CLASSE?
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> 18,000.
18-2, PERFECTLY COHERENT.
>> CAN I FLY INTO 18,000
AIRSPACE WITHOUT TALKING TO
ANYBODY?
>> I COULDN'T HEAR YOU.
>> COULD I JUST FLY THERE?
NO, IT HAS A PILOT YOU NEED TO
GO ON AND I WILL GO ON BUT WITH
O2 AT 98, IT IS NOT OKAY.
BUT IF 15 IS A REQUIREMENT AND
I'M ABOUT TO GO ON IT MIGHT JUST
WANT TO BE COMFORTABLE WHEN I
PUT IT ON IT.
I'M OKAY CLEARING MY RELEASE SO
I WANT TO WAIT UNTIL I FEEL
COMFORTABLE.
AS SOON AS I FEEL A SLIGHT BIT
NOT COMFORTABLE, THIS WILL GO
ON.
>> IT LOOKS GREAT.
I'M FINE WITH YOU DOING WHAT YOU
ARE DOING, DAVID TO COME
OBVIOUSLY TALKING CLEARER.
YOU HAVE HALF THE OXYGEN THAT
YOU DO ON THE GROUND UP THERE.
DON, YOU WERE GOING TO TELL ME
WHEN WE OBVIOUSLY GET TO 1 MILE
PAST.
OKAY, SO WE NEED TO START
TELLING --
ABOUT 5,000 FEET.
>> 5,000.
>> AGL.
>> AGL.
ALTIMETER ON YOUR RIGHT WRIST,
THE ONE YOU JUST SWITCHED.
SO WE ARE ABOUT 5 MINUTES.
>> I'M FEELING GREAT.
5,000 FEET, AND FEELING GREAT.
>> COPY, DAVID.
>> A LITTLE MORE BALANCE, DON.
I DON'T KNOW, IT IS UP TO YOU
GUYS.
WHAT'S THAT?
YEAH.
HEY, DAVID, BECAUSE WE ARE
MOVING ACROSS THE GROUND A
LITTLE BIT, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE
THEM DUMP A 5-POUND SHOT OF --
>> LET ME GO, LET ME GO ON TO O2
BEFORE WE DO THAT.
SO THAT THE SAND DOESN'T DUMP ON
IT.
>> IN THE SAFE LANDING ZONE, WE
NEED TO INCREASE THE O2.
>> SORRY?
INCREASE CLAIM.
DO NOT INCREASE.
WE ARE AT 19,400.
>> 19,400.
I'M GETTING WORRIED.
I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT
PUTTING THAT O2 ON.
>> COME UP.
>> WE ARE LOSING HIS MICROPHONE.
LIKE WE DO WHEN WE ARE IN
OKLAHOMA CITY.
I MET 19,000 FEET, 19,500.
>> I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO CROSS
THAT 20,000 FEET LINE BUT I
THINK YOU SHOULD PUT THAT ON
APPEARED YOUR BUDDY IS NEXT TO
ME.
>> LET ME CROSS 20,000 AND WE
ARE AT 19,700.
ASK A FEW COMPLICATED QUESTIONS.
>> HE WANT YOU TO ASK
COMPLICATED QUESTIONS.
DO YOU HAVE A STORY OR
SOMETHING?
BUT IT'S GETTING REAL NOW.
>> WE ARE AT 19,800.
MY  O2 IS AT 96-97.
I HAVE HELD MY BREATH ON STAGE
AND I HAVE HYPERVENTILATED ON 
O2.
NOBODY TRIED THIS.
THIS IS DANGEROUS.
I KNOW EXACTLY HOW I FEEL WHEN I
GET TINGLY EVERY SINGLE TIME.
>> DAVID YOU ARE 1 MILE PAST LZ.
WE NEED TO DUMP SOME AND PUT THE
O2 ON.
>> O2 IS GOING ON.
>> GREAT, GIVE ME A THUMBS UP
WHEN READY TO CROSS 20.
DON'T LET IT GET IN YOUR EYES,
PLEASE.
ARE YOU DOING FIVE OR TEN?
I WOULD LIKE TO GET HIM UP
QUICK.
AND WE ARE GOOD ON YOU.
SO THEY ARE GETTING READY TO
DUMP BALLAST, DAVID.
IT IS READY WHEN IT IS ON YOU,
DAVID.
>> HERE COMES BALLAST IN ABOUT
FIVE SECONDS.
GIVE ME A THUMBS UP IF YOU FEEL
LIKE YOU ARE GETTING GOOD O2
FLOW.
>> THE O2 IS TERRIBLE UP HERE.
>> PUSH ON THE BACK OF THE
REGULATOR TO BLAST IT IN YOUR
MOUTH.
THAT IS WAY BETTER, RIGHT?
>> DID WE GET A DROP OF BALLAST?
>> LET'S TAKE ME UP A LITTLE
BIT.
>> WE ARE TRYING.
IT SHOULD BE A FIVE MINUTE CALL.
ARE WE GOING UP?
>> I AM GOING TO GET HIM UP AS
QUICK AS WE CAN.
CAN I GET THIS LINE CLEARED FOR
SITE?
DAVID, YOU ARE BREATHING GREAT.
JUST KEEP IT ON YOUR FACE.
AT SOME POINT I WILL HAVE YOU
TURNED THE CAMERA AROUND BUT NOT
YET BECAUSE I LIKE TO SEE WHAT
I'M SAYING.
WHEN YOU TURN THE CAMERA AROUND,
I WILL HAVE YOU DO ONE MORE
CHECK ON YOUR HANDLES HERE AT
ONCE THE CAMERA IS TIGHT TO YOUR
BODY, BUT NOT YET, PROBABLY
2 MINUTES TO DROP.
ARE WE GETTING ANYTHING?
AND HOW ARE WE ON DISTANCE?
HOW ARE WE ON DISTANCE?
>> DUMPED SOME BALLAST.
>> THEY ARE TRYING RIGHT THIS
SECOND.
THEY ARE TRYING TO TEST THE
SECOND.
HOW HIGH ARE WE RIGHT NOW?
>> 21 COMMIT DAVID SO
21,000 FEET.
AND IF THEY DUMP THAT BALLAST
SOON COME I WANT YOU TO LOOK
DOWN TO SEE IF YOU CAN SEE
POTENTIAL LANDING AREA AND IF
YOU CAN, GIVE ME A THUMBS UP.
>> I GOT IT PERFECTLY.
I GOT IT, I SEE IT.
>> LOOKS GREAT.
HOW HIGH ARE WE RIGHT NOW?
>> WHAT ALTITUDE?
OVER 21,200 FEET, EVERYTHING IS
GOOD ON MY IN AND GIVE ME A
THUMBS UP IF YOU ARE STILL
COMFORTABLE.
AS COMFORTABLE AS YOU CAN BE UP
THERE.
IS THERE A WAY TO KNOW HOW
ROUGHLY HE IS RIGHT NOW FROM THE
POTENTIAL DUMP ZONE?
WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO TWO.
I DON'T WANT TO EXCEED 2.5.
HE SAYS HE SEES IT PERFECT AND
SO HE WILL GET BACK NO PROBLEM.
BUT FOR SURE NOT OVER 3.
WE ARE JUMPING NO MATTER WHAT.
EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD.
I'M NOT TALKING.
THIS IS REAL TIME.
WE ARE WORKING OUT SOME DETAILS
HERE.
>> TO MY RIGHT, ANOTHER ONE OF
THESE PLATEAUS.
HOW DOES IT LOOK TO YOU, THAT
ONE, THE RIGHT, I'M GOING TO
POINT MY CAMERA DOWN.
>> LET'S CHECK IT OUT.
>> YEAH, I WOULD HEAD BACK
TOWARDS THE POND.
THOSE TWO PONDS BY THE AIRPORT
AND THEN YOU WILL SEE THE SPOT.
>> I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
>> SO THAT IS AFFIRMATIVE.
OKAY, YOU ARE GOING TO GO BACK
TOWARDS THE AIRPORT.
YOU ARE STILL LOOKING GOOD AND
YOU ARE ONLY 2 MILES FROM LZ.
>> HE HEARD SAND.
CONFIRM, HE HEARD SAND.
>> I HEARD SOMETHING BUT NOTHING
YET.
>> HOW HIGH ARE WE?
>> 22,100 FEET.
GREAT.
>> DAVID, YOU MIGHT NOT SEE
THIS, BUT BERT AND DON SAY THAT
IT IS GOING UP FASTER SO IT IS
ALL WORKING.
PULLED THAT CAMERA BACK UP SO
IT'S LOOKING STRAIGHT IN FRONT
OF YOU, IF YOU CAN.
AND TIGHT TO YOUR BODY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER ME.
PUSH IT TIGHT TO YOUR BODY SO
IT'S NOT STICKING OUT THERE.
THERE YOU GO.
IT LOOKS GREAT.
WHAT IS THAT?
SO YOU ARE ABOUT 30 SECONDS FROM
BEING AT 23,000 FEET.
IF YOU COULD PULL THAT OUT AND
JUST LET ME KNOW THAT YOU SEE
THE LANDING AREA.
>> I SEE IT.
>> SOUNDS GREAT, I CAN HEAR YOU.
SO YOU GUYS -- HEY, ARE YOU GUYS
COULD NOT SING JUMP RIGHT THIS
SECOND BUT YOU ARE GOOD FOR HIM
TO JUMP AT ANY MOMENT?
OKAY.
YOU GUYS ARE READY TO POP
BALLOONS?
YOU GUYS ARE READY IF HE IS
GOOD?
ALL RIGHT.
>> YES, I AM.
DAVID, YOU ARE BREATHING AND
YOUR LEG STRAPS TO YOUR STIRRUPS
ARE STILL TIGHT.
SO IF YOU CAN LOOSEN THEM,
LOOSEN THEM YOU DON'T HAVE TO
TALK TO ME.
YOU EITHER WILL GET THEM LOOSE
OR NOT.
>> REMEMBER WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR
PARACHUTE, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO
GET OUT OF THEM TOO.
>> STAND UP ON YOUR RIGHT LEG.
MAYBE THAT WILL HELP THAT ONE.
23,500 FEET.
THERE YOU GO.
YOU LOOK GOOD THERE.
>> I GOT LEG STRAP ONE.
NOW I WILL TRY TWO.
>> MAKE SURE YOU ARE SPRAYING
THAT THING AND PERCHING THAT
THING IN YOUR FACE.
BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S
ENOUGH.
THIS TAB WILL BE A LITTLE HIRED
HER STOMACH HIGHER THAN THE
OTHER ONE BECAUSE THAT IS THE
SIDE YOU ARE
HANGING FROM.
AND I NEED YOU TO JUMP WHENEVER
YOU ARE COMFORTABLE.
WE ARE GETTING FARTHER AND
FARTHER AWAY SO.
24,000 FEET.
I WOULD QUIT WORRYING ABOUT THAT
RIGHT NOW, --
>> LUKE COME I'VE GOT TO GET IT
LOOSE.
I'VE GOT TO GET IT LOOSE SO I
CAN LAND.
>> REMEMBER UNDER A PARACHUTE,
YOU ARE ABLE TO DO IT ALL.
>> OKAY, THERE YOU GO, GREAT, IT
LOOKS GOOD.
HOW FAR AWAY ARE WE FROM THAT
SPOT, THREE?
YEP.
OKAY, DAVID, IT IS GOING TO BE
ON YOU, BUT I WOULD LIKE YOU
INSTEAD OF 5,000 FOR THE OPENING
COME I WOULD LIKE YOU TO OPEN
7,000 FEET.
7,000 FEET SO YOU CAN MAKE IT
BACK TO THE SPOT.
WE DID A HANDLE CHECK SO YOU ARE
GOOD TO RELEASE THE SAFETY
WHENEVER YOU ARE READY.
AND IT IS ON YOU.
WE ARE ALL QUIET HERE.
YOU ARE SAFE.
ARE YOU GUYS READY, MONICA?
CAMERA IS READY.
HE'S GOING TO HOOK UP THIS
OXYGEN TO THAT THING.
HE'S OBVIOUSLY COHERENT
BECAUSE -- I WOULD HAVE LEFT
THAT THING.
ALL RIGHT, DAVID, IT LOOKS GOOD,
MAN WE WILL SHUT UP AND LET YOU
DO YOUR THING.
OPEN AT 7,000 FEET.
HERE HE GOES, GUYS.
COME ON, BUDDY.
HERE WE GO.
LET'S DO IT.
HE'S CLEAN, HE'S CLEAR, IT'S ON
YOU.
A COUPLE OF GOOD HITS.
24, WEIGHT 200 MORE FEET.
WEIGHT 200 MORE FEET.
>> HEY, DAVID COME IF YOU CAN
HEAR ME AT ALL AND COMFORTABLE
AND FEELING GOOD, TURNED THE
CAMERA TO YOUR FACE.
HAVE YOU HEARD SCOTT?
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> I NEED SOMETHING.
I CAN HEAR YOU, I CAN HEAR YOU
DAVID.
OKAY, DAVID, THIS IS LUKE ON THE
BACKUP RADIO.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
DAVID, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME AT
ALL.
I HEAR WIND NOISE.
>> I GOT YOU.
BECO GRADE.
>> I HEAR YOU.
>> THAT IS AWESOME.
GREAT JOB, BUDDY.
OUR VIEW LOOKING?
CAN YOU SEE THE LANDING AREA?
CAN I REACH IT?
THAT IS FAR.
>> IT IS FAR.
LET ME CHECK.
>> IT IS FAR, IT IS FAR.
IT IS VERY FAR.
>> OKAY WHAT WE NEED YOU TO DO
IS START LOOKING FOR A NICE,
FLAT SPOT WITHOUT ANY POWER
LINES.
NICE, FLAT OPEN SPOT.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT COMING BACK
THE BUT JUST NICE SPOT TO LAND.
>> OKAY, WE ARE AT 4400 FEET.
>> 4400 FEET.
THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE ALSO.
LOOKS GREAT.
THERE IS VERY LIGHT WINDS SO IT
DOESN'T MATTER THE WIND
DIRECTION.
>> WHICH WAY IS THE WIND GOING
THOUGH?
>> LAND FACING THE AIRPORT.
>> THE WIND IS GOING TO THE
AIRPORT?
>> NO, LAND WITH YOU LOOKING AT
THE AIRPORT IS THE DIRECTION YOU
WANT TO LAND.
>> I WANT TO LAND TOWARDS THE
AIRPORT.
>> CORRECT.
>> SO I'M NOT GOING TO TURN.
I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP GOING
STRAIGHT.
>> SOUNDS GOOD, BUT MAKE SURE
YOU PICK A NICE SPOT.
IF YOU HAVE TO TURN AND PICK
SOMEWHERE THAT IS BETTER, DO
THAT.
>> OR ARE THERE POWER LINES NEXT
TO THIS ROAD?
>> THERE IS A SKINNY SET RIGHT
ALONGSIDE THE ROAD.
YOU WILL SEE IT WHEN YOU GET
LOWER.
IF YOU LAND PARALLEL WITH THE
ROAD AND OFF THE ROAD A LITTLE
BIT.
>> WE ARE AT 2800 FEET.
WE ARE RIGHT OVER ALL THIS ST
STUFF.
>> SO YOU NEED TO START LOOKING
AND PICKING A SPOT.
A NICE, SANDY SPOT THERE.
>> OKAY.
>> I GOT TO GET AWAY FROM THIS
THING.
>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ON THE
ROAD.
WHEREVER YOU PICKED TO LAND,
WE'VE GOT YOU.
>> IS THERE POWER LINES IN FRONT
OF ME ON THIS LITTLE ROAD?
>> IT IS HARD -- THEY ARE SO
SMALL IN YOUR CAMERA THAT I
CANNOT SEE THAT.
>> OKAY.
I MET 2,000 FEET.
>> OKAY, LOOKING GOOD.
JUST MAKE SURE YOU ARE PICKING A
SPOT AND NOT JUST FLYING ALONG.
>> CAN I LAND NEXT TO THOSE TWO
PONDS ON THAT ROAD RIGHT NEXT TO
IT?
CORRECT, THERE IS A NICE, SANDY
RIFFING NEXT TO THOSE TWO
COUPONS THAT WOULD BE A GREAT S.
>> I DON'T --
>> THE ANSWER IS YES.
>> OKAY, THERE IS NO POWER LINES
THERE?
>> NO.
>> DAVID, THERE IS A NICE RIB
PAIN IN THE BOTTOM OF THE
CANYON.
JUST LAND IN THAT RAVINE GOING
WITH A REVEALING.
>> RIGHT NEXT TO THE POND OR UP?
UPPER NEXT TO THE POND?
>> WRITE AHEAD OF YOU.
>> SAY IT AGAIN.
>> LISTEN TO SCOTT ON THE RADIO.
>> LISTEN TO THE LEFT OF THOSE
THINGS OR NOT?
NO, TO THE RIGHT OF THEM.
>> RIGHT BY THE GREEN POND.
>> LOOKS GREAT, DAVID, PICK THAT
OPEN WASH AND YOU ARE GOOD TO 
GO.
DAVID, I'M ON THE BACKUP RADIO.
WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
JUST LAND NICE BIG FLARE INTO
THE OPEN RAVINE.
FLAIR, FLAIR, PLAYER, PLAYER,
PLAYER, YEAH.
>> IS HE DOWN?
>> YES.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> BEAUTIFUL.
WHERE IS DESSA?
WHERE IS DESSA?
DAVID YOU ARE TALKING INTO THE
BACKUP RADIO, BACKUP RADIO.
>> YEAH?
>> THAT WAS AWESOME!
>> YEAH.
>> WOW!
>> PUT THAT ON.
DO YOU SEE HIM?
>> THAT WAS GREAT.
WOW!
YOU DID IT!
>> I LOVE YOU.
>> YOU DID IT, YOU DID IT COME I
LOVE YOU!
>> YEAH!
THIS WAS ALL FOR YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
YOU DID IT.
IT DIDN'T FALL.
>> OKAY COME I WILL SEE YOU IN A
MINUTE.
>> LOVE YOU.
>> BYE.
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> YOU CAN BREATHE.
>> I CAN WALK.
[APPLAUSE]
I CAN WALK.
[NOISE]
[HELICOPTER NOISE]
[APPLAUSE]
WOW!
>> HOW HIGH DID I GO?
>> THAT IS EXACTLY WHERE WE
JUMPED FROM.
SO EXACTLY WHAT WE REHEARSED.
>> GOOD THING I UNDID THOSE
THINGS.
THAT WAS AMAZING.
>> I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
>> WOW!
>> HE CAN'T SEE US.
>> THAT WAS AMAZING.
>> CAN I TAKE A SIP OF THAT
WATER?
SORRY.
THANK YOU.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY BEAUTIFUL, TOP
TO BOTTOM.
EXCUSE ME?
OKAY.
[NOISE]
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
SO AARON BLEW A HELICOPTER
UPSIDE DOWN.
HE FLEW THE HELICOPTER UPSIDE
DOWN.
[HELICOPTER NOISE]
>> ARE YOU GOOD?
