Cloudhopping

[Marmot]

saw a postcard with this on, so dont know much about, but looks awesome, is basically hot air ballooning, but without a basket, being solely suspended under the balloon with a hot rocket strapped to your back

http://www.cloudhopper.org/

looks fun tho

[Ollie]

That looks insanely awesome!

[David]

It really does! The idea of being strapped onto a huge tank of propane next to an open flame, thousands of feet above the ground tied to a big bit of fabric makes it even cooler;)

Must be quite similar to hangliding I'd think.

[Marmot]

just without being able to stear where youre going!

[MariaD]

Is there no steering at all? It looks terrifying!

And this is coming from someone who used to skydive (freefall, not static line) as a hobby.

[Marmot]

no different then in a normal hot air balloon?

[MariaD]

I'm not sure I'd want to go in one of those either! I don't like the idea of not being able to steer.

[Marmot]

Ballooning is pretty expensive, but def worth as a one off treat, we did one as a family as it was my 18th, my sisters 21st, and my parents 25th wedding anniversary all in the same year so we thought it warranted some celebration.
its hardly a hardcore adrenaline ride, but is amazing how tranquil and still it is, and to be honest, the best bit is the reaction from the people as you pass over head

[kyle-mcc]

http://www.beargrylls.com/images/a_toasta.jpgbest picture is could get

bear grylls World Record Altitude
Dinner
looks pretty scary
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.beargrylls.com/images/a_toasta.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.beargrylls.com/gallery.html&h=101&w=134&sz=7&hl=en&start=4&tbnid=QCr1uBos7zdBiM:&tbnh=69&tbnw=92&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbear%2Bgrylls%2BWorld%2BRecord%2BAlti tude%2Bdinner%2B%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

[Ollie]

An interesting place to have dinner, that's for sure!