This was one 48 year old man's thoughts as he soared high above the clouds in a lawn chair rigged with 150 helium balloons. Thats right. Balloons.
Kissing his wife and chihuahua goodbye, Kent Couch lifted his 600 pound contraption off the ground of his gas station's parking lot and soared into the sky on a clear sunny day. He carried a bb gun to periodically shoot balloons down so he wouldn't raise too high, a parachute for safe landing, and coffee for his own well-being.
Starting in Bend Oregon, he flew about 230 east at about 20 miles per hour all the way to McCall Idaho over the course of a day. He says, "If had the time and money and people, I'd do this every weekend". His successful run will most likely go down in history alone with a previous try at the stunt in Los Angeles, and be admired by many of the residents of his home state, and all over the country.
All i can say is you ROCK Kent!
---BuTtOnS*****
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