David Blaine: Ascension (2020) - full transcript

>>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

SO COME WITH ME.

WORLD.

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

HE WILL EXPLAIN EVERY QUESTION

GUYS.

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.

HOW DOES THIS DIFFER FROM YOUR

>> IT IS AMAZING.

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 IS WHAT I'M DOING.

THAT.

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 WILL GET TO ALL OF THAT

>> WE ARE ALL GOOD.

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.

BALLOONS WHICH MEANS WE POP THE

THIS WILL ACTUALLY PREVENT 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 HAVE THE SAFETY TEAM,

WE ALLOWED TO TAKE OFF?

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

226 POUNDS.

>> PAYLOAD CLOCKS AND

ONCE.

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

AND THEN DAVID IS HANGING BELOW

ARE CONNECTING TO IT.

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

EACH ONE OF THEM HAS THEIR OWN

POSSIBLE.

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

CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT WHAT IS

ENGINEERING.

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

AND FOR CONTROL THAT THEY WILL

AS WELL.

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

SELFISHLY ASK DAVID BLAINE TO

GIVES ME ENOUGH TIME 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

>> BIG AND BOLD SO IT IS VISIBLE

>> ANYWHERE?

EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT?

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

>> IT IS STARTING TO EXTEND BUT

>> NOTHING TO.

BLOW ON AT ALL.

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.

JOKING AND FUNNY BUT AS WE GET

AND I MADE ON THE OUTSIDE SEEMED

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

ONE OF THE POSSIBLE THREATS ON

BREATHING AND SLOW MY

HEART RATE.

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

SO NOBODY TRIED TO DO THAT.

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

AND SKYDIVE TO THE GROUND.

THE BALLOONS WITH A PARACHUTE ON

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

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT EXTRA

MATTERS.

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?

>> JUST CRANK IT TO THE HIGHEST

BECOME MORE INTENSE.

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

YEAH.

TIME?

>> 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

>> LOOK.

DROPPED.

[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

WE PUT A MAN ON THE MOON AND WE

IS THERE A WAY?

BROUGHT IT UP.

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

THAT IS WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN

LOT OF SAFETY PRECAUTIONS SO

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

WE ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES FOR

THAT WE ARE EXPECTING.

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 LIFT THE MORE WE CAN DIAL IT

THE SMALLER THE BALLOON TO LIST

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.

HAPPY.

THIS IS A MAJESTIC SITE SO I'M

>> 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.

>> THANK YOU.

>> HAVE FUN.

>> 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

BETTER.

MAGICAL, LIKE SURREAL LOOK, THE

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

HE WILL KEEP GOING UP AND UP AND

THE SUNRISE.

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

REFERENCE.

BACK TO THE AIRPORT FOR A

>> 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 --

>> HOLD ON.

>> THIS IS THE THREE TOWERS.

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

>> NO POWER LINES?

STAND OUT TERRIFIC.

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.

>> YOU WILL LOOK OUT HERE.

OKAY.

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

THE ONLY OBSTACLE ON THAT WHOLE

BETTER.

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

MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE

JOBS.

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,

TAKE IT OUT AND WE WILL PUT IT

RIGHT?

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

>> A LITTLE TEST BALLOON.

SEE.

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

I MIGHT HAVE TO CALL THEM OVER.

THEY GO.

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?

THINK THE NUMBER ONE THING WE

THERE IS ALWAYS THAT RISK AND I

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.

OKAY?

HOLD ON.

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.

>> NO, IT IS THE WIND I THINK.

MIKE, ARE YOU READY?

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

>> LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU WANT TO

BACK.

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

>> THANK YOU.

IT.

>> 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

THEY ARE RUNNING TO CHECK ON

FOR A SECOND.

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

>> DAVID, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU ARE

600.

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

NOW I'VE GOT ONE.

RIGHT NOW.

>> 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

>> THAT IS STILL WHAT WE ARE

FOR CORRECT?

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

THIS IS AT 14,000 FEET, READY?

BREATHING AND WATCH WHAT

HAPPENS.

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

DO YOU HAVE A SECOND TO TALK TO

AVAILABLE.

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

WHAT TIME?

MANY --

>> 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.

ALTIMETER ON YOUR RIGHT WRIST,

>> AGL.

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.

YOU LOOK GOOD THERE.

THERE YOU GO.

23,500 FEET.

>> 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.

I WOULD QUIT WORRYING ABOUT THAT

24,000 FEET.

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

>> SOUNDS GOOD, BUT MAKE SURE

STRAIGHT.

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]

>> HOW HIGH DID I GO?

WOW!

>> 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?