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Who are "they" exactly?

• icebraining 9y ago
  I assume they are "the people who makes these flights".
  • eps 9y ago
    Well, smarty pants, who are these numerous persons who flew in their lawn chairs strapped to helium balloons to 15K feet? There must be heaps of them since they manage to keep ChuckMcM in a state of constant amazement.
    • ChuckMcM 9y ago
      If you followed the Wikipedia link there were 5 imitators listed, and the current story makes 6. These are the ones that got enough coverage to warrant an entry. I know personally an EMT who responded to a call of one person who tried this over Lake Tahoe and "crashed" into the lake, but it wasn't in the papers or in the Wikipedia article.
      • eps 9y ago
        And only two reached 15K altitude, so your original comment rings hollow as there's basically no basis for being "always amazed" at this fact.
        • ChuckMcM 9y ago
          So do you have a problem with me or with the grammar? If its me my email is in my profile and I'm always ready to listen to feedback. If its the grammar, my amazement comes from not one story of someone trying this stunt including extra oxygen. Many of the stories include the notion of a pellet gun to shoot individual balloons for altitude control. That sets up an additional failure mode where you pass out from lack of oxygen before you can shoot a balloon. That people fail to consider and plan for the failure modes of this stunt is always amazing to me.