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Or,  Around the world in 80 trys

China Says Branson Balloon Can Continue Flight I guess we all have our mountains to climb but this around the world balloon thing doesn't make much sense to me. Its not like a sport, doesn't take a specialty knowledge, and doesn't seem to offer anything in the line of travel.

Again, whatever drives a person is cool. But so many of these fellows are risking their lives, money, others money, as well as creating a stir whenever and where ever they are on one of their mission. All this and the prize for this feat ,,, pales the feat.

One more time, Its cool to say you been around the world in a balloon. But how would you brag it up.

Maybe like this

I got awfully cold so I put a jacket on, and then It was hard to breath so I put my oxygen on. Once I was hoping the jetstream would move north, and it did. When I started dropping I threw the empty oxygen bottles out, and I started to rise again. At one point I was feeling like I wasn't going to make it, then I got E-mail and it cheered me up, but then I had to throw out the laptop cause I was dropping again. That communist country did not want me to fly (float) over and into their air space but thankfully dignitaries and high ranking officials and a few thousand others made this route a reality. I knew back home the creditors were forclosing on my family home, but when you have a dream nothing will get in your way, so when it got really really cold I put another jacket on and made a hard decision, I will not give up and I stuck to that decision.

Or like this.

Son of a bitch I slammed into a mountain, we plan another attempt in the spring

Branson Balloon Lands In Sea Off Hawaii-Coastguard

Or like this.

Son of a bitch we fell into the ocean, we plan another attempt in the spring