http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19694083/ Man floats 193 miles using chair, balloons
Oregon resident fulfills childhood dream with 105 helium balloons
Updated: 2 hours, 33 minutes ago
BEND, Ore. - Last weekend, Kent Couch settled down in his lawn chair with some snacks — and a parachute. Attached to his lawn chair were 105 large helium balloons.
Destination: Idaho.
With instruments to measure his altitude and speed, a global positioning system device in his pocket, and about four plastic bags holding five gallons of water each to act as ballast — he could turn a spigot, release water and rise — Couch headed into the Oregon sky.
