Real Life Up
In 1982, a man named Larry Walters captured the world’s imagination with a daring and unconventional adventure that saw him ascend to a remarkable altitude of 16,000 feet above Los Angeles, California. Using a simple lawn chair, Larry attached a cluster of weather balloons to it and embarked on an improbable journey into the skies.
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To put it into perspective, that’s approximately half the altitude of commercial airline cruising. As he ascended, Larry enjoyed an awe-inspiring and unobstructed view of the city below, becoming, for a brief moment, just a man in a lawn chair taking in the sights from the edge of Earth’s atmosphere. Remarkably, he managed to land safely after his whimsical flight.