Balloon Man

Last year Kent Couch tried to travel from Bend, Oregon to Idaho... via air... specifically a flying lawn chair... powered by big balloons. Awesome. Last year he made it Union, Oregon, a small town just 15 minutes from my hometown.


I didn't take the picture, thanks to Pete Erickson for the fine shot from last year's attempt. Pretty spectacular, right?

This year he tried again and, lo and behold, he made it! It's pretty incredible. Not only is it a long ways, but the mountains he crosses are a bunch of 8,000 foot peaks. Anyhow, cool stuff happening here in Oregon.