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handling the balloons are trained. no way. yes, they go through training, they go through a skrool. there s a six-member team under each balloon responsible solely for the safe flight of the balloon. each balloon is tethered to time-o two vehicles. under each balloon, from 60 to 90 balloon handlers depending on the size of the balloon and they go through various types of balloon training. the most intense is classroom study and required of the six-member team. if you re going to be a balloon handler, we recommend on site training as well as video training. and also, a minimum of 125 pounds in order to handle one of these bad boys. can you participate? now, amy, i am a strapping buck underneath this, amy, i m telling you. all right. heavy shoes. heavy shoes. also, another point. another point that a lot of people don t realize as well is even though the balloons may not be able to go all the way up, you might be able to keep them lower to ground depending on how