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About the specific challenges of a landscape like this. so, what we see — up on the side of the mountains, theres a lot of snow, a lot of trees, but not a lot of roads. so youre having to land as close to a road as possible to make the retrieval of all the kits easy. the mountains also produce a different climate, so there can be a lot different wind patterns and things that develop around the mountains. it seems to be almost a lifestyle, this passion for ballooning. what is it that you love a...

To keep the buoyancy up. uh-huh. so, tell me a little bit about the specific challenges of a landscape like this. so, obviously, up on the side of the mountains, theres a lot of snow, a lot of trees but not a lot of roads. so, youre having to land as close to a road as possible to make the retrieval of all the kit easy. the mountains also produce a different climate, so there can be a lot of different wind patterns and things that develop around the mountains. it seems to be almost a lifestyle, ...

But not a lot of roads. so, youre having to land as close to a road as possible to make the retrieval of all the kit easy. the mountains also produce a different climate, so there can be a lot of different wind patterns and things that develop around the mountains. it seems to be almost a lifestyle, this passion for ballooning. what is it that you love about ballooning? very much so. i mean, its the tranquillity, as well, up here. you know, aside from the helicopter, its peaceful. theres nothing...

Theres no question that that was a surveillance balloon and we are still assessing what its capabilities were. it was not a weather balloon. whether or not it was purposeful or was deviated by wind patterns is something the chinese are still responsible for once they send that balloon into space and ultimately even going over guam, its about sensitive information of the united states defense capabilities. so they are doing this, theyre doing this to latin america at different sites. so the chine...

Of snow, a lot of trees but not a lot of roads. so, youre having to land as close to a road as possible to make the retrieval of all the kit easy. the mountains also produce a different climate, so there can be a lot of different wind patterns and things that develop around the mountains. it seems to be almost a lifestyle, this passion for ballooning. what is it that you love about ballooning? very much so. i mean, its the tranquillity, as well, up here. you know, aside from the helicopter, its ...

As close to a road as possible to make the retrieval of all the kit easy. the mountains also produce a different climate, so there can be a lot of different wind patterns and things that develop around the mountains. it seems to be almost a lifestyle, this passion for ballooning. what is it that you love about ballooning? very much so. i mean, its the tranquillity, as well, up here. you know, aside from the helicopter, its peaceful. theres nothing. and you know, the views — you dont get this o...

Of heat every now and again to keep the buoyancy up. uh-huh. so tell me a little bit about the specific challenges of a landscape like this. so obviously, up on the side of the mountains, theres a lot of snow, a lot of trees, but not a lot of roads. so youre having to land as close to a road as possible to make the retrieval of all the kit easy. the mountains also produce a different climate, so there can be a lot of different wind patterns and things that develop around the mountains. it seems ...

Of snow, a lot of trees but not a lot of roads. so, youre having to land as close to a road as possible to make the retrieval of all the kit easy. the mountains also produce a different climate, so there can be a lot of different wind patterns and things that develop around the mountains. it seems to be almost a lifestyle, this passion for ballooning. what is it that you love about ballooning? very much so. i mean, its the tranquillity, as well, up here. you know, aside from the helicopter, its ...

And within just a few seconds, we are whisked high up into the air. nick, can you tell me what youre doing? i mean, theres all sorts of things going on. yeah, so at the moment, all were doing is keeping the balloon nice and level, so were putting in little bits of heat every now and again to keep the buoyancy up. uh-huh. so, tell me a little bit about the specific challenges of a landscape like this. so, obviously, up on the side of the mountains, theres a lot of snow, a lot of trees but not a l...

Yeah, so at the moment, all were doing is keeping the balloon nice and level, so were putting in little bits of heat every now and again to keep the buoyancy up. uh-huh. so, tell me a little bit about the specific challenges of a landscape like this. so, obviously, up on the side of the mountains, theres a lot of snow, a lot of trees but not a lot of roads. so, youre having to land as close to a road as possible to make the retrieval of all the kit easy. the mountains also produce a different cl...