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Yeah, so at the moment, all we're doing is keeping the balloon nice and level, so we're 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, there's a lot of snow, a lot of trees but not a lot of roads. so, you're 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 mount...

Nick, can you tell me what you're doing? i mean, there's all sorts of things going on. yeah, so at the moment, all we're doing is keeping the balloon nice and level, so we're 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, there's a lot of snow, a lot of trees but not a lot of roads. so, you're 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...

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, there's a lot of snow, a lot of trees but not a lot of roads. so, you're 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, it's...

Yes. but you have to know that every season is different to fly. that's why if you want to be a good pilot, you have to fly every week. otherwise, you are a bad pilot. with some balloons starting to take to the skies, ijoin nick in the basket. oh, wow! and within just a few seconds, we are whisked high up into the air. nick, can you tell me what you're doing? i mean, there's all sorts of things going on. yeah, so at the moment, all we're doing is keeping the balloon nice and level, so we're putting in little bits of heat every now and again to keep the buoyancy up. uh-huh. so, tell me a little...

The hot—air balloons. yes. but you have to know that every season is different to fly. that's why if you want to be a good pilot, you have to fly every week. otherwise, you are a bad pilot. with some balloons starting to take to the skies, ijoin nick in the basket. oh, wow! and within just a few seconds, we are whisked high up into the air. nick, can you tell me what you're doing? i mean, there's all sorts of things going on. yeah, so at the moment, all we're doing is keeping the balloon nice and level, so we're putting in little bits of heat every now and again to keep the buoyancy up. uh-h...