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I'm in switzerland, and i've travelled to the chateau—d'oex. set among the beautiful swiss alps, once a year, this small town brings hot—air balloon enthusiasts from around the world for a festival like no other. the festival began over a0 years ago, and has grown from just a few balloons to the 60—plus balloons they have coming today. back when it started, it was the idea of founder charles—andre ramseier. we started ballooning here in �*76, and ballooning in the alps was brand—new. nobody was doing it. i'd seen balloons in the us, but in the alps, it's a new dimension. a basket i...

To the pilot briefing. small changes, you know, that wouldn't affect many other leisure activities have such a big impact with the hot—air balloons. yes. and what you have to know that every season is different to fly. that's why, if you should want to be a good pilot, you have to fly every week. 0therwise, you're 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 seems to be all sorts of things going on. yeah, so at the mo...

What attracts most of us here is the challenge, so... the festival began over a0 years ago and has grown from just a few balloons to the 60—plus balloons they have coming today. back when it started, it was the idea of founder charles—andre ramseier. we started ballooning here in �*76 and ballooning in the alps was brand new. nobody was doing it. i'd seen balloons in us but in the alps, it's a new dimension. a basket in the sky is like a balcony in the sky. it's — it's a dream. it's beautiful. you know where you take off, when you take off. you never know where you land and when you la...

And when you land. this is what i understood this morning listening to the pilot briefing. small changes, you know, that wouldn't affect many other leisure activities have such a big impact with 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 so...

To the pilot briefing. small changes, you know, that wouldn't affect many other leisure activities have such a big impact with 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 k...