David Blaine Ascension on the last day on Earth

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[SIZE=7]Illusionist David Blaine To Ascend On Gas Cluster Balloons In Latest Performance Art, Ascension. (tomorrow August 31, 2020)[/SIZE]

You won’t believe how he intends to do it.

By Plane & Pilot Updated August 28, 2020
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On August 31, 2020, performance artist and illusionist David Blaine will go flying, a feat that will be broadcast for all the world to see on YouTube (which is kind of like TV these days).
How Blaine intends to do this is remarkable, even by the standards of people who go flying all the time. In fact, it seems downright insane.

If you think David Blaine is crazy, you’ve got good reason to think so. The things he’s done, like hold his breath for 17 minutes, getting encased in Plexiglas for 44 days with no food, only water, and perching atop an obelisk for 35 days, would lead any rational person to question Blaine’s mental stability. But he does them all. Which is good, because the alternative in nearly all of his performances is certain death.

For Ascension, Blaine will take off under a cluster of hydrogen-filled balloons, kind of like the famous Lawn Chair Larry did in Los Angeles nearly 40 years ago, but Blaine will do it by holding on to a rope, which he’ll ascend only after the cluster gets to altitude.

Blaine hopes to ascend to above the altitude of Mount Everest, which is exactly 29,029 feet MSL, which he’ll do without oxygen, though he will have O2 on hand in case of emergency. From there he’ll free-fall parachute back to Earth, though where precisely he’ll be by then is hard to say—the balloons won’t be controllable but will just ride on the wind.

In preparation for the feat, Blaine became a licensed balloonist and an accomplished skydiver, as well. If you know anything about Blaine, you know that preparation is his middle name. Good luck, David! We’ll be watching!

watch live tomorrow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwzvNAAqH3g

what have you got planned for the last day on earth, 31st August 2020

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Bring us a clip of the event after it’s over

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will do.
[SIZE=2](if we are still alive)[/SIZE]

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Why are people so foolish?

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for Blain, anything to get your name in the books of History is worth it.

for others, not sure.

but let’s wait, he might just inspire the next mode of transportation.

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[SIZE=7]David Blaine postpones helium-balloon flight, relocates stunt from NYC to Arizona[/SIZE]
The magician nixed his plan to float over the Hudson River from New Jersey to New York City, blaming logistical challenges.

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David Blaine appears on NBC’s “TODAY” show on May 5, 2017.Nathan Congleton / NBC

David Blaine nixed his plan to float over the Hudson River from New Jersey to New York City strapped to a bunch of helium balloons, blaming logistical challenges.
Instead, the magician and performer will attempt to perform the stunt — which is being bankrolled by YouTube as an original livestreaming special — more than 2,000 miles away in Arizona.

“Because of the complexity of this project, I’m not going forward with my plans to do New York City at this time,” Blaine said in a video announcing the change Sunday. The “groundbreaking R&D flight,” in which he’ll try to fly as high in the air as possible suspended only by balloons, will happen in Arizona, he said, “which is the most beautiful backdrop that I’ve ever seen in my life.”

His goal is to ascend some 18,000 feet — around 3.4 miles — into the air above the desert in Arizona, borne aloft by 52 weather balloons.
Blaine had planned to take to the air on Monday, Aug. 31, to fly over the New York skyline. But together with his team, he decided to relocate the event because of unfavorable projected weather conditions and wind patterns in the area. Monday’s current forecast for New York City is mostly sunny with winds east-southeast of 5 mph and gusts up to 7 mph, according to AccuWeather.

The multihour “David Blaine Ascension” global livestream is still set to take place on Blaine’s YouTube channel. Contingent on the weather in Arizona, Blaine’s stunt will lift off either Sept. 1 or 2. "Everything is wind-dependent," Blaine said, encouraging fans to set a reminder on the YouTube livestream page.

“Ascension” is Blaine’s first live-broadcast stunt since 2002, when he spent 72 hours standing on a pillar in New York City while he was subjected to 1 million volts of electricity.

Among other endurance events, he’s been buried in a plastic box under a three-ton water-filled tank, spent seven days submerged in an 8-foot-diameter water-filled sphere in front of New York City’s Lincoln Center, and spent nearly 64 hours encased in a massive block of ice in Times Square.

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/david-blaine-postpones-helium-balloon-flight-relocates-stunt-nyc-arizona-n1238809

if the weather is favorable, it might happen tomorrow at 4PM.
let’s wait and see.

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David Blaine, Criss Angel, Dynamo, all a bunch of elaborate pranksters.

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lets see if he will be able to pull this prank

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[SIZE=7]David Blaine successfully flies over the Arizona desert holding onto helium balloons[/SIZE]
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN

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The illusionist floated over the Arizona desert on Wednesday by holding onto about 50 helium balloons.

The latest stunt, titled “Ascension,” is his most ambitious feat yet.
“Every single stunt that I’ve ever done is about endurance and pushing past what I thought would be possible,” Blaine said in a video before the performance. “I can’t imagine that many people would dream of doing it.”

He began his ascent on Wednesday morning, and the performance took about an hour from lift off to landing. The event was live streamed on YouTube.
Though his initial goal was to reach an altitude of about 18,000 feet, he ended up floating 24,900 feet – or about 4.7 miles – before skydiving and parachuting back to the ground.

“Wow!” he exclaimed as he landed. “That was awesome!”

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/02/us/david-blaine-helium-balloons-stunt-trnd/index.html