and la“es… Our balloon te Freiburg Challenge was four miles from te cit and we ad te el of te Fire Brigade to el us trans ort dr and fold it u Our case team accom lised an in credible ž200mile tri in si€ das wit our cam er an of wic Ÿ00 miles was on un aed roads ‘e would li“e to ta“e tis o ortunit to tan“ our †anadian friends and of course all te el we receied from te aeronauts resent in Albuquerque and te ro digious organi‰ation of te America’s †allenge te race were records are ossible and onl as“ to be sur assed” LLeaeavving ing AAlbuquerlbuquerqqueue...... The 2019 America’s Challenge: PhoPhottoo c coourturteessyy Laur Laureent Scibont Scibozz In writing about te 201‹ America’s †allenge and te o ortunit to Over Lake Superior, “fl oating set te o ortu in the middle of a blue sphere, nit to fl record no longer distinguishing the sky distances Frenc from the ground”. Quote and eteran Benoît photo courtesy Laurent Sciboz Pelard writes “”is is te onl lace were ou I would ae eer can do it ¢uro e tougt I would is too small and our want to do” great cam ion and After two or m friend £incent more das aloft te ›eÿs sould come ilots are tired But one da to Ameri te must ae ca…” Pelard “new suffi cient mental wat e was writing focus and si about In te 201‹ cal strengt to e€ecute te most callenging ase of te fl igtƒ te landing For tose com etitors using te limits of teir strengt endurance and equi ment landing can be a real we found a s ot tat at least te adenture „as twotime America’s trees were tin enoug tat it would †allenge cam ion And †aton allow us to get troug so tat te bas allow us to get troug so tat te bas ‡wo wit ˆr‰s‰tof Ša art was 201‹’s “et was on te ground and not anging “et was on te ground and not anging runner u Œƒ “‘e ran out of land ran out ˜0 feet u in te air…” Fric“e was more ˜0 feet u in te air…” Fric“e was more of ballast and didn’t ae muc sun succinctƒ “”e landing was interest ligt left … we dum ed our last tree ing – and •I am– tan“ful Peter still ad sandbags and began trowing tings enoug abilit to get us to a safe ut out of te bas“et” ”ird lace fi nisers down among trees” Barbara Fric“e and Peter †uneo were ”e winners ”ièce and „cibo‰ ad in a similar osition com leting teir teir own adenturesƒ “At te end of fl igt of more tan 1900 miles „as te •last– nigt we ad snow tat made te •last– nigt we ad snow tat made †uneo “•”e landing was– arrowing te balloon eaier Our goal was to and airraising due to clouds lots of reac a cit and ›abrador †it œew trees and low ballast ”e fourt •at foundland was a good goal wit some Noah Forden and Bert Padelt in their “small tem t– we —ust ad no ballast left and landing ossibilities outside of forests broom closet” aloft. Photo courtesy Noah Forden Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2019 Offi cial Program 104 ®
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