"5 balloons successfully cross Kilimanjaro at frist attempt" “5 balloons fly safely over Mount Kilimanjaro 30 August 2011. All team participants safe and sound. A fantastic experience for all of the teams both in the air and on the ground. In most cases the balloons were met by their teams in their 4 x 4 trucks within a short time of landing. Quite an achievement when you look at the track, terrain and the distances involved. It was also a special moment for many local people who had never seen a hot air balloon before.”
In all, 5 of the 7 balloons that launched, flew over the summit and landed in a safe area. One team balloon also had an amazing flight having full view of Kilimanjaro but not eventually making the full crossing and landed safely to the North East. A seventh team balloon was forced to land high up the mountain at 16,000 ft. This resulted in a new story requiring rescue of the team and a flight off the mountain over the summit on a later date.
Download the pdf here
You can also check out the blog link –
www.ultramagicexperience.com and read the story as it happened as well as seeing the flight tracks.Also you can find a short video in youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P136GoxpW6c
Each team had its own tale to tell. Too much to write it all hear. Let the photographs and the links do the talking. Here are just a few amazing photographs as well as some tracks. They only show just a small number of the pilots involved.
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