Floating Priest

I'm back. Sorry for the delay. I just didn't have
any blog worthy material for awhile. Sometimes
you feel like a blog sometimes you don't.

Anyway, here is an odd story out of Brazil.
Reverend Adelir Antonio de Carli wanted to
raise some money for his church, God bless
him.

The world record for time spent
in the air floating by balloons was 19 hours.
By God, he was going to beat that record.

So the only obvious choice was to
tie hundreds of helium balloons to himself,
strap on a helmet and thermal suit and float
away. He also brought lots of cereal bars
and water. The cereal choice was rather
smart I thought.

After about 8 hours of balloon time,
ground control unfortunatley lost contact with him.
He has not been heard from since. He has
been balloon floating for 5 days now.

Although this story comes with a flavour
of humor, you can't help but feel bad for the guy.
But, if he does not make it back to earth he likely
has a good chance of making it to his final chosen
destination.

For those who are interested, here is a quick

video of the balloon lift off:

http://video.globo.com/Videos/Player/Noticias/0,,GIM818189-7823-RECOMECAM+AS+BUSCAS+AO+PADRE+QUE+SUMIU+NO+MAR+DE+SANTA+CATARINA,00.html