A bit like the adventures of Lawn Chair Larry.

But eschewing the balloons and thinking in terms of trampolines, one could go for distance by placing a series of trampolines at predetermined target points. There have been a number of people who have attempted to go around the world in a hot-air balloon. Here's a way of trying it without a balloon. I'm afraid Metchosin's condo might not be quite high enough as a launch point, however.

I can see that if this is going to work, I'll probably have to get a pet penguin.

Don Firth