Party balloons and a camping chair, the best "adventure machine" for the British Tom Morgan
“We do a lot of research here in the UK beforehand. We investigate weather patterns, flight regulations, amounts of helium needed and the most important, what cookies to have on the flight ”, explains Tom Morgan to Traveler.es, the creator of the Bristol-based company The League of Adventurists International dedicated to regain a sense of adventure.
At 38, Tom Morgan is dedicated to designing travel experiences and his flight over Parys in South Africa will soon be added to his list of "crazy things" . "Is it was a test to see if it was possible and, now that we are convinced that it is, we will look to make a proper first edition (probably next year) . We are still working out the details, but it is likely that there will be some kind of competition, for example, who can stay in the air the longest ”, He advances to Traveler.es.
Seeing his feat, it is impossible not to remember the film by Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios, Up . “We weren't really inspired by the movie, although there are obvious links. curiously we have worked with the incredible Charles Brewer-Carias on several occasions, that he is potentially the one who inspired the character of the gentleman in the film, ”he recalls.
Kester Haynes, Tom Morgan and Buddy Munro from The Adventurists
ODE TO ADVENTURE
Tom Morgan vindicates the emotion in our lives . “The system needs a reorganization. Only when you are completely lost, stuck and with no idea which way to go, do you start to be creative. ”, He says while acknowledging that it is sad how there are people who do not go out on the street without looking for each address on Google Maps, Are we killing the sense of the unknown?
from your company The Adventurist (“if someone passes through Bristol and wants to come into the office to say hello, we are always ready with the kettle ready”) organize, for example, The Mongol Derby, the longest horse race in the world, the new Rickshaw Run Himalaya, on the Himalayas in a rickshaw, the Icarus Trophy , the world's first long-distance paramotor event or The Ice Run , in which a sidecar motorcycle crosses the frozen surface of Lake Baikal. "Next year, the balloon cluster competition will be held somewhere in the world," he anticipates.
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