---
title: "Drive Wire: Jumping Out of a Hot Air Balloon Without a Parachute is Insane"
description: "Cars, Culture, and the People Who Make Both. Your Destination for All Things Automotive."
date: "2015-11-24"
modified: "2015-11-24"
authors:
  - name: "The Drive Staff"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/the-drive-staff"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/1002/drive-wire-jumping-out-of-a-hot-air-balloon-without-a-parachute-is-insane"
categories:
  - "News"
---

# Drive Wire: Jumping Out of a Hot Air Balloon Without a Parachute is Insane

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Today’s ridiculous video is not only extreme but fairly unsettling. Watch as this fearless skydiver takes off his parachute, and his shirt, and then jumps off a hot air balloon. This death-defying half-naked daredevil quickly plummets to earth but he’s clipped into safety just in the nick of time. For the record, we do not recommend trying this.

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