"Since the race’s inception, nine pilots had perished from mountainside crashes, unexpected plummets, or rogue lightning storms."
An excerpt from the new Atavist Magazine story, "The Balloon That Fell From the Sky," by Nick Davidson: https://longreads.com/2025/04/03/balloon-race-belarus-disaster/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
#Longreads #Nonfiction #Journalism #TrueStory #Ballooning #Balloon #Race #Belarus
An excerpt from the new Atavist Magazine story, "The Balloon That Fell From the Sky," by Nick Davidson: https://longreads.com/2025/04/03/balloon-race-belarus-disaster/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
#Longreads #Nonfiction #Journalism #TrueStory #Ballooning #Balloon #Race #Belarus
The Race That Turned to Ruin
"Fifteen teams lifted off from Switzerland in gas ballooning’s most audacious race. Three days later, two of them drifted into Belarusian airspace—but only one would survive."Longreads
