Man Who Tied 100 Balloons To His Chair In 'Up' Experiment Has Awful Ending

Daniel Boria isn't afraid of taking risks.

The 27-year-old Canadian business owner is now several thousand dollars poorer thanks to one fearless act.

This was Boria's view early in the day on July 5, 2015.

Seated in a 20-dollar plastic chair, Boria looked up at 100 heavy-duty helium balloons.

About an hour later, this was Boria's view.

The young man found himself approximately 5,500 feet up in the air.

Boria planned the stunt to gain attention for his cleaning products business.

The business owner had hoped to promote his brand to the hundreds of thousands of attendees at the nearby Calgary Stampede.

Boria claimed to see airplanes taking off beneath him at one point in his aerial expedition.

His original plan was to parachute into the Stampede event. The parachute silk was emblazoned with his company name. Unfortunately, the wind blew him off course and he ended up landing in a field far from the Stampede grounds.

As soon as Boria landed, though, he met trouble.

The balloon pilot was arrested and charged with "mischief."

The Canadien judge who heard the case against Boria wasn't impressed with the stunt.

Boria was fined more than $20,000 and was charged with "mischief causing danger to life, dangerous operation of an aircraft and operating an aircraft without a pilot’s license," according to Yahoo News.

After the thousands of dollars in helium and added court fines, Boria is now out approximately 40,000 dollars.

The business owner is undaunted. "Why 85 years ago fly the Atlantic? Why do the Oilers play the Flames? I chose to fly a chair; not because it is easy but because it is hard. Because that goal served to organise and measure the best of our energies and skills," reported LAD Bible.

Since his first balloon expidition caught international attentions, Boria has developed bigger plans. He hopes to float to space.

The goal for the space flight is to float to an altitude of 25 miles before parachuting back to earth. Boria is in the process of fundraising the half-a-million dollars needed to pull off the more ambitious feat. He's also applying for the appropriate permits this time.

See footage of Boria's first flight here.

If you want to send "The Balloon Guy" to space, buy a 20 dollar t-shirt to support his cause!

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