Antti Pendikainen was not the kind of guy who settled for a normal life. The Finnish stuntman and adrenaline junkie was always looking for new ways to tempt fate. But that morning, he came up with something that made even experienced skydivers’ blood run cold.
They went up in a hot air balloon, high above the clouds. Two of his friends were with him, wearing full gear. Antti was wearing nothing but a t-shirt and shorts, even though the temperature up there was freezing.
He turned on his camera and said, “I had a dream this morning that I could fly.” His friends looked at each other. They were used to his pranks, but this felt different.
Suddenly, Antti started unbuckling his parachute straps. “Hey, what are you doing?” one friend shouted. But Antti just smiled, took off the backpack containing the parachute, and… threw it out of the basket.
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