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Project Nebolet (17 photos)
November 20, 2004 Russian Vitaly Kulikov set a world altitude record. On a bunch of 800 balloons filled with helium, he rose to 5740 meters. Thus, Vitaly confidently broke the record three years ago, belonged to Ian Eshpoulu and is listed in the Guinness Book of Records. The Englishman managed to rise by only 3,350 meters.
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