Livestream: David Blaine Is Recreating ‘Up’ In His Intense New Stunt ‘Ascension’

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live on his YouTube channel, the video shows Blaine floating over the desert in Page, Arizona, piloting 52 helium-filled balloons at an altitude of roughly 8,000 feet.The full clip clocks in at just under three hours on YouTube, and begins with the warning, “This is a research and development flight test demonstration.”Check out the video here:Blaine narrated the experience through his own mic for the duration of Ascension, liaising with a team on the ground as he rose up to 15,000 feet.

David Blaine isn‘t an ordinary magician, along with his amazing card tricks and illusions he’s anchored himself as one of the best endurance stunt performers in history. From being buried alive, frozen alive, electrocuted, shot at, and holding his breath for 17 minutes, it’s hard to imagine something that he wouldn’t try.

David Blaine prepared for his latest daring stunt by testing his limits inside a cyro chamber with Jaden Smith.David floated more than 24,000 feet above Arizona holding a cluster of balloons, and in order to prepare for the frigid temperatures overhead, the illusionist trained inside a cyro chamber.Jaden, 22, was game to try out the chamber, telling David: 'I will try and stay in there for as long as I possibly can.'Impressively, Jaden lasted three full minutes inside.'The way this helps my next

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorDavid Blaine’s live stunt Ascension, in which he flew over the Arizona desert using helium balloons, has shattered a YouTube record.Today’s stunt was the most-watched YouTube Original Live Event to date, according to the video streaming platform, with over 770,000 peak concurrent viewers, besting Dear Class of 2020 (665k peak concurrents), The Creator Games Presented by MrBeast (662k peak concurrent), Will Smith: The Jump (more than 300k peak concurrents) and

YouTube project, , and it featured him flying through the air with the help of 52 helium-filled balloons over the desert in Arizona.

live-streamed on YouTube. (You can recap the action in the video above.)Although he told The Post he only expected to reach 18,000 feet, Blaine actually made it up to 24,900 feet before taking the plunge.In addition to potentially crashing into the ground, Blaine faced hypothermia and hypoxia, a condition that occurs when oxygen becomes scarce to the body.It was a performance 10 years in the making.

David Blaine successfully performed his first live stunt since 2012 titled “Ascension,” which saw him soar high above the Arizona desert propelled by helium-filled balloons. Blaine teamed up with YouTube to fund and live stream the incredibly dangerous stunt.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorDavid Blaine, in his first live stunt in nearly eight years, soared above a desert in Arizona to an altitude of 24,900 feet — about 4.7 miles — piloting more than four dozen helium balloons. It’s believed to be the highest that anyone has flown using only a balloon-cluster-based aircraft.The stunt, launched Wednesday from an airport in Page, Ariz., was livestreamed on YouTube, which funded and produced the project.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorWith New Jersey and some markets in California reopening in the lead-up to Warner Bros.’ Tenet launch this week, the third biggest circuit stateside Cinemark is making sure they’re at the ready.By this Friday, Cinemark will have their Napa and Redding locations open in California, two locations in Oregon –Medford and Springfield, and half a dozen in Arizona. The latter state gave the go-ahead for theaters to reopen last week.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorDavid Blaine is hoping to turn the fantasy of the 1956 classic French short film “The Red Balloon” (“Le Ballon Rouge”) into reality.Blaine, a career magician, illusionist and endurance performer, is set to take flight over the desert in Page, Ariz., on Wednesday, Sept. 2 — piloting a cluster of 52 helium-filled balloons.

YouTube Original live event.“As some of you already know, I’m working on the most exciting project of my life, which is called Ascension. The idea is, I want to grab a bunch of balloons and go floating all the way up into the sky until I almost disappear.