Watch as hot air balloonist breaks world record

Watch the moment a 28-year-old French balloonist broke the world record for standing on a hot-air balloon at altitude.

Rémi Ouvrard stood on top of the balloon for France’s Telethon at an altitude of more than 3,637 metres (11,932ft) over Chatellerault, in the west of the country.

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