And so the long awaited experience comes to an end, aside from the commemorative champagne breakfast back at the hotel. This group which shared the experience of hanging from an inflated bag of heated gas a couple of thousand feet in the air will shortly go their separate ways, most of them unlikely to see the others again.

It's over all too soon, but it was worth every bit of both the cost and the early morning wakeup call.

To paraphrase Ferris Bueller, if you have the opportunity and the means, I highly recommend trying it out.