Editing David Blaine (section)

===''Ascension'' (2020)===
In 2020, Blaine performed the David Blaine Ascension stunt, which involved him floating while holding on to a cluster of 52 [[helium]]-filled balloons using a harness.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Delbert|first=Caroline|date=August 17, 2020|title=For His Next Trick, David Blaine Will Hold Balloons to Float Across the Hudson|url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a33607471/david-blaine-balloon-stunt-ascension/|website=Popular Mechanics|access-date=August 17, 2020|archive-date=August 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827191321/https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a33607471/david-blaine-balloon-stunt-ascension/|url-status=live}}</ref> The stunt took place on the morning of September 2, 2020, in [[Page, Arizona]], and was streamed live on [[YouTube]] as a YouTube Original program.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Spangler|first=Todd|date=August 30, 2020|title=David Blaine Postpones Helium-Balloon Flight YouTube Livestream, Relocates Stunt From NYC to Arizona|url=https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/david-blaine-ascension-balloon-flight-youtube-livestream-arizona-postpone-1234753858/|access-date=August 31, 2020|website=Variety|language=en|archive-date=August 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830225546/https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/david-blaine-ascension-balloon-flight-youtube-livestream-arizona-postpone-1234753858/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Spangler|first=Todd|date=September 1, 2020|title=David Blaine 'Ascension': How He Plans to Soar Miles Above Arizona Desert With Only Helium Balloons in YouTube Live Stunt|url=https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/david-blaine-ascension-watch-live-youtube-balloons-arizona-1234755767/|access-date=September 3, 2020|website=Variety|language=en|archive-date=September 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903065731/https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/david-blaine-ascension-watch-live-youtube-balloons-arizona-1234755767/|url-status=live}}</ref> Blaine managed to get to an altitude of {{convert|24900|ft|km}} [[above sea level]] (more than {{convert|20000|ft|km}} [[above ground level]]), before letting go of his balloons and parachuting down towards a flat ravine close to the initially planned landing zone. He landed successfully and without harm.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Carman|first=Ashley|date=August 12, 2020|title=David Blaine's next big stunt will be a live-streamed YouTube Original|url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/12/21365206/david-blaine-next-stunt-ascension-youtube-original-live-stream|access-date=August 21, 2020|website=The Verge|language=en|archive-date=August 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812192234/https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/12/21365206/david-blaine-next-stunt-ascension-youtube-original-live-stream|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=September 2, 2020|title=David Blaine Ascension|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwzvNAAqH3g| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/QwzvNAAqH3g| archive-date=December 11, 2021 | url-status=live|access-date=September 2, 2020|website=Media|language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref>