Ever since he was little, Larry had been fascinated by balloons and fantasized about using them to fly. When he was 33, he decided to ＿＿（46）＿＿ his dream come true. He bought an aluminum garden chair, 42 weather balloons and an air gun to shoot the balloons when he was ready to land. He also got a parachute, just ＿＿（47）＿＿ . Larry planned to fly 483 kilometers across the Mojave Desert. He tied the chair down with ropes and attached the helium-filled balloons to it. Then, he sat down in the chair with his gun and parachute. He was ready to go. When Larry's friends untied one rope, ＿＿（48）＿＿ , the other rope broke, and Larry and his chair rose rapidly into the sky. He ascended much more quickly and much higher than he had expected. Before he knew it, he was 5,000 meters above the ground. The trip wasn't turning out the way Larry had planned. He was high up in the sky ＿＿（49）＿＿ the air was thin and cold. Shivering with cold, Larry decided to ＿＿（50）＿＿ , but he couldn't because he had dropped his gun during his ascent. All he could do was float wherever the wind took him. When he finally floated down, the ropes holding the balloons became tangled in some power lines, and the chair hung just two meters above the ground. Larry was able to climb down unhurt, but the tangled ropes caused a twenty-minute power blackout in the neighborhood.