Up... up and away: Daredevil takes to the skies in a REAL balloon house

Balloonacy ... Jonathan soars above the ground, just like Carl Fredericksen in Up

A DAREDEVIL adventurer has brought to life the famous floating home from Pixar movie Up by taking to the skies in a house tied to hundreds of giant helium balloons.
Jonathan Trappe, 38, soared above crowds at a balloon festival in Mexico yesterday - in a tiny cottage decked out just like geriatric Carl Fredricksen's from the 2009 animated hit.

To get the colourful house off the ground, Jonathan attached it to a cluster of huge balloons, some measuring more than six feet tall.
He then stood in the doorway and waved as the balloon bungalow climbed to hundreds of feet above the ground.

Transatlantic adventurers ... Jonathan poses with co-pilot Nidia Ramirez

In the film, Carl floats his house to South America to fulfil his lifelong ambition to see the continent before he dies.
Jonathan's adventure was a little more short-lived - the stunt was a warm-up for a spectacular transatlantic flight he's planning to make next summer.
Accompanied by co-pilot Nidia Ramirez, he intends to float 3,000 miles across the Atlantic in a seven-foot lifeboat suspended by 365 balloons.
Jonathan will take off from Maine in the US and plans to land in Paris, France between three and six days later.
He's currently learning to sail the boat in case he needs to ditch into the ocean during the dangerous mission.