Apparently¹, all the way to the stratosphere.

 

When the time came for Shawn Wright of Calgary, Alberta to solidify² his marriage proposal to his fiancée, doing it on Earth simply wasn't enough.

 

So, he strapped³ the engagement ring to a weather balloon and launched it 30 kilometres into the sky.

 

Wright first proposed to his fiancée, Maylynn Stephenson, last year during a trip to Barcelona according to The Huffington Post Alberta.

 

The two have been together for six years, and have known each other for 20.

 

While the beachside proposal, which followed a day of skydiving, was 'incredible,' Wright did not yet have a ring, and had to use a stand-by.

 

Upon returning home, the husband-to-be began saving money for a ring, and planning an unforgettable way to present it.

 

'As soon as I started saving up for the real ring, I started thinking, 'What could I do?' Wright told The Huffington Post Alberta.

 

In order to send the ring space-bound, Wright built a specialized⁴ craft to carry it safely high above the Earth, and deliver it back to a point near its Canadian starting place.

 

The ring was strapped to a wooden spatula⁵, which was then tied to a high-altitude weather balloon. Wright also equipped the craft with a radio transmitter and GPS, and a Go-Pro to capture the view.

 

After launching, the ring journeyed for four hours before landing 300 kilometres away from where it began.

 

Wright retrieved⁶ the ring from the edge of a pond in Taber, Alta, and showed the video to his fiancée.

 

'Her mind was blown,' Wright told the website. 'She didn't know I even had the real ring.'

 

'For the past few months I haven't really been working late, and I haven't been working weekends. I have been working on a secret project for you,' Wright said in a video.

 

'I love you very much, and I really hope you think it's out of this world.'

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