( CNN ) -- Variable wind , thunderstorms and the loss of 35 helium-filled balloons within a few hours of liftoff put an end to the flight of two lawn-chair-seated adventurers who never got out of Oregon . Kent Couch and Fareed Lafta , who had hoped to reach northwest Montana by Sunday , landed late Saturday afternoon southeast of Prineville , Oregon , team officials said . iReport : Watch the balloon adventure lift off . The men were disappointed but not injured , flight spokesman Mark Knowles told CNN . `` They 're a little rattled , '' said Knowles . `` We are glad that they are safe . Kent is very disappointed they did not get what he set out for . '' Couch and Lafta , seated side-by-side in a specially built rig , went aloft at Couch 's service station in Bend , Oregon . But within a few hours , about 35 of the large 350 helium-filled balloons had burst , said Knowles . That compared to the loss of six balloons lost in a previous Couch flight to Idaho . Couch and Lafta , an Iraqi , released water stored in four containers as ballast so they could adjust their altitude , said Lance Schliep , a member of the chase crew . At about 11,000 feet , the craft struggled to reach higher elevations , where it could catch air currents that would push it toward its destination , said Schliep . That never happened . The pair circled for three hours near Prineville , about 35 miles northeast of Bend . `` Unless the wind starts taking them somewhere at this point they wo n't break distance records , '' Schliep told CNN before the decision to land . The weather then became a larger factor as thunderstorms moved in . `` Fareed said it was hailing and snowing on them , '' said Schliep . `` They got real concerned about that . They wanted to get down . '' After attempting a first landing , the balloonists brought their craft down in a farmer 's field . Schliep , who operates an appliance service in Bend , helped Couch construct the rig . `` We would put it together , keep making changes and take it apart , '' he said . `` It was very exciting and fun to do . It 's just disappointing at this stage . '' The flyers used balloons and the release of water to control their flight . `` The only way you can steer it is to get up or down to get in different air currents , '' according to Schliep . After the rough landing Saturday , the rig took off again , sans adventurers . Knowles described the surreal sight while talking with CNN . `` It 's sitting at about 4,000 ( feet ) and not going anywhere , '' he said . According to the team 's website , Lafta and Couch plan to launch a cluster balloon craft to raise awareness of the plight of Iraqi orphans later this year . Knowles said he did not know the status of the Baghdad flight .
Two flyers are `` rattled '' but unharmed . Lawn chair balloon flight takes off from Bend , Oregon . Two men had hoped to reach northwestern Montana . One man was killed in a crash on the way back home.