The hot air balloon in the sky over Ashburton with the support crew and fellow skydivers, while Ms Cochrane is suspended on the trapeze below

'Compared to other circus aerial apparatuses, I have found the trapeze has been the most challenging to learn.

'You are essentially bending yourself around a steel bar so I've basically been covered in bruises and hands full of rips and calluses for the past year!'

Ms Cochrane had hoped to top off her experience by sky diving from the balloon afterwards, but her injury prevented her.

Her support crew from Sky Diving Kiwis continued with the plan and jumped from the hot air balloon over Ashburton.

The attempt has so far raised more than $1700 for Big Brothers Big Sisters, a child mentoring program.

She has been training in circus aerial and more recently, trapeze, at MaD Strength and Conditioning for the past few years