Oct 11th, 2008
by skydive.
The historic Everest Skydive event came to a finale today. 41 Solo and Tandem Jumpers skydived in front of the World’s Highest Peak and landed on the highest drop zone in the world, Shyangboche (12,350ft.). Their names have made it the international record books.
1st Group
In the first group, except for Fareed Lafta who jumped from an altitude 18,000ft, the rest of the dives were made from 29,500ft.
| SN |
Name |
Country |
Solo/Tandem |
Landing Time(local) |
| 1. |
Fareed Lafta |
Iraq |
Solo |
6:24 AM |
| 2. |
Christophe De Pauw |
Belgium |
Solo |
6:25 AM |
| 3. |
Wendy Smith |
New Zealand |
Solo |
6:43 AM |
| 4. |
Steve Hennessey (Australian) & Peter Baker (British) |
Australia / Britain |
Tandem |
6:44 AM |
2nd Group
Except for Martin Preston who jumped from a height of 19,000ft., the rest of the jumps were made from 29,500ft.
| SN |
Name |
Country |
Solo/Tandem |
Landing Time(local) |
| 1. |
Martin Preston |
Britain |
Solo |
7:37 AM |
| 2. |
Omar Alhegelan |
USA |
Solo |
7:54 AM |
| 3. |
Ryan Jackson |
Britain |
Solo |
7:55 AM |
| 4. |
Ralph Mitchell (British) & Molly Beddingfield (British) |
Britain |
Tandem |
7:57 AM |
3rd Group - 29,500ft.
| SN |
Name |
Country |
Solo/Tandem |
Landing Time(local) |
| 1. |
Wendy Smith |
New Zealand |
Solo |
8:45 AM |
| 2. |
Steve Hennessey (Australian) & William Thomason (Kiwi) |
Australia / New Zealand |
Tandem |
8:48 AM |
| 3. |
Namira Salim (Pakistani) & Tom Noonan (American) |
Pakistan / USA |
Tandem |
8:50 AM |
4th Group - 29,500ft.
| SN |
Name |
Country |
Solo/Tandem |
Landing Time(local) |
| 1. |
Omar Alhegelan |
USA |
Solo |
10:25 AM |
| 2. |
Fareed Lafta |
Iraq |
Solo |
10:26 AM |
| 3. |
Martin Preston |
Britain |
Solo |
10:27 AM |
| 4. |
Christophe De Pauw |
Belgium |
Solo |
10:27 AM |
| 5. |
Derek Thomas |
USA |
Solo |
10:28 AM |
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Tagged: everest · shyangboche · sky dive · skydive · skydiving · solo · tandem
Oct 10th, 2008
by skydive.
Latest Update
1st Group (29,500ft)
| SN |
Name |
Country |
Solo/Tandem |
Landing Time(local) |
| 1. |
Omar Alhegelan |
USA |
Solo |
8:41 AM |
| 2. |
Dean Edwards |
Britain |
Solo |
8:42 AM |
| 3. |
Derek Thomas |
USA |
Solo |
8:42 AM |
| 4. |
Adolphe Botha |
South Africa |
Solo |
8:43 AM |
| 5. |
Leigh Pretty |
Britain |
Solo |
8:44 AM |
2nd Group
In this group, except for the tandem jump by Maya Gurung and Tom Noonan (which was done from a height of 22,500ft), the rest were made from the height of 29,500ft. Everest summiter Maya Gurung became the first Nepali woman to Skydive in the Everest region.
| SN |
Name |
Country |
Solo/Tandem |
Landing Time(local) |
| 1. |
Tom Noonan(American) & Maya Gurung(Nepali) |
USA/ Nepal |
Tandem |
9:44 AM |
| 2. |
Wendy Smith |
New Zealand |
Solo |
10:04 AM |
| 3. |
Ralph Mitchell(British) & Derek Cornelius(British) |
Britain |
Tandem |
10:05 AM |
3rd Group (29,500ft)
| SN |
Name |
Country |
Solo/Tandem |
Landing Time(local) |
| 1. |
Omar Alhegelan |
USA |
Solo |
11:24 AM |
| 2. |
Ralph Mitchell (British) & Howard Shao (American) |
Britain / USA |
Tandem |
10:04 AM |
| 3. |
Steve Hennessey (Australian) & Ron Hudson (American) |
Australia / USA |
Tandem |
10:05 AM |
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Tagged: everest · october · sky dive · skydive · skydiving · solo · tandem
Oct 9th, 2008
by skydive.
Latest Update
Today only one group could make the skydive due to poor weather conditions. The divers jumped from a height of 29,400ft.
| SN |
Name |
Country |
Solo/Tandem |
Landing Time(local) |
| 1. |
Omar Alhegelan |
USA |
Solo |
7:45 AM |
| 2. |
Herman S.Duscher |
Sweden |
Solo |
7:46 AM |
| 3. |
Derek Thomas |
USA |
Solo |
7:47 AM |
| 4. |
Thomas Laurie Hinds |
Britain |
Solo |
7:47 AM |
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Tagged: derek · herman · omar · skydive · skydiving · solo jump · thomas · update
Oct 8th, 2008
by skydive.
This is to inform that none of the Everest Skydive clients or crew were aboard on the ill fated Yeti Airlines plane crash that occurred this morning (8th October 2008 - 7:30 am Local Time) at Lukla airport.
Due to the unfortunate crash, the scheduled skydive program for today has been canceled.
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Tagged: crash · Lukla · Plane · Yeti Airlines
Oct 7th, 2008
by skydive.
Today there were 3 solos and 5 tandem jumps. Jane Dougall, reporter of Five News was among the tandem jumpers.
1st Group (29,500ft.)
| SN |
Name |
Country |
Solo/Tandem |
Landing Time(local) |
| 1. |
Wendy Smith |
New Zealand |
Solo |
9:15 AM |
| 2. |
Steve Hennessey (Australian) & Djuan Rivers(American) |
Australia/USA |
Tandem |
9:16 AM |
| 3. |
Tom Noonan (American)& Kate Craigwood (British) |
USA/Britain |
Tandem |
9:16 AM |
2nd Group (29,500ft.)
| SN |
Name |
Country |
Solo/Tandem |
Landing Time(local) |
| 1. |
Omar Alhegelan |
USA |
Solo |
10:19 AM |
| 2. |
Ralph Mitchell (British) & Jane Dougall (British) |
Britain |
Tandem |
10:21 AM |
3rd Group (29,500ft.)
| SN |
Name |
Country |
Solo/Tandem |
Landing Time(local) |
| 1. |
Wendy Smith |
New Zealand |
Solo |
11:19 AM |
| 2. |
Harold Watkins (British) & Steve Hennessey (Australian) |
Britain/Australia |
Tandem |
11:20 AM |
| 3. |
Tom Noonan (British) & Darren Thatcher (British) |
Britain |
Tandem |
11:20 AM |
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Tagged: skydive · skydiving · solo jump · tandem
Oct 6th, 2008
by skydive.
Today 10 solo and 2 tandem jumps took place from a height of 29,500ft.. Wendy Smith from New Zealand again made two solo jumps today. With a total of five jumps to her credit, Wendy remains the skydiver with the highest number of jumps in this event.
1st Group (29,500ft.)
| SN |
Name |
Country |
Solo/Tandem |
Landing Time(local) |
| 1. |
Naseer Alneyadi |
UAE |
Solo |
7:01 AM |
| 2. |
Wendy Smith |
New Zealand |
Solo |
7:01 AM |
| 3. |
Ralph Mitchell(British) & Per Wimmer(Danish) |
Britain / Denmark |
Tandem |
7:02 AM |
2nd Group (29,500ft.)
In this group, an American father and son duo, Lou Diesel and Scott Diesel successful completed their tandem jumps.
| SN |
Name |
Country |
Solo/Tandem |
Landing Time(local) |
| 1. |
Wendy Smith |
New Zealand |
Solo |
8:57 AM |
| 2. |
Tom Noonan(British) & Scott Diesel(American) |
Britain / USA |
Tandem |
8:58 AM |
| 3. |
Steve Hennessey(Australian) & Lou Diesel (American) |
Australia/USA |
Tandem |
8:59 AM |
3rd Group (29,500ft.)
| SN |
Name |
Country |
Solo/Tandem |
Landing Time(local) |
| 1. |
Derek Thomas |
Britain |
Solo |
10:39 AM |
| 2. |
Chris Parsons |
Britain |
Solo |
10:40 AM |
| 3. |
Simon Repton |
Britain |
Solo |
10:41 AM |
| 4. |
Carrie Holmes |
USA |
Solo |
10:41 AM |
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Tagged: everest · skydive · skydiving
Oct 5th, 2008
by skydive.
Today seven divers made solo jumps in two groups.
In the first group four divers jumped from a height of 18,000ft.
| SN |
Name |
Country |
Solo/Tandem |
Landing Time(local) |
| 1. |
Dean Edwards |
Britain |
Solo |
8:18 AM |
| 2. |
Simon Repton |
Britain |
Solo |
8:18 AM |
| 3. |
Leigh Pretty |
Britain |
Solo |
8:19 AM |
| 4. |
Derek Thomas |
USA |
Solo |
8:20 AM |
In the second group three divers jumped from an altitude of 29,500ft., the highest so far.
| SN |
Name |
Country |
Solo/Tandem |
Landing Time(local) |
| 1. |
Neil Jones |
Canada |
Solo |
9:48 AM |
| 2. |
Wendy Smith |
New Zealand |
Solo |
9:49 AM |
| 3. |
Holly Budge |
Britain |
Solo |
9:51 AM |
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Tagged: everest · holly budge · shyangboche · skydive · skydiving · update · wendy smith
Oct 4th, 2008
by skydive.
The actual jumps of the Everest skydive took place this morning in Shyangboche. 10 solo and 3 tandem jumpers made their actual jumps today. Wendy Smith became the first solo jumper to land at the drop zone at 6:17am (local time). She jumped from a height of 22,000ft. Explore Himalaya’s trek guide Nima Tamang became the first Nepali to make a tandem jump (with Steve Hennessey) from a height of 22,000ft.
The jumpers were flown in 4 groups. All the jumps were made from Pilatus Porter aircraft.
1st Group - 22,000ft
The first group jumped from a height of 22,000ft.
| SN |
Name |
Country |
Jump(Solo/Tandem) |
Landing Time(local) |
| 1. |
Wendy Smith |
New Zealand |
Solo |
6:17 AM |
| 2. |
Lucie Fenton (Britain) & Tom Noonan (USA) |
Britain / USA |
Tandem |
6:18 AM |
2nd Group - 22,000ft
The second group jumped from a height of 22,000ft.
| SN |
Name |
Country |
Jump(Solo/Tandem) |
Landing Time(local) |
| 1. |
Omar Alhegelan |
USA |
Solo |
6:57 AM |
| 2. |
Steve Hennessey (Australia) & Nima Tamang (Nepal) |
Australia / Nepal |
Tandem |
6:58 AM |
| 3. |
Cheri Alhegelan (USA) & Ralph Mitchell (Britain) |
USA / Britain |
Tandem |
6:59 AM |
3rd Group - 18,500ft
The third group jumped from a height of 18,500ft.
| SN |
Name |
Country |
Solo/Tandem |
Landing Time(local) |
| 1. |
Neil Jones |
Canada |
Solo |
7:45 AM |
| 2. |
Chris Parsons |
Britain |
Solo |
7:47 AM |
| 3. |
Derek Thomas |
USA |
Solo |
7:48 AM |
| 4. |
Holly Budge |
British |
Solo |
7:49 AM |
4th Group - 18,000ft
The fourth group jumped from a height of 18,000ft.
| SN |
Name |
Country |
Solo/Tandem |
Landing Time(local) |
| 1. |
Ryan Jackson |
Britain |
Solo |
8:57 AM |
| 2. |
Adolphe Botha |
South Africa |
Solo |
8:57 AM |
| 3. |
Thomas Laurie Hinds |
Britain |
Solo |
8:59 AM |
| 4. |
Carrie Holmes |
USA |
Solo |
8:59 AM |
A toast to the team and their spirit of adventure!
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Tagged: everest · skydive · skydive everest · skydiving · solo · tandem
Oct 3rd, 2008
by skydive.
8 solo jumpers of the Everest Skydive team successfully completed their familiarization jump on 3rd Oct ‘ 08 (local time 7 & 7:15 am.). The jumps were made from a height of 18000ft. in two batches from the Pilatus Porter aircraft at the drop zone in Shyangboche. The names of the members are:
1. Wendy Smith (New Zealand)
2. Omar Alhegelan (USA)
3. Tom Noonan (USA)
4. Steve Alan Hennessey (Australia)
5. Ryan Jackson (Britain)
6. Mark Finch (Britain)
7. Derek Thomas (USA)
8. N. Alneyadi (UAE)
Posted in: skydive crew, team news.
Tagged: jump · skydive · skydiving
Sep 17th, 2008
by skydive.
1. Nigel Gifford (British) - Project Director
2. Dave Wood (British) - Director of Parachuting Operation
3. Lucie Fenton (British) - PR
4. Ralph Mitchell (British) - Tandem Master
5. Mark Finch (British) - Advanced Packer
6. Omar Alhegelan (American) - Jump Master & Camera Flyer
7. Wendy Smith (Kiwi) - Director of Aerial Photography
8. Henri Schurch (Swiss) - Swiss Boogie Pilot
9. Ruedi Isenschmid (Swiss) - Swiss Boogie Pilot
10. Andy Elson (British) - Life Support Systems & Weather forecasting
11. Ryan Jackson (British) - Doctor
12. Stephan Alan Hennessey (Australian) - Jump Master & Camera Flyer
13. Ian Bishop (British) - Finance director
14. Tom Noonan (American) - Tandem Master
15. Jason Bryant (British) - Still Photographer
16. Phillip Horniblow (British) - Doctor
17. Derek Thomas (American) - Parachutes
18. Serena Brocklebank (British) - Expedition Leader
19. Billi Bierling (German) - Expedition Leader
Posted in: skydive crew, team news.
Tagged: crew · everest sky dive · sky dive team · skydive · skydiving 2008
