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Skydive Updates - 10th October

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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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