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 [...]
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Everest Skydive - Final Day Updates
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 [...]
…And They Have Done It!
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 [...]
