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Sky diving Everest 2009

This October, your adventure begins in Nepal.

Extreme sky diving over Everest.

Accompanied by a team of expert skydivers and mountain climbers assembled by our friends at High and Wild, you'll tandem jump from an altitude of over 29,000 feet. You'll freefall in front of Everest and land on the highest drop zone on the planet.

Highlights:

• The most fabulous skydiving adventure in the world
• First ever tandem skydiving program in front of Mt Everest (29,035ft.)
• First ever Himalayan skydiving program
• Freefall past some of the world's highest mountains
• Land on the highest drop zone in the world
• Experience the Himalayas from above and below
• Visit Kathmandu and the Sherpa lands of the Everest region
• Experience the Himalayan environment
• Experience a High Altitude jump, with supplementary oxygen
• Air to air video and photography on each jump
• Be part of an elite group of international skydivers
• Jump aircraft: Turbine Pilatus Porter for Altitude, Russian MI17 helicopter and Polish M-28 Skytruck for familiarization jumps
• DZ vehicles: Equirrel B3 helicopter and local yaks
• One of the adventure world's utterly unique experiences

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Sky Diving Over Everest

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The first Everest Skydiving 2008, where Forty-two daring adventure seekers, including two Nepalese, enjoyed skydiving over the world's highest peak in the Everest Region from October 3-11. A total of 33 divers from 14 countries took part and the participants hailed it as one of the biggest tourism and adventure event since the first ascent of the Mount Everest by Sir Edmund Hilary in 1953.

The skydivers boarded a Pilatus Porter from Tenzing-Hillary airstrip in Lukla and launched themselves from above the height of Mt. Everest and descended down to Syangboche through parachutes following a free fall of a few minutes. Nima Tamang and Maya Gurung became the first Nepalese to enjoy skydiving. Maya Gurung is facilitated as the first Nepali woman to climb and skydive from Mt Everest and called her a brave woman.

World Champion Skydiver from New Zealand Wendy Smith, who also took part in the diving, lauded the scenic beauty that the skydiving from the Everest provided.
Smith, an independent aerial photographer who has already skydived 17,700 times said, "The technology and safety measures were praiseworthy, but the visual beauty was extraordinary, as it was the most exciting experience of my life and I look forward to come back."