Love skydiving? Well, I'm sure that most of you have done it at least once in your life. And even some of you may be a good skydiver. But, can you dare to jump from the height of Mount Everest, the highest peak in the World? It sounds weird and impossible, but on Saturday, three skydivers from three different countries plunged from above the Mount Everest and became the first in the World to do so!
The daredevil skydivers - Wendy Smith (New Zealand), Neil Jones (Canada) and Holly Budge (Britain) dived from 29,500 ft, which is 2,500 ft higher than the 27,000ft-tall Mount Everest and successfully landed at 12,350 ft in Shyangoche, the highest Drop Zone in the world. During the challenging skydiving, the skydivers faced sub zero temperatures and fast changing weather.
The skydiving event, Everest Skydive 2008, was organized by British adventure travel company High and Wild. It has cost 32 clients around 24,000 dollars each. According to the organizer, the oldest client slated to make the jump in the coming days is Alan Walton, a 72-year-old British partner in a bio science company.
The daredevil skydivers - Wendy Smith (New Zealand), Neil Jones (Canada) and Holly Budge (Britain) dived from 29,500 ft, which is 2,500 ft higher than the 27,000ft-tall Mount Everest and successfully landed at 12,350 ft in Shyangoche, the highest Drop Zone in the world. During the challenging skydiving, the skydivers faced sub zero temperatures and fast changing weather.
The skydiving event, Everest Skydive 2008, was organized by British adventure travel company High and Wild. It has cost 32 clients around 24,000 dollars each. According to the organizer, the oldest client slated to make the jump in the coming days is Alan Walton, a 72-year-old British partner in a bio science company.
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