Amidst reading and writing of Corruption,Match fixing, this comes as a relief to convince me that there are some people yet who do things for the thrill of it and are devoted , not to money but the Human Spirit.
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World’s Highest BASE Jump – Flying from Mt. Everest
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A daredevil from Russia reportedly set aworld record for highest BASE jump when he leaped from Mount Everest — from a point 7,220 meters (about 23,688 feet) above sea level.
Valery Rozov, 48, made the leap on May 5 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the first successful ascent of the world’s tallest mountain by Edmund Hilary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953, according to the Telegraph.
A video of the historic moment was released on Wednesday, showing the daredevil’s bird-like descent.
The extreme sportsman prepared for the leap for more than two years, even developing a new, special wing suit, ITN News reported. He reached speeds of more than 120 mph during the jump and glided in his winged suit for more than a minute before coming to a landing at a spot 5,950 meters above sea level.
Before the jump, Rozov spent three weeks at a base camp to acclimate to the altitude,ABC News reported. He and his team then completed a four-day hike to the jump point.
“Only when I got back home did I see how hard it was for me both physically and psychologically,” he told Red Bull, a sponsor, after the jump.
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