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World’s First Everest Skydive
By Assam on October 7, 2008
On Saturday, three daredevil skydivers - Wendy Smith (New Zealand), Neil Jones (Canada) and Holly Budge (Britain) dived from above the Mount Everest to become World’s first Everest Skydivers. The skydivers dived from 29,500 ft, which is 2,500 ft higher than the 27,000ft-tall Mount Everest and successfully landed in Shyangoche. At 12,350 ft Shyangoche is the highest Drop Zone in the world.
The Everest Skydive 2008 was organized by British adventure travel company High and Wild. It has cost 32 clients around 24,000 dollars each.
“It was worth the money. It is something that has never been done before,” said Budge, a 29-year-old British camerawoman who has completed 2,500 skydives and who jumped to raise money for charities in Britain and Nepal.
According to the organizer of the Everest Skydive 2008, the oldest client slated to make the jump in the coming days is Alan Walton, a 72-year-old British partner in a bioscience company.
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