Everest Skydive in partnership with private domestic airline company Tara Air, have launched skydiving in Pokhara. Test flights were conducted successfully yesterday and today at Pokhara’s Chhine Danda. Skydivers flying on Tara Air’s Pilatus Porter aircraft leaped from 14,000 feet and landed at the site of the Pokhara International Airport ( under construction). First day’s [...]
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Everest Skydive 2010 Update: NEW RECORD- Skydivers Jump from 30,000 feet!
After three days of bad weather, the sky at Shyangboche finally cleared up today. Since early morning there was hectic activity at the drop zone as ESD crew and group members prepared for the jumps. Between 8 to 9 AM (local time) the PC-6 aircraft took off. Tandem- Christopher Rainier & Tom Noonan The first [...]
ESD 2010 (Autumn) – Day 3 Jumps
Friday,October 15, 2010- Shyangboche Drop Zone First Lift (8:45 AM) – 21,000 feet On the first lift, Derek Thomas(British), Roger Hoe(British) and Peter Rottele(German) made solo jumps from 21,000 feet while Klaus Leo Gachter(American) jumped tandem with tandem master Kevin Hardwick(British) from the same height. Second lift(9:10 AM)- 29,5000 feet Second lift saw the skydivers [...]
ESD 2010 Update-British racing driver Nick Leventis Jumps from 27,500 feet
More action follows…. Nick Leventis – tandem skydiving from 27,500 feet with tandem master Kevin Hardwick British racing driver Nick Leventis is on board ESD 2010, and today he made a tandem leap from 27,500 feet above Mount Everest at Shyangboche dropzone around 13:00 hrs(local time).Accompanyning him was tandem master Kevin Hardwick. A well known [...]
Everest Skydive – May 2010, Shyangboche DropZone
The event went as follows: 16th May, 2010 – 1 lift Test jumps for Everest Skydive 2010 were performed at Shyangboche at 9:35 AM (local time). 1 solo and 2 tandem jumps were made from above 20,000 ft. Wendy Smith (New Zealand) jumped solo from 27,000 ft, while Bibek Pandey (Nepal) made a tandem jump [...]
First Everest Skydive 2008 – Latest Update – Everest Skydive
Today seven divers made solo jumps in two groups. In the first group four divers jumped from a height of 18,000ft. SN Name Country Solo/Tandem Landing Time(local) 1. Dean Edwards Britain Solo 8:18 AM 2. Simon Repton Britain Solo 8:18 AM 3. Leigh Pretty Britain Solo 8:19 AM 4. Derek Thomas USA Solo 8:20 AM [...]