Russian base jumper dies in Nepal’s Everest region | Inquirer News

Russian base jumper dies in Nepal’s Everest region

/ 05:13 PM November 12, 2017

A Russian extreme sportsman famed for his record-breaking free-falling stunts has died in a base jumping accident in the Himalayas, expedition organisers in Nepal said Sunday.

Valery Rozov, 52, an acclaimed daredevil, was pursuing a “seven summits” quest — base jumping from the highest mountains on all seven continents.

He was jumping from Ama Dablam, a 6,812-metre (22,349-foot) mountain in the Everest region when the incident occurred.  

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“He died while descending on Saturday,” Mingma Gelu Sherpa, from Seven Summits Club that organised his expedition, told AFP.

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“We have sent helicopters and are trying hard to bring his body back.”

It is still unclear how the accident happened.

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Rozov set a new world record in 2013 for the highest-ever base jump when he leapt from Changstse, a peak in the Everest massif towering at 7,220 metres in a specially-designed wingsuit. 

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He broke his own record three years later by jumping from a height of 7,700 metres on Mount Cho Oyu.

Base jumping is an extreme sport that involves free-falling off a cliff, bridge or other platform before activating a parachute.

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