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EVEREST SKYDIVE 2014: Thrill in the sky over Mount Everest continues

Ossie Khan

15th February 2017 3 min read

The seventh edition of Everest Skydive, the highest skydive and by far the most thrilling adventure on earth was held on 7th and 8th of November 2014. Held at Syangboche drop-zone, Everest Skydive this year had six skydivers including the crew.

Fishtail helicopters AS350 B3 chopper setup for skydiving
Preparation before takeoff at Syangboche airport an altitude of 12,400ft.

During the most elite adventure on the top of the world, Fishtail Air, the exclusive partner of Everest Skydive took all six flights loads. Five flight loads were executed by veteran Italian pilot Maurizio Follini and a load was carried out by expert pilot Deepak Rana on the AS 350B3 Fishtail Air, Helicopter. Tom Noonan, the chief tandem instructor of Everest Skydive since 2008 played his usual role and Joe Johnson, the first timer in ESD was the tandem master of the event. Mr. Paul Henry de Baère led the photography and cinematography whereas; Mr. Ted Atkins was an Oxygen Supervisor of the event.

Wing suit flying requires intensive training especially over the Upper Himalaya.
Ossie Khan was the first Everest skydive team member to make a wing suit flight.

Here, we have a brief story on Everest Skydive 2014.

Nov 7th

Pilot Maurizio Follini took the first flight load with Mr. Ossie Khan. Mr. Khan made the solo jump at 11:57 AM and landed at Syangboche drop-zone at 12:10 PM.

Follini took the second flight load with Mr. Joe Johnson and Jen Sharp. Both made the solo jumps at 12:10 PM and landed at Syangboche drop-zone at 12:21 PM.

The last flight load of the day was once again taken by Mr. Follini with Chief Tandem instructor Mr. Tom Noonan and Mr. Sanjeev Gautam. Tom and Sanjeev made the tandem jump at 1:08 PM and landed at Syangboche drop-zone at 1:30 PM.

Anyone now can make a jump and get a photo tandem skydiving in from of Mount Everest with an experienced instructor
Tandem skydive with an experienced instructor over Mount Everest

Nov 8th

Mr. Maurizio Follini took the first flight load once again, with Mr. Ossie Khan. Mr. Khan made the solo wing suit jump at 10:07 AM and landed at Syangboche drop-zone at 10:17 AM.

Maurizio Follini took the second flight load of the day with tandem master Mr. Joe Johnson and Mr. Paul Schaeffer. They executed the tandem jump at 10:57 AM and landed at Syangboche drop-zone at 11:10 AM.

Pilot Deepak Rana took the last flight load of the event with Mr. Joe Johnson and Jen Sharp. Both made the solo jumps at 11:42 AM and landed at Syangboche drop-zone at 11:55 AM.

Skydive Everest provides training for skydivers that meet strict requirements
Everest Skydive also offers high altitude training for experienced skydivers

For more information about skydiving over Mount Everest, please go to: Everest Skydive website

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