Everest Skydive Creates History
Everest Skydive Creates History
Posted Oct 11th, 2008 under Skydive, Special Events,The historic Everest Skydive event came to a finale today. 41 Solo and Tandem Jumpers skydived in front of the World’s Highest Peak and landed on the highest drop zone in the world, Shyangboche (12,350ft.). Their names have made it the international record books.
1st Group
In the first group, except for Fareed Lafta who jumped from an altitude 18,000ft, the rest of the dives were made from 29,500ft.
| SN | Name | Country | Solo/Tandem | Landing Time(local) |
| 1. | Fareed Lafta | Iraq | Solo | 6:24 AM |
| 2. | Christophe De Pauw | Belgium | Solo | 6:25 AM |
| 3. | Wendy Smith | New Zealand | Solo | 6:43 AM |
| 4. | Steve Hennessey (Australian) & Peter Baker (British) | Australia / Britain | Tandem | 6:44 AM |
2nd Group
Except for Martin Preston who jumped from a height of 19,000ft., the rest of the jumps were made from 29,500ft.
| SN | Name | Country | Solo/Tandem | Landing Time(local) |
| 1. | Martin Preston | Britain | Solo | 7:37 AM |
| 2. | Omar Alhegelan | USA | Solo | 7:54 AM |
| 3. | Ryan Jackson | Britain | Solo | 7:55 AM |
| 4. | Ralph Mitchell (British) & Molly Beddingfield (British) | Britain | Tandem | 7:57 AM |
3rd Group – 29,500ft.
| SN | Name | Country | Solo/Tandem | Landing Time(local) |
| 1. | Wendy Smith | New Zealand | Solo | 8:45 AM |
| 2. | Steve Hennessey (Australian) & William Thomason (Kiwi) | Australia / New Zealand | Tandem | 8:48 AM |
| 3. | Namira Salim (Pakistani) & Tom Noonan (American) | Pakistan / USA | Tandem | 8:50 AM |
4th Group – 29,500ft.
| SN | Name | Country | Solo/Tandem | Landing Time(local) |
| 1. | Omar Alhegelan | USA | Solo | 10:25 AM |
| 2. | Fareed Lafta | Iraq | Solo | 10:26 AM |
| 3. | Martin Preston | Britain | Solo | 10:27 AM |
| 4. | Christophe De Pauw | Belgium | Solo | 10:27 AM |
| 5. | Derek Thomas | USA | Solo | 10:28 AM |
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