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| September 23, 2009 | Indian among three skydivers to jump over Mount Everest | | Gorak Shep (Nepal): Three skydivers, including one Indian and two British nationals, achieved an astounding feat on Tuesday when they jumped from an altitude of 6,154
metres (20,000 feet) to land at Gorak Shep, world's highest drop zone, near Mount Everest. The three, Ramesh Chandra Tripathi, Leo Dickinson and Ralph Mitchell,
were excited with the successful jump, and expressed their delight at reaching
the sandy plateau, which is 5,165 metres above sea level. "It was thrilling and
exhilarating to be so close to Everest. It offers a totally different challenge
in terms of high winds and freezing temperatures. The wind was drifting me away.
The chances of falling into crevasses or hitting the ridges and glaciers was high
but it is worth fighting against the odds of nature," The Telegraph quoted Tripathi,
a parajump instructor for the Indian Air Force, as saying. Dickinson, a British
documentary filmmaker, said that the whole experience was amazing and he was thrilled
to fly over the mountains. "It was not just Everest. I could see the whole panorama
of fantastic mountains and it was just amazing. You have got the mountains rushing
past you. I just didn't want it to end. I had a freefall for four seconds and
in the next three minutes I was already landing," Dickinson said. Gorak Shep is
the final acclimatization stop for most common treks to Everest Base Camp. The
Dalai Lama also dubs it as "the steps to heaven". | |
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