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Re: [douchekiller] Himalayas - Anyone else see this?
Valery has opened up some of the most hardcore sites on the planet. A pioneer no doubt. His flight was a bit wobbly... I wonder if there were strong winds?
Anyone know his exit and landing altitudes?
Re: [base570] Himalayas - Anyone else see this?
base570 wrote:
Valery has opened up some of the most hardcore sites on the planet. A pioneer no doubt.
His flight was a bit wobbly... I wonder if there were strong winds?
Anyone know his exit and landing altitudes?
Exit 6420 m landing -2200 meters
Re: [Fun.Forever] Himalayas - Anyone else see this?
I like the opening test he makes just after the exit to be sure he will be able to do it well when he needs. Very safe procedure 
Re: [klearik] Himalayas - Anyone else see this?
Sounds like Red Bull needs to hire a new fact checker before claiming new world records. Somebody who might, you know, pick up the book and make sure something is a record before issuing press releases. Whoops
Record or not it's an epic achievement. Congrats Valery!
Re: [eUrNiCc] Himalayas - Anyone else see this?
record for longest appraoch maybe great adventure indeed
other non-records/non-firsts but still cool stuff:
In reply to:
Baumgartner set the world record for the lowest BASE jump ever, from the hand of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro.
He became the first person to BASE jump from the completed Millau Viaduct in France on 27 June 2004
Re: [martin245] Himalayas - Anyone else see this?
He looks like he was almost diving some, might have been crazy winds. Looks like its fairly windy on landing as well. Epic jump world record or not.