Everest Skydive

[simplyputsi 0]

I finally decided to click on the link that keeps popping up.
What is the deal here? That is one expensive skydive. I noticed it mentions the price includes landing only, not the trip out, or a stay at the LZ.

I wonder how much the trip out will cost?

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[lawrocket 3]

Yeah, I looked at it yesterday. And they've got an offer for a TANDEM Everest skydive.

Man, that'd be some opening shock, wouldn't it?

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[Armour666 0]

not from what I read Includes almost everything Whats in the cost

What the price includes:


All transfers
Accommodation at 3* Hotel Tibet in Kathmandu (Hotel upgrade with supplement available on request)
All meals throughout, either at hotel or in designated best restaurants
Pedal rickshaw hire on first night
All acclimatisation trek costs, trek permit and park fees
Experienced European trek leader
Trek porters and yaks as required
Constant communication to trek group from DZ
Mountain weather reporting service

DZ preparation
DZ management
Personalised, filled, oxygen canister
Use of Cannula oxygen system
Custom built HA jump suit
Use of external protective extreme cold equipment
Use of special HA rig (fully equipped with AAD) for landing at altitude

Loadmaster/spotters, (Video and O2 superintendent) on every lift
Aircraft positioning and hire of: Russian MI-17 helicopter, French Equirrel B3 helicopter, Polish Sky Truck, Turbine P3 Pilatus Porter
Advanced Rigger
Rigger's assistant
Rig packing and repacking as required
DZ Sherpa support team
DZ medical team including Doctor
Government permit to skydive
Individual CAAN skydive fee
Liaison officer fees (environmental, CAAN, and Film)
Liaison officer costs (environmental, CAAN, and film)
Communications permit
Video of the adventure by Leo Dickinson
Official Certificate signed by pilots and organisers
Memento Everest Skydive wings
Memento Everest Skydive leather flying jacket

What the price excludes:


International flights
Personal insurance
Trek Clothing and equipment
Personal pictures ordered from video camera men
Any expense of personal nature, telephone calls, laundry and tips

SO this one time at band camp.....

"Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most."

[nerdgirl 0]

Thanks for the link! Very cool.

It looks like the landing dz is either the Shyangboche airstrip (3810m), just above Nache Bazaar, or a smaller area closer to the Everest View Hotel. There aren't a lot of _flat areas_ around there
When I was there in spring 2003 w/a couple other skydivers, including one who summitted, we joked about skydiving into the world's highest LZ.

Neat that someone's making that option possible.

VR/Marg

Act as if everything you do matters, while laughing at yourself for thinking anything you do matters.
Tibetan Buddhist saying

[stevebabin 0]

Mont Blanc is higher(4808m) The PD team, and teams before them, jumped near the summit.
The claim of the Everest team of being the Highest LZ seems incorrect.

"Science, logic and reason will fly you to the moon. Religion will fly you into buildings."
"Because figuring things out is always better than making shit up."

[elias123 0]

Mont Blanc is 4808 meters, but the LZ at Mont Blanc would probably be lower than 3810 meters, no? So concering LZ's, the one in the Himalaya's would still be higher, right? Unless the PD team and others before them actually landed on the summit of Mont Blanc. (I doubt that the PD team landed on/near the summit with swoop-like high performance canopy's)

"In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

[nerdgirl 0]

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Mont Blanc is higher(4808m) The PD team, and teams before them, jumped near the summit.
The claim of the Everest team of being the Highest LZ seems incorrect.

Jim Slaton, JC Colclasure, & the other PD teams members swooping Mount Blanc (been there too ... on crampons), Eiger, & the Dolomites takes a lot more skill! They landed above the snow line - don't know what the MSL was.

Everest has been para-ski'd and para-glide'd too. (And it's higher - 8848m

VR/Marg

Act as if everything you do matters, while laughing at yourself for thinking anything you do matters.
Tibetan Buddhist saying

[stevebabin 0]

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Mont Blanc is 4808 meters, but the LZ at Mont Blanc would probably be lower than 3810 meters, no? So concering LZ's, the one in the Himalaya's would still be higher, right? Unless the PD team and others before them actually landed on the summit of Mont Blanc. (I doubt that the PD team landed on/near the summit with swoop-like high performance canopy's)

It was my understanding that they landed at the summit, but I could be wrong.

"Science, logic and reason will fly you to the moon. Religion will fly you into buildings."
"Because figuring things out is always better than making shit up."

[elias123 0]

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Mont Blanc is 4808 meters, but the LZ at Mont Blanc would probably be lower than 3810 meters, no? So concering LZ's, the one in the Himalaya's would still be higher, right? Unless the PD team and others before them actually landed on the summit of Mont Blanc. (I doubt that the PD team landed on/near the summit with swoop-like high performance canopy's)

It was my understanding that they landed at the summit, but I could be wrong.

I only saw the PD team swoop the mountain in a video clip, so I also don't know if they effectively landed on the summit, but if they did, then that is one hell of an achievement! :)

"In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

[Bolas 5]

Buzzing the peak of Everest in a wingsuit.

Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting
If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

[Armour666 0]

so if you had a 190 at a 1:1 wingloading what would you need at that altitude to have an equilevelent landing as sealevel ?

SO this one time at band camp.....

"Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most."

[Ashtanga 0]

Is this a Skyride website?

[iamsam 0]

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Man, that'd be some opening shock, wouldn't it?

I think you get less opening shock in thinner air no??

but what do I know

[iamsam 0]

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Buzzing the peak of Everest in a wingsuit.

I like how u think!

but what do I know

[ficus 0]

http://www.uspa.org/publications/manuals.pdf/SIM2007.pdf

Read the section on high altitude jumps.

The Cliffs Notes version: terminal velocity is higher in thinner air.

[MakeItHappen 15]

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so if you had a 190 at a 1:1 wingloading what would you need at that altitude to have an equilevelent landing as sealevel ?

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[Armour666 0]

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http://www.uspa.org/publications/manuals.pdf/SIM2007.pdf

Read the section on high altitude jumps.

The Cliffs Notes version: terminal velocity is higher in thinner air.

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so if you had a 190 at a 1:1 wingloading what would you need at that altitude to have an equilevelent landing as sealevel ?

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Thanks for the links

SO this one time at band camp.....

"Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most."

[repcool 2]

Ah, that link rocks. I learned to jump in Houston before moving to Denver and had to get used to some very different dynamics. Cool.

I wondered what the license req's are for the trip and if they line up with what they *should* be.

[repcool 2]

I am really interested in going for this, I am talking to the folks about it tomorrow. I always wanted to go to Everest as well, so this seems like a good excuse. Anyone from Colorado interested?

[Jewels 0]

Actually, you should talk to "Dr. Bob," who is also from Breck and is usually up for something fun and exciting. I'll bet you could get some serious interest out of him. You can find him at MileHi on most weekends and quite often on Thursdays or Fridays.

TPM Sister #102

[repcool 2]

Oh great, I live in Breck too. Thanks

[skydemon2 0]

Sounds cool if only I had 25,000 dollars extra laying around.

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[sundry 0]

Im actually thinking about doing this, anybody know anything about the company?
Heck, just the "Memento Everest Skydive leather flying jacket" makes it worth it.

[dannydan 0]

I would ABSOLUTELY love to do this .... HOWEVER,... I do NOT have the numbers for it! Would have been awesome to have the first LOAD logged... damnit I should have started this sport earlier in my life...

[WI-Fly 0]

That would be fun