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Aviation at the edge

10/2/2007
An air route to Everest
Daily Telegraph article Published 10th February 2007

In May I am leading a small team to Everest to attempt the most ambitious expedition of my life, to fly a paramotor over the roof of the world. In reality, this means flying above 30,000ft in a canvas harness, under a parachute propelled by a lawn mower engine. Making it happen is proving more technically challenging than anything I’ve been involved with before.

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Did you know?
First person to hike from sea level to summit, no oxygen:
11 May 1990,Tim Macartney-Snape, Australian
First Ascent by an American Woman:
29 September 1988, Stacey Allison, Portland, OR via the South-East Ridge
The Paraglider soaring
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