Last jump: legendary parachutist Valery Rozov crashed in Nepal
Climber and base jumper Valery Rozov, one of the symbols of Russian parachuting, died in Nepal. 52-year-old Valery crashed while making a wing jump from Mount Ama-Dablam in the Nepalese Himalayas.
Source: RBC
The famous Russian athlete Valery Rozov died in Nepal after a wing jump from Ama-Dablam Mountain in the Himalayas. The climber, who was also engaged in sky surfing and base jumping, began his flight from 7700 meters above sea level from the Himalayan peak, having spent a minute and a half in free fall. After that, he landed on a glacier at an altitude of six thousand meters above sea level.
Valery Rozov was born on December 26, 1964. He was a multiple champion of Russia and international competitions in parachuting, champion of Russia in mountaineering, winner of the European Championship and World Cup, two-time world champion in parachuting. In 2009, for the first time in history, the athlete parachuted into the funnel of the active Mutnovsky volcano (Kamchatka Peninsula).
In recent years, Valery Rozov has been fond of base jumping. In a special wing suit, he flew from a volcano in the Kilimanjaro massif, from a mountain in the Himalayas, and in October 2016 he set a world record by making the world's highest jump from Cho-Oyu (Himalayas, 8201 m) from a height of 7700 m above sea level. Valery Rozov was the organizer of numerous base projects around the world. Participated in the filming of TV shows about sports and travel on the central channels, thanks to which he became known in wide circles.
A couple of days before his death, Russian base jumper Valery Rozov published a video on his pages in social networks, which captures the jump of an extreme in Chamonix.
Currently, rescuers are working to find the body, the people who were with Pink have not yet contacted.
Keywords: Base jumping | Death | Himalayas | Extreme