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June 01, 2013

B.A.S.E. Jumper Sets World Record With Mount Everest Leap

Russian Valery Rozov Sets World Record For The Highest B.A.S.E. Jump; 23,667 Feet Above Sea Level

Nearly 60 years to the day after Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay climbed the world's highest mountain (29,029 ft.), 48-year-old Russian Valery Rozov has B.A.S.E. jumped off the north face of Everest at 23,667 ft. to set a world record for the highest B.A.S.E. jump. Rozov has more than 10,000 jumps to his name and has made headlines around the world in recent years for his spectacular leaps, including a 2009 jump into an active volcano in the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula.

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