Pierre Carter flew down at a top speed of 80 kilometres per hour, taking only 20 minutes to land near the small settlement of Gorakshep at 5,164 metres.
A South African paraglider has made the first legal flight off Mount EverestHIMALAYAS - A South African paraglider has made the first legal flight off Mount Everest, an expedition organiser said Tuesday, opening doors for"climb and fly" adventurers on the world's highest mountain.
"It was a beautiful flight down. Above the clouds and then through the clouds and down," Carter told AFP. A French couple made a tandem flight from the summit in 2001 in a feat that was repeated a decade later by a pair of Nepali climbers.
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