Brit Joshua Bregmen, 34, has set a brand new world document after snowboarding off Mera Peak within the Himalayas to finish the world’s highest altitude ski-BASE bounce.
Josh took off a 5,716-metre excessive cliff (18,753 ft) and parachuting to the bottom, simply breaking the previous document of 4,359 m (14,301 ft), set by Frenchman Matthias Giraud in 2019.
Josh and his group spent two weeks acclimatising and looking for the appropriate spot to make the bounce and in the long run needed to transfer boulders and shovel snow on the excessive altitude to clear and create a runway for the bounce.
“The dream was to do a number of good S-turns and ski elegantly off the cliff, however in actuality, all we had was only a humble rock-filled runway at an exit peak of practically 6,000 m,” he stated, including that 2cm of contemporary snowfall on the morning of the bounce helped a bit of.
Josh, who lives full-time in his van, made the bounce with none company sponsorship to fund his effort and used borrowed skis, however he did increase funds for charity and aimed to focus on the problem of kid trafficking in Nepal.
“All of us labored so onerous, and the shortage of oxygen, fixed complications and sleeping at round 6,000 m added to the physique degrading. One of many guys even stated this was tougher than when he climbed Everest,” he stated, including, “I did some good, heavy respiratory earlier than the bounce by way of exhaustion and lack of oxygen, however this simply added to the exhilaration, particularly with Everest within the backdrop. You don’t want all the flamboyant glitz; you simply want a can-do perspective with a way of journey, some dogged persistence and group.”
