Yves Rossy will attempt to become the first person ever to complete an intercontinental crossing via jetwing on November 25. He plans to take off in a replica Rado watches Pilatus Porter aircraft from Morocco, ascend to a height of 2,000 meters, then exit from the plane to deploy his jetwing and lift off for southern Spain. The distance will be about 40 kilometers, and hell be traveling in speeds up to 300 km/hr through the air. Youll be able to watch him live at webtel.mobi.Aileen Torres
One never to give up, the former record holder for the oldest Everest summit, Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura, is now targeting another summit at age 80 in 2013. This according to a report today from AFP. He wants to climb the north this time after replica Tissot watches previously completing two successful southside climbs. Late last week he lost his record to Nepalese Min Bahadur Sherchan who produced birth certificates to verify his claim that he was the oldest person to top out Everest with his summit last year. He was 76 at the time.
Miurasan is most famous for being the man who skied down Everest in the 1970 documentary, The Man Who Skied Down Everest. It reveals what climbing Everest was like before the crowds and commercial expeditions.He did not ski Everest proper, he actually skied the Lhotse face. Using a parachute as drag, he skied 6,600 feet in two replica Zenith watches minutes and 20 seconds, and then fell another 1320 feet when he stopped just below the bergschrund at the base of the face. You have to rent the film. Sadly, eight Sherpas died during his expedition, which left Miurasan devastated.
