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By Alyssa Danigelis, Seeker.com, October 29, 2016
Valery Rozov beat his own BASE jumping record, leaping from above 25,000 feet.
Who hikes up the sixth tallest mountain on the planet, gets to a precipice above 25,000 feet and thinks, well this looks like a good spot to jump off? Russian BASE jumper Valery Rozov, that’s who.
This month the seasoned 51-year-old daredevil set a world record for the highest BASE jump ever, launching himself from a snowy perch on the side of Cho Oyu in the Himalayas.