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In 2011 a Nepali paraglider pilot launched from Everest's 8,848m summit in the highest free flight ever recorded — and today thousands of ordinary…
By Laxman Rawal · Aug 7, 2026
They did not down-climb the world's highest mountain. They flew off it. At 9:55am on 21 May 2011, Nepali paraglider pilot Sano Babu Sunuwar and his climbing partner Lakpa Tshering Sherpa launched a tandem paraglider from Everest's 8,848-metre summit — the…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
Most people who fly Sarangkot are not climbers or extreme athletes — they are trekkers who have just come down from Annapurna Base Camp or Poon Hill and want one more Himalayan view before they leave Pokhara. The take-off is a short drive from the lakeside…
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