British woman eyes Everest skydive record

KATHMANDU: A British woman plans to make a parachute jump over Mount Everest hoping to become the first woman ever to skydive over the world’s highest peak.

Holly Budge, 29, plans to throw herself out from 465 feet above Everest, hurtling past it, before landing in a mountain meadow at 12,350 feet.

She plans to attempt her dive in October after taking off from an airstrip in Syangboche in the Khumbhu region, Nepal, home to Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak at 29,035 feet.

“I’m excited, confident, scared, all in one,but this is going to be completely different from anything I’ve done before,” Holy Budge said. She has done lots of skydiving before, including from balloons and helicopters. —Reuters