Woman Skysurfs Above Mount Everest to Break World Record

Woman Skysurfs Above Mount Everest to Break World Record
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I find the helicopter flight more impressive than the sky surfing— I thought helicopters had stability issues at those elevations? Do they have helicopters with custom high altitude rotors now?

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where a helicopter took her 20,945 feet above Mount Everest. After strapping in to her board and freefalling for several minutes, she landed on a flat runway at 12,356 feet

This makes no sense. That puts the starting height at 29029+20945=~50k feet. The Guinness record for highest helicopter flight is 40,820’.

This article says 20945 was the starting height. Saying this is “over” Mt. Everest is rather misleading.

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It’s over the slopes of Mt Everest but not over the summit.

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My objection is to using the phrase “20k’ above Mt. Everest” when that’s an altitude above sea level.

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Fuck this useless privileged BULLSHIT..

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