{"id":58088,"date":"2025-01-22T12:43:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T12:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/?p=58088"},"modified":"2025-01-24T09:15:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T09:15:13","slug":"crozier-over-chomolungma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/crozier-over-chomolungma\/","title":{"rendered":"Greg Crozier facing Everest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Greg Crozier made his 10,000th<\/sup> jump, on his 27th<\/sup> year in the sport in a very special way \u2013 over Mount Everest, jumping with Karine Joly. <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We asked the freefly World Champion about this awe-inspiring experience\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Blessing this sacred skydive in Nepal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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When and why did you plan this extraordinary jump?<\/strong><\/h4><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It was the beginning of 2024 when I realized that I would reach my 10,000th<\/sup> jump around November or December. Right away I started to think about this special jump. What could I do to make it unique?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s not that easy when you\u2019ve jumped in many places doing special jumps for the past 6 years. With Karine Joly and Ewan Cowie, we got to jump over Copacaba in Rio de Janeiro, Pyramids of Giza, Pyramid of Chichen Itza, Lyon, Marseille, Monaco, Seychelles, Maldives and even Bora Bora and Ayers Rock. I also had the chance to do base jumps, night jumps, Halo Jumps, military jumps, hot air balloon jumps, hundreds of big-ways and even a naked jump (a 12-way in Kenya). I have jumped from 23 different planes including 74 jumps from the incredible C130 Hercules, and 5 different helicopters, including the Black Hawk. So… what to do?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then I got it… I remembered that my friend Omar Alhegelan was going every year to Nepal after the Egypt Boogie. That was it, that was the best idea ever!! I was like, let’s call him and ask him if it is possible. He said YES, right away. He was as excited as me about this idea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, \u201cpossible\u201d, does not mean “easy”. We needed to find the equipment, the rigs and the hardest: a sponsor. A \u2018normal\u2019 jump over Everest costs 20,000\u20ac. It was impossible to personally finance this jump for Karine and me. But I was sure that we would find a way<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Packing at 3,900 m<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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What were the other challenges?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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We had to deal with many challenges, some bigger than others for sure. Let me explain the whole plan:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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