• stepintomydojo@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    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.