A 37-year-old parachute jump instructor from the Indian Air Force (IAF), along with a Kiwi world skydiving champion and an American pro, set a world record for the highest landing in the lap of Mt Everest.
Wing Commander Jai Kishan, stationed at the Paratroopers’ Training School at the IAF station in Agra, on Wednesday broke the record of an earlier IAF hero, Wing Commander Ramesh Chandra Tripathi, by jumping from a height of 21,000 feet and landing at Gorak Shep, a plateau at a height of 17, ...
