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American Dean Potter without any rope under the protection of the steep Swiss climbed the Eiger, the mountain top at an altitude of 3900 m He toting parachute jump jump, like an eagle flying toward the freedom of the vast green fields of Europe. British Cameron Randall friend and photographer Bei Yate his adventures are used every time the camera recorded. Video: American adventurer climbed the peak of 3,900 meters above sea level
Eiger is one of the peaks of the Alps in Switzerland, because of steep mountains are adventurers known as In particular, the steep side, sliced like a cliff could not even snow can accumulate. The Dean in the summer of 2008 as the world's first use of low-altitude climbing and BASE jump freestyle way of warriors to conquer the Eiger.
is the so-called freestyle mountain climbing without the use of any protective devices, and low-altitude BASE jump parachute that is carried in high-rise building roofs, mountains or jump off the bridge. As a normal parachute 14 pounds (about 6.34 kilograms), mountain climbing is bound to affect the time, 38-year-old Dean specially designed parachute weighs only 2.7 kg, can be folded into the backpack just in. not thought of highly. Finally in that year on August 6, he tied the ropes in the absence of the first case of the summit from the north side of hand, then use the parachute jumped down from the Eiger, and return safely to the ground.
But despite the parachute of body, but this has been called the impossible task of peer is still extremely dangerous, in several dangerous situations occur when climbing almost to Dean died.
be dead ... ... but I do not hesitate, come to think that the adventure really crazy. enough to fall to pieces at the height of his playing,
friend and photographer Cameron Randall Bei Yate each of his adventures are recorded by the camera down and Dean originally planned in April to hold photo exhibition in Europe, so that the audience feel his encountered during the climb at the top to experience the dangers and the infinite scenery. However, due to volcanic eruptions in Iceland to the European airline industry almost paralyzed, this trip had to give up, Dean intends to do later this year. He does not know where to turn next adventure staged? China Daily
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