The famous Russian Beisjamper Valery Rozov died in the mountains of Nepal

The Russian climber and Beisjamper Valery Rozov died in Nepal after a jump from the Himalayan peak of Ama-Dablam. This was announced by TASS by the head coach of the Russian team in parachute sports Vadim Niyazov.

Beisjamping (parachute in the shape of a wing) is considered one of the most dangerous disciplines of parachute.

“This person is one of the symbols of Russian parachute sports, he was at one time the world champion, he was awarded the title of Honored Master of Sports,” Niyazov said. “For the last 10 years, Rozov has purposefully engaged in Beisjamping and Alpinism, he became interested in extreme projects with mountain jumping. According to our information, now there are work to search for his body, and there are no people with him yet They get in touch with us. "

In 2009, Rozov jumped from Elbrus (4650 meters), in 2010 - from the top of Mount Ulvetann in Antarctica (2650), in 2015 - from Kilimanjaro (5460). In 2015, he set a world record in the height of the base jump, making an attempt from a mark of 7700 meters from the top of Asia-Cho-Oyu. In 2017, he was the first in history to make a base jump from Mount Uasqueran to Peru.

Rozov was born on December 26, 1964. He is a two -time world champion in parachute sports, the winner of the European and the World Cup, the champion of Russia in mountaineering, the world record holder in parachute sport. In 2009, the athlete made the first parachute jump in history in the funnel of the current volcano Mutnovsky on the Kamchatka Peninsula.