Everest Skydive

Everest Skydive, has completed its 18^th annual skydive in the Everest region on the 13^th of November, 2025. The event had seasoned solo jumpers from all over the world including from Thailand, Italy, Romania, France, Belarus, and the USA.

The annual event is backed up by the core crew team of Paul Henry de Baere, Nadezhda Solovyeva and Omar Alhegelan who have been doing this since 2008, accompanied by an emergency medical team. The core team also includes Jean Phi, Laurent Bilet, Alberto Avalis, Tyler Steele and Dylan Pruett. All the flights were executed by the exclusive partner- Fishtail Air. Due to good weather and conditions, the event advanced smoothly from the 10^th– 13^th of November.

Apart from the core crew and team, the skydivers for this year’s event included the following skydivers:

• Alberto Avalis from Italy
• Robert Steele, Reid Garton, Joeseph Stein and Dylan Pruett from the USA
• Olga Naumova from Belarus
• Ileana Oprea and Cornelia Mihai from Romania
• Xavier Laurent, Francois Raison, Tangui Ducamp from France
• Dr. Tanaboworn Sirikunakornkun from Thailand

The 18^th edition also witnessed new world records and some extraordinary jumps carried out in the highest altitudes in the world.

Some prominent features this year were:

• A flag jump releasing a 150 m² flag of Thailand by Associate Professor Dr. Tanaboworn Sirikunakornkun in the Ama Dablam and Syangboche Drop Zones. Known as “Super Toom”, he had undergone a rigorous training and practice routine and was able to put his name in the record books as the first Thai national making a jump from the highest altitude and flying the biggest flag.
• First board jump in the Everest region by Olga Naumova of Belarus

The following number of jumps were completed this year:

• On November 10- 11 jumps from 3 loads in the Syangboche Drop Zone
• On November 11- 19 jumps from 5 loads in the Syangboche Drop Zone
• On November 12- 9 jumps from 3 loads in the Syangboche Drop Zone
• On November 13- 5 jumps from 2 loads in the Syangboche Drop Zone and 4 jumps from 1 load at the Ama Dablam Base Camp Drop Zone

This year’s event has concluded with some scintillating jumps and the action adventure will be back for the 19^th edition in 2026.

A 150 m² national flag of Thailand is flown above Mount Everest by Dr Tanaboworn Sirikunakornkun

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