Valery Vladimirovich Rosov
Valery Vladimirovich Rosow ( Russian Валерий Владимирович Розов ; born December 26, 1964 in Gorky ; † November 11, 2017 at Ama Dablam ) was a Russian base jumper .
On May 5, 2013, he jumped in a wingsuit in the Himalayas at an altitude of 7,220 m from the Changtse and landed on the Rongpu Glacier . He broke this record set by him on October 5th, 2016 with a jump from a height of 7700 m from Cho Oyu in Tibet / Nepal .
In 2015 Rosow successfully jumped from the Western Breach Wall (5460 m) after climbing Kilimanjaro (5895 m, highest point in Africa). This was the first successful BASE jump from Kilimanjaro ever.
On November 11, 2017, Rosow, who wanted to take off with his parachute from the highest mountains on all seven continents , jumped to his death from the 6,812 meter high Ama Dablam . The cause of the accident is still unclear.
He leaves a wife and sons.
Web links
- Official website
- Daredevil makes record-breaking leap from Mount Everest. The Daily Telegraph , May 29, 2013, accessed December 10, 2016.
- Indira Shestakova: Caped conqueror of chasms - meet the 'Russian Batman'. Russia Beyond the Headlines , November 17, 2016, accessed December 10, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Russian extreme athlete Valery Rosov has died. t-online.de , November 12, 2017, accessed April 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Remembering Valery Rozov.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rosov, Valery Vladimirovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Розов, Валерий Владимирович (Russian spelling); Rozov, Valery (English transcription) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian base jumper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 26, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gorky |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 11, 2017 |
| Place of death | at Ama Dablam |