Premiera Mondiala – Valery Rozov – Base jump de pe Mont Blanc

Muntii si varfurile inalte au fost intotdeauna irezistibile pentru alpinistul si BASE jumper-ul Valery Rozov, care si-a mai trecut in palmares inca o premiera mondiala ? a sarit de pe Mont Blanc, mai exact de pe Grand Pilier d?Angle (4243 m). Timp de 35 de secunde, Rozov a cazut in gol purtand doar costumul cu aripi, atingand o viteza de peste 200 km/h inainte de a deschide parasuta cu ajutorul careia a aterizat in siguranta pe ghetarul Brenva (3100 m).

In varsta de 46 de ani, Rozov a dorit sa urce pe unul dintre cele mai legendare varfuri, Grand Pilier d?Angle, catarandu-se timp de doua zile insotit de alpinistul rus Alexander Ruchkin, ghidul montan de origine franceza David Authermann si fotograful de origine elvetiana, Thomas Senf. Echipa a inceput periplul sau pe 4 iulie si si-au petrecut prima noapte in bivuacul Eccles (3850 m.) In ziua urmatoare, Rozov a urcat pana pe Col De Peuterey (3934 m) si a continuat pana pe Grand Pilier d?Angle, de unde a si efectuat si saritura.

De indata ce a aterizat pe ghetarul Brenva, Valery Rozov a afirmat: ?Fiind prima persoana care a sarit de pe unul dintre cele mai legendare varfuri din lume este nu numai o experienta fantastica, dar este si o imensa onoare pentru mine. Vantul m-a fortat sa efectuez o saritura putin mai scurta decat mi-as fi dorit, insa a fost un salt foarte tehnic, astfel incat orice greseala, fie si minora, ar fi putut fi fatala. Mont Blanc-ul este absolut spectaculos si mi-a castigat inima. Daca sunt conditii meteo bune, as dori sa mai incerc o alta saritura peste cateva zile la Grandes Jorasses?.

Inca o premiera mondiala realizata cu succes pentru Rozov, asta dupa ce la finalul anului trecut, Valery a reusit ceea ce multi credeau ca este imposibil ? a efectuat o saritura in Antarctica.

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Base Jump in Antarctica

QUEEN MAUD LAND (Antarctica) ? With the first-ever jump from one of the most spectacular and diffult mountains in the whole Antarctic, Russian climber and BASE jumper Valery Rozov accomplished another milestone in his extraordinary extreme sport career. There were two weeks of preparations in difficult climbing conditions including temperatures of minus 30 degrees ahead of the expedition.

It is hard to imagine a more remote and foreign corner of the globe than the Drygalski Mountains. Extreme sport pro Valery Rozov felt a magic attraction to this location in Queen Maud Land in the East Antarctic. The mountains soar like fangs of wild animals from the thousand-meter thick sheets of ice. Rozov sought the highest of the mountain peaks, the Ulvetanna (Norwegian for Wolfs Tooth), to climb and then jump off. The man from Moscow has attracted attention around the world in recent years with his spectacular BASE jumps, including a leap from the highest point of European Elbrus, or more recently into an active volcano on Kamchatka.

With its most recent project, the ?Red Bull Antarctica Project? — an eight-member team from Russia, Serbia, Switzerland and Turkey ? Rozov was not only the protagonist but above all the head of the project.

They first flew from South Africa to the Russian Antarctic research station Novolazareyskaya and then from there they flew a further 200 kilometers with a smaller transport plane to the foot of the Drygalski Mountains. ?I felt like a cosmonaut on a foreign star,? Rozov said, describing the conditions where temperatures fell to 30 degrees below zero and the sun stayed up for 24 hours.

After two weeks of preparations, Rozov climbed the 1,000-meter high face of the Ulvetanna together with his climbing colleague Alexander Ruchkin and mountain photographer Thomas Senf. With his Wingsuit he then flew 45 seconds in front of the cliffs before later pulling the chord on his parachute and land! ing safe ly. Because the team had to wait for the transport plane and the weather was unusually stable, Rozov spontaneously decided to climb two more mountains ? the Tungespissen (2,277 meters) and the Holtanna (2,650 meters), which is he only mountain in the Antarctic that had previously been used by a BASE jumper.

Once he was back in South Africa, ?BASE Climber? Rozov described the experience: ?It was like a journey to a foreign planet,? he said. ?It?s deeply satisfying and has given me a long and lasting feeling of happiness.?

*BASE is an acronym that stands for four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump: B for buildings, A for antennae, S for spans and E for earth/cliffs.

Pictures free for editorial use: Predrag Vuckovic and Thomas Senf for Global-Newsroom