Amin Brakk BASE Jump-GERONIMOOOO!: Well, those crazy Russian MoFos pulled it off. The spent 22 days in horrific weather, climbing the 5850 meter Amin Brakk, one of the most daunting towers of rock on the face of the planet. And when they finally got to the top expedition leader Valery Rozov put on his parachute and jumped. Yes, he thought long and hard before he took the leap. But he had good reason, namely there was a decent chance he would auger into a ledge about 5 seconds free fall below the launch point. Here’s the report:

The jump-point was hardly below the place where the route leaves on the summit ridge and approximately in 300 meters lower the top. The exit altitude was about 5550 meters. The jump was in a wing-suit (S3). Altitude difference was about 1000 meters; free time falling was 30 seconds (it was caused by a landing site, presented by torn glacier and moraine lines. Not making up our mind to jump for a long time we were dropping stones for two hours. Under the exit point, in 5 seconds flying, there was a large ledge: all of the stones broke about. If you make a normal push and the beginning of the track you will fly it over but if you do not you will have serious problems. Finally Valery dared to jump and flew over the ledge at three-meter distance…

Sensations after a landing were simply inexpressible. It seems you have gone for a spin by the time machine.

And here are the pictures:



“I can’t believe I said I was going to do this…”

“Damn, that vodka was tasty…”