Valery Rozov as seen during the 7 BASE Summits: Huascarán in Huaraz, Peru on July 12, 2017

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Valery Rozov defines 'heart-pounding' in BASE jump

Name: Seven Summits: Huascarán
Uploaded: 2017-07-28T07:00:00Z
Duration: 1 min 13 s
Description: Valery Rozov takes on Peru's infamous Huascarán in his global quest to BASE-jump the world's highest peaks.

Russian BASE jumper Valery Rozov’s BASE jump from 6,768m will leave your heart in your throat.

Written by Corinna Halloran

2 min readPublished on 28.07.2017 · 14:38 UTC

Valery Rozov is no stranger to BASE jumping from the world’s highest mountains – in fact, he’s already jumped from most of world’s highest points in the Seven Summits project. His goal? To BASE jump from the highest possible points in each continent.

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Seven Summits: Huascarán

Valery Rozov takes on Peru's infamous Huascarán in his global quest to BASE-jump the world's highest peaks.

In the above video though, Rozov BASE jumped from 6,768m off Huascarán in Peru – the fourth-highest mountain in South America. It took him and his team five days to make the south summit of the mountain after managing a seriously dangerous and difficult climb. The team navigated up at night to avoid the warmer conditions that cause avalanches.

Valery Rozov prepares his parachute for the 7 BASE Summits: Huascaran in Huaraz, Peru on July 14, 2017 — Parachute preparation in the city of Huaraz
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Valery Rozov and a support crew member seen at the 7 BASE Summits: Huascarán in Huaraz, Peru on July 9, 2017 — Mules provided valuable assistance to carry gear
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Basecamp for at the 7 BASE Summits attempt on Huascarán in Huaraz, Peru on July 9, 2017 — Sleeping underneath the stars
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Valery Rozov treks with his support team to a higher ground for his 7 BASE Summits attempt at Huascarán in Huaraz, Peru on July 9, 2017 — Trekking up to higher ground
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Making final preparations

Last moments before the jump

6,725m up and Rozov gets airborne

Fun facts from the Huascarán BASE jump and the Seven Summits project:

Rozov spent 1.5 minutes in freefall in his wingsuit
Because of Huascarán’s proximity to the ocean, the air is particularly humid but has low temperatures on top of the mountain
The jump was a total of 2,000m
When Rozov completes his Seven Summits project, he'll be the first person to jump off the highest peaks suitable for jumps of this kind on each of the seven continents.
The idea occurred to him after his 2015 BASE jump from Kilimanjaro.
No jump is the same and this is a new level of challenge for Rozov
He has only two peaks left: Australia and North America

Valery Rozov poses for a portrait at the 7 BASE Summits Jump in Huascarán in Huaraz, Peru on July 4, 2017 — The man, the legend, Valery Rozov
© Denis Klero/Red Bull Content Pool

Summits completed:

2009 – Elbrus / 4,650m (Europe)
2010 – Ulvetanna / 2,650m (Antarctica)
2015 – Kilimanjaro / 5,460m (Africa)
2016 – Cho Oyu / 7,700m (Asia)
2017 – Huascarán / 6,725m (South America)

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