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# Daredevil jumps from mountain in Antarctica
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## Russian Valery Rozov braved temperatures as low as minus 30C to climb a
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mountain in Antarctica - and then jumped off the top of it.
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TelegraphPlayer-8195416
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2:19PM GMT 11 Dec 2010
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The climber and base jumper from Moscow had an ambition to leap from the peak
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of Ulvetanna mountain in the Drygalski Mountains in Queen Maud Land.
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Almost 3000 metres above sea level, the summit of the mountain named Wolf's
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Peak in Norwegian looked a daunting task for any mountaineer, let alone one
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intending to plunge down the sheer face of rock using a wingsuit before
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deploying a parachute.
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The eight-strong expedition, from Russia, Serbia, Switzerland and Turkey, was
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flown to a plateau below the mountain and set up base camp as they prepared
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for the three man climbing team to scale the peak.
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Rozov, his fellow climber Alexander Ruchkin and mountain photographer Thomas
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Senf made it to the top and had time to take in the breathtaking scenery
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before Rozov donned his wingsuit and threw himself off the mountain.
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He glided for about 45 seconds before pulling his parachute ripcord for a safe
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landing at the bottom.
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* ## [Base jumping event][1]
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* ## [BASE jumping for the British Legion][2]
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* ## [Base-jump drama][3]
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* ## [Olympic base jumpers][4]
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With conditions perfect and having time on their hands while they waited to be
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collected by their transport plane, Rozov decided to take in two more
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mountains.
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First was the 2,277m Tungespissen and then the Holtanna, which at 2,650m is he
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only mountain in the Antarctic which had previously been used by a base
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jumper.
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Afterwards Rozov commented: "The mountains are fantastic, the team was great.
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Everything came together in a fantastic way and ended in a fantastic way and I
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still can't believe it."
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