Russian extreme sports star Valery Rozov has performed the world's highest BASE jump - off the north face of Everest - to mark the 60th anniversary of Edmund Hillary's first ascent.<br />Script:<br /><br />Why climb a mountain?<br /><br />"Because it is there" - so goes the famous retort by legendary mountaineer George Mallory. <br /><br />So, why throw yourself off a mountain?<br /><br />It's a question that is seemingly yet to be posed to Russian extreme sports star Valery Rozov - but you would expect him to give a similar response. <br /><br />Rozov marked the 60th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest by Edmund Hillary by hurling himself off the daunting north face in a death-defying BASE jump. <br /><br />The 48 year-old jumped from a height of 7,220-metres (23,687-feet) above sea level.<br /><br />Despite adverse weather conditions with temperatures 18 degrees below zero, Rozov landed successfully - and safely.<br /><br />It's the highest BASE jump ever completed.<br /><br />So, it's understandable that he was at least a little bit nervous.<br /><br />SOUNDBITE: (English) Valery Rozov, Russia: <br />"It was one of the (most) difficult jumps for me because of the high altitude and my personal physical feeling (which was) not the best of course. I was a little bit nervous that the vertical part at the beginning was short for this altitude."<br /><br />He spent more than two years preparing for the big jump, and about a minute to complete it. But the memory will surely last a lifetime.
