Editing Mount Everest (section)

===1988: First climb and glide===
On 26 September 1988, having climbed the mountain via the Southeast Ridge, [[Jean-Marc Boivin]] made the first [[paraglider]] descent of Everest,<ref name="A view from the top of the world">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6334653.stm|title=A view from the top of the world|work=BBC News|date=15 February 2007|access-date=6 October 2010}}</ref> in the process creating the record for the fastest descent of the mountain and the highest paraglider flight. Boivin said: "I was tired when I reached the top because I had broken much of the trail, and to run at this altitude was quite hard."<ref name=Back>{{cite journal|first=John|last=Harlin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w-QDAAAAMBAJ&q=boivin%20everest&pg=PA1|title=Get Down|journal=Backpacker Magazine|date=May 1989|page=11}}</ref> Boivin ran {{convert|60|ft|abbr=on|order=flip}} from below the summit on 40-degree slopes to launch his paraglider, reaching Camp II at {{convert|19400|ft|abbr=on|order=flip}} in 12 minutes (some sources say 11 minutes).<ref name=Back/><ref name=glider>{{cite web|url=http://www.flymicro.com/everest/index.cfm?page=docs%2FHistory%2FHang_gliders_and_Paragliders.htm#_1986|title=Hang glider and Paraglider expeditions to Everest|publisher=flymicro.com|access-date=2 October 2010}}</ref> Boivin would not repeat this feat, as he was killed two years later in 1990, [[BASE jumping]] off Venezuela's [[Angel Falls]].<ref name="splatula">{{cite web | url=http://www.blincmagazine.com/forum/wiki/Jean-Marc_Boivin | title=BASE Fatality List – Jean-Marc Boivin | publisher=blincmagazine.com | date=23 January 2016 | access-date=17 June 2016}}</ref>