Editing Mount Everest (section)

===1991: Hot air balloon flyover===
In 1991, four men in two balloons achieved the first [[hot-air balloon]] flight over Mount Everest.<ref name="balloon">{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-03/a-hot-air-balloon-ride-over-mt-everest-will-cost-you-2-6-million.html|title=A Hot-Air Balloon Ride Over Mt. Everest Will Cost You $2.6 Million|website=[[Bloomberg News]]}}</ref> In one balloon were Andy Elson and [[Eric Jones (climber)|Eric Jones]] (cameraman), and in the other balloon Chris Dewhirst and [[Leo Dickinson]] (cameraman).<ref name="elson">{{cite web|url=http://www.andyelson.com/Everest.htm |title=Andy Elson goes over the top |website=andyelson.com |access-date=20 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030458/http://www.andyelson.com/Everest.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> Dickinson went on to write a book about the adventure called ''Ballooning Over Everest''.<ref name="elson"/> The hot-air balloons were modified to function at up to {{convert|40000|ft|m|order=flip|abbr=on}} altitude.<ref name="elson"/> Reinhold Messner called one of Dickinson's panoramic views of Everest, captured on the now discontinued Kodak [[Kodachrome]] film, the "best snap on Earth", according to UK newspaper ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/5886994/Spectacular-panorama-captured-of-the-Himalayas-from-hot-air-balloon.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/5886994/Spectacular-panorama-captured-of-the-Himalayas-from-hot-air-balloon.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Spectacular panorama captured of the Himalayas from hot air balloon|date=22 July 2009|website=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=20 September 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Dewhirst has offered to take passengers on a repeat of this feat for US$2.6&nbsp;million per passenger.<ref name="balloon"/>