Editing Mount Everest (section)

===2011: Paraglide off summit===
On 21 May 2011, Nepalis Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa and Sanobabu Sunuwar paraglided from Everest's summit to [[Namche Bazaar]] in 42 minutes.<ref name="abcnews1"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://xcmag.com/news/60-years-of-everest-paragliding-and-hang-gliding-on-the-worlds-highest-peak/ |title=60 Years of Everest: Paragliding and Hang Gliding on the World's Highest Peak|date=29 May 2013 |author=Ed Ewing |publisher=Cross Country Magazine}}</ref> After the flight they hiked, biked, and [[Kayaking|kayaked]] to the Indian Ocean, reaching the Bay of Bengal by 27 June 2011, thereby becoming the first people to complete a continuous summit-to-sea descent from Everest.<ref name="nationalgeographic1">{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/sanobabu-sunuwar-lakpa-tsheri-sherpa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731103625/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/sanobabu-sunuwar-lakpa-tsheri-sherpa |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 July 2021 |title=Ultimate Descent: Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa and Sano Babu Sunuwar |publisher=nationalgeographic.com |date=9 November 2011 |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref> They accomplished the ground-breaking feat despite Bapu having never previously climbed, and Lakpa having never kayaked and not even knowing how to swim.<ref name="nationalgeographic1"/> The duo subsequently won National Geographic Adventurers of the Year for 2012 for their exploits.<ref name="nationalgeographic1"/> In 2013 footage of the flight was shown on the television news program ''[[Nightline]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/ultimate-descent-paragliding-off-everest-21242814 |title=Ultimate Descent: Paragliding off Everest Video |publisher=Abcnews.go.com |access-date=17 June 2016}}</ref>