SA’s paraglider made the first legal flight off Everest by cashing in annuity – Pierre Carter

It took 55-year-old Pierre Carter just 20 minutes to fly from a point near the summit of Mount Everest before he landed near the Nepalese settlement of Gorakshep high in the Himalayan mountains. With this jump, he has opened the door, or more accurately, the skies above the peak for ‘climb and fly’ adventurers on the world’s highest mountain. It is not the only first for the adventurous South African who took a decade to become the first legal paraglider to fly off Mount Everest; he also paved the way for legal paragliders from Kilimanjaro by painstakingly seeking approvals from the Tanzanian government. Carter told BizNews how he used part of his nest egg to finance his quest and how he has the highest mountain on Antarctica in his sights as he tries to conquer all seven of the highest peaks in the world. – Linda van Tilburg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices