Mr. Satyendra Verma (Retd. Lt. Col-Indian Army) today created history by performing India’s highest BASE (building, antenna, span (bridge) and earth) jump from India’s highest building in Noida.
Mr. Verma took one minute and thirty seconds to successfully complete the BASE jump from 600 feet above ground level. Verma, with over 2400 skydives, 350 wingsuit jumps and 54 BASE jumps to his credit, is an experienced BASE jumper and had earlier achieved the feats of jumping skyscrapers, a telecom tower at Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia and the Perrine Bridge in the US.
For his accomplishments, Mr. Verma has received three mentions in the Limca Book of Records and has also been felicitated with the Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award (equivalent to Arjuna Award) by Hon’ble President of India in 2015.
Commenting on the completion of the successful BASE jump, Mr. Verma said, “I was in the Indian Army for a period of 23 years and there, adventure is not an option – it is a way of life and through there I ventured into the sport of skydiving and BASE Jumping.”
“The building has a fantastic view of the Yamuna and Noida and anyone who is a trained jumper would love to perform a BASE jump from here,” Mr. Verma added.
