An Everest Skydive team member leaps from an aircraft
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KATHMANDU (AFP) - The daredevil adventurers -- from Britain, New Zealand and Canada -- said they had magnificent views as they rocketed past the world's highest peak.

"It was amazing, just spectacular," Holly Budge told AFP by telephone minutes after landing.

An Everest Skydive team member prepares to land at Shyangboche airport
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"We had one minute of freefall and while we were above the clouds you could see Everest and the other high mountains popping out of the top."

The skydivers faced sub zero temperatures and fast changing weather when they jumped in front of the 8,848 metre (29,028 feet) peak to touch down at a landing zone in the foothills of Everest.

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