Nigel is the creator of the Everest Skydive adventure and responsible for its overall management and logistics.

As the founder ofHigh &Wild UK Nigel has
over thirty years experience in the professional adventure world, and is responsible for extreme adventures and special projects.

Such adventures include remote treks and
journeys from the Arctic to the Equator and
beyond. Recent adventures have been rafting the Great Siang gorge of the Brahmaputra in the tribal areas ofIndia, participating in the Saami reindeer migration in the frozen North, and the first ever trek to Everest’s Lho La.

Nigel has recently introduced the
use of supplementary oxygen for trekkers on Kilimanjaro, Tanzania to optimise the
potential success rate of summiteers.
He has run projects for 20th Century Fox
Worldwide, Channel 4 TV and Discovery
channel, GKN and NPower, and was part of
the logistics team for Richard Branson’s
Global Challenger balloon project based in
Marrakech and provided some of Richard’s
survival briefings.

A member of the team that successfully
climbed Mt. Everest in 1976, Nigel has been
returning to Nepal ever since. In February
2007 he secured permission from the CAAN
for a high altitude flight with powered
paragliders in front ofthe Everest Massif.
The project was an outstanding success in
Nepal, with the pilots reporting a height of
29,500ft attained. A skydiver with over 1000 descents, he began preparations for the Everest Skydive two years ago, drawing on both his knowledge of the Everest area, its terrain, infrastructure and gaining the support of the Sherpa and Tamang peoples of Solu Khumbu.