The New Zealand mother of international singers Daniel and Natasha Bedingfield is among a group to tackle an adrenaline-fuelled skydive from above Mt Everest this week.
Another New Zealander, veteran skydiver Wendy Smith, was elated to have been one of three to jump from a record height of almost 9000m (29,500 feet) above the world's tallest peak yesterday.
It was "simply stunning," she told the BBC.
Molly Bedingfield, formerly from Northland but now living in the UK, is now waiting her turn to make the jump for charity.
Smith and Bedingfield are part of an international group of 32 amateur and professional skydivers who have paid $NZ35,000 each for the challenge.
While Smith, Canadian Neil Jones, and Briton Holly Budge jumped from a record height, others in the team are tackling the lower, but still formidable altitude of 5500m (18,000 feet).
The record-breaking trio took 10 minutes to land at Syangboche, the world's highest drop zone at 3761m.
They freefell for one minute, at speeds of up to 290kmh in temperatures of -40degC, before their parachutes opened.
Due to the thin air, their parachutes were three times the size of regular ones, and the jumpers used oxygen tanks strapped to their waists.
They also wore thermal gear to keep out the freezing temperatures as they leapt out of the plane at 8940m.
The group have spent a week to the base camp in order to acclimatise to the altitude.
Among the group is a 72-year-old scientist, a Red Devils freefall member, a former soldier; and Molly Bedingfield, the mother of singers Natasha and Daniel.
Somerset-based climber Nigel Gifford, who himself scaled Everest the traditional way in 1976, has spent two years planning the jumps.
"This has never been done before. I get a tingle down my spine every time I think about it," he said.
