Haziq eyes the North Pole
By HAMDAN RAJA ABDULLAH
SEGAMAT: Young Haziq Azlan has recorded more than 400 parachute jumps since taking up the sport four years ago.
The 19-year-old student, who has taken part in parachuting events in many places, including Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 2004, is setting his sights now on the North Pole.
He will be leading a group of young men intent on making a 1,000m jump from a plane at the North Pole in April.
Thirty-five young parachutists, aged 18 to 27, have started their training at the Segamat Country Club here for the jump, organised by Putera Umno.
Intrepid adventurers: Haziq (second from left) and Abdul Azeez (right) holding up the Putera Umno flag that Haziq brought down with him during a training jump yesterday.The group, shortlisted from 135 Putra Umno members who had applied to join the expedition, will be reduced to 10 after their four-day basic mental and physical training course here in preparation for the mission.
Haziq said his father, Azlan Ismail, 53, an experienced parachutist, had taught him all the necessary skills.
“I hope to help the Putera Umno group parachute onto the North Pole,” he said when interviewed at the camp yesterday.
Asked if he ever felt afraid, he said: “I am always afraid when I leave a plane to make a jump. I pray to God for protection.”
He added that he could not predict the weather and the course of the wind during a jump.
For student Mohd Subri Abdul Karim, 19, from Sandakan, Sabah, it would be a new and challenging experience to jump onto the North Pole.
“I’m always scared in an airplane and jumping from one at more than 1,000m in the sky will be scary. But I want to do it,” said Mohd Subri, who is studying in Kajang.
Speaking to reporters, Putera Umno chief Datuk Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim said the 35 trainees would be given the necessary skills related to parachuting before they leave for the expedition on April 4.
He said the chosen ones would be making the jump onto the North Pole on either April 19 or 20.
“The trainees would first learn to develop self-discipline and physical strength to enable them to become parachutists,” Abdul Azeez said, adding that they would come under the guidance of Malaysian Sports Aviation Federation vice-president Datuk Abdul Rahim Dahlan, who is also an avid parachutist.
Abdul Azeez said the expedition builds on the success of Malaysians who had made solo sailing trips around the world, conquered Mount Everest and swam across the English Channel.
By HAMDAN RAJA ABDULLAH
SEGAMAT: Young Haziq Azlan has recorded more than 400 parachute jumps since taking up the sport four years ago.
The 19-year-old student, who has taken part in parachuting events in many places, including Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 2004, is setting his sights now on the North Pole.
He will be leading a group of young men intent on making a 1,000m jump from a plane at the North Pole in April.
Thirty-five young parachutists, aged 18 to 27, have started their training at the Segamat Country Club here for the jump, organised by Putera Umno.
Intrepid adventurers: Haziq (second from left) and Abdul Azeez (right) holding up the Putera Umno flag that Haziq brought down with him during a training jump yesterday.The group, shortlisted from 135 Putra Umno members who had applied to join the expedition, will be reduced to 10 after their four-day basic mental and physical training course here in preparation for the mission.
Haziq said his father, Azlan Ismail, 53, an experienced parachutist, had taught him all the necessary skills.
“I hope to help the Putera Umno group parachute onto the North Pole,” he said when interviewed at the camp yesterday.
Asked if he ever felt afraid, he said: “I am always afraid when I leave a plane to make a jump. I pray to God for protection.”
He added that he could not predict the weather and the course of the wind during a jump.
For student Mohd Subri Abdul Karim, 19, from Sandakan, Sabah, it would be a new and challenging experience to jump onto the North Pole.
“I’m always scared in an airplane and jumping from one at more than 1,000m in the sky will be scary. But I want to do it,” said Mohd Subri, who is studying in Kajang.
Speaking to reporters, Putera Umno chief Datuk Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim said the 35 trainees would be given the necessary skills related to parachuting before they leave for the expedition on April 4.
He said the chosen ones would be making the jump onto the North Pole on either April 19 or 20.
“The trainees would first learn to develop self-discipline and physical strength to enable them to become parachutists,” Abdul Azeez said, adding that they would come under the guidance of Malaysian Sports Aviation Federation vice-president Datuk Abdul Rahim Dahlan, who is also an avid parachutist.
Abdul Azeez said the expedition builds on the success of Malaysians who had made solo sailing trips around the world, conquered Mount Everest and swam across the English Channel.
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