India's 1st Civilian BASE Jumper Archana Sardana Takes Thrill To New Heights With Scuba Diving

Breaking through age and gender barriers, Archana Sardana achieved the remarkable feat of becoming India's first civilian BASE jumper at the age of 40.

Archana Sardana, India's pioneering female civilian BASE jumper, has completed 335 skydives and multiple BASE jumps across the globe. She has also become the first woman master scuba diver trainer in India. ( Image Source :Archana Sardana )

What are the most thrilling adventure sports you can think of? Skiing, rock climbing, paragliding, kayaking, skydiving? Here's one more: BASE (Building, Antenna, Span, Earth) Jumping. Similar to skydiving, this extreme sport, however, doesn't involve an airplane. BASE jumping entails parachuting from a fixed object. This extremely dangerous sport hasn't had many opportunities in India so far, but we do have one woman setting records.  Archana Sardana, India's pioneering civilian BASE