Perris, California (CNN) -- No one has ever intentionally taken a nose dive off the roof of the world before. In the 61 years since Edmund Hillary and sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the top of Mount Everest, most of the 5,000-plus people have descended from the summit the same way they came up: on foot. A few have paraglided down. Joby Ogwyn has other plans. Everest men: On top of the world in 1963 The ultra-daredevil plans to plunge off the world's tallest mountain in May while wearing a custom wing-suit equipped with cameras to share the jump with a TV audience.Like many, Joby Ogwyn has scaled Mount Everest then hiked back downBut now he wants to leap from the top in a special suit and fly to a base campLouisiana native says he has a high threshold for painHe expects to reach speeds of 150 mph during the 10,000-foot flight down
"I never saw myself as a very gifted athlete," said Ogwyn, who was raised in _.