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First person to base jump off Mont Blanc

July 11th, 2011

Check out this video of the first person to base jump off Mont Blanc, Valery Rozov.

Valery launched himself from the Grand Pilier d’Angle at 4243m on the South face of Mont Blanc and freefell for 800m at speeds of up to 200km/h before landing on the Brenva glacier at 3100m.

He had planned to land further down in a valley near the Italian town of Courmayeur but the wind picked up and Valery had to make a last-minute decision to shorted his jump and land on the glacier.

Valery and his team set off on Monday and ascended via the Eccles Bivouac (3850m) and the Col de Peuterey (3934m) before arriving at the launch site at the Grand Pilier d’Angle in time to make the jump at dawn on Thursday 7th July 2011.

Keywords 2011, base jumping, mont blanc, red bull, summer 2011, Valery Rozov

Today's Weather

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TODAY - THURSDAY MAY 17 2012 Sunny - cold in the morning - mild in the afternoon SKY CONDITION : clear or partly cloudy - thickening high cloud from the west during the afternoon. Period of sunshine close to 85%. PRECIPITATION : none. WIND - ground level : variable light - light to moderate afternoon thermal breeze. WIND - mid mountain : variable -> S light. WIND - high mountain : NW moderate to strong -> W light to moderate. TEMPERATURE : low -2 C - high +17 C - temperature inversion toward 1500 m. ISOTHERM 0 C : 2400 -> 3300 m. ISOTHERM -10 C : 3900 -> 4700 m.