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.