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If you are scared of heights then look away as now as this nerve shredding footage of a a wing suit rider jumping from a mountain needle is sure to induce some sweaty palms.

Filmed on a GoPro camera attached to a helmet, the incredible footage shows the adrenaline junkie standing on a tiny platform 3,400 metres high in the air before bracing himself for the leap of death.

Created by extreme athlete, Tancrede Melet, 31, the Frenchman spent a whopping eight hours climbing a part of the Mont Blanc Massif to make the journey down in around a mere three minutes.

After tip-toeing his way across the mountain side to the République Needle, a location that has never previously been jumped from before, Tancrede is then seen soaring past the jagged landscape of the Chamonix of speeds up top to 100mph.

Kitted out with a state-of-the-art, made-to-measure wing suit, Tancrede has made over 200 previous jumps but admits that he’ll never get used to the thrill.

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