{"id":100196,"date":"2014-11-09T09:45:54","date_gmt":"2014-11-09T16:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/?p=100196"},"modified":"2014-11-09T09:50:04","modified_gmt":"2014-11-09T16:50:04","slug":"video-french-thrillseeker-uses-wing-suit-off-11200ft-mont-blancs-needle-of-the-republique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/?p=100196","title":{"rendered":"Video &#8211; French thrillseeker uses wing suit off 11,200ft Mont Blanc&#8217;s Needle of the Republique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>After tip-toeing his way across the mountain side to the R\u00e9publique 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.<\/p>\n<p>Kitted out with a state-of-the-art, made-to-measure wing suit, Tancrede has made over 200 previous jumps but admits that he&#8217;ll never get used to the thrill.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hSPmRA11yLE?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\" target=\"_blank\">Stoked News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-skydiving-base-jumping-hang-gliding-paragliding","category-video-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=100196"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100201,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100196\/revisions\/100201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=100196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=100196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=100196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}