Paragliding Mont Blanc

Video taken on June 26th 2019...the day (probably) 150 paragliders top landed on Mont Blanc.
I was lucky enough to be part of that.
I'll leave it to you to decide if it was stupid or else...
Here are the tracks:
ayvri.com/scene/ogklr0v6kn/cj...
Take off:
ayvri.com/scene/ogklr0v6kn/cj...

[@markandrews6054]

Wow! Stunning. Beautiful video.

[@rocketego1171]

so cool! I loved it!

[@oursful]

Voiles très performantes , mais il faut être un bon pilote également ! Bravo pour cette vidéo, avec quelques commentaires sur la montagne et sans blabla. Vidéo sobre , j'aime bien. J'ai fait le Mont Blanc en 1992 , montée à pied par les trois monts , puis décollage du sommet avec une vielle voile ALNAIR de chez ITV un prototype, finesse 3,2 direct à l'attéro , et fatigué , rien à voir avec maintenant ! Mais c'est le progrès technologique !

[@Lolle94]

Wow what a awesome flight!

[@AlpineFex]

Faster than Kilian Jornet :) Great Video

[@ReveDePiloteACBB]

Merci !! Moi qui faisait du parapente en 1986, avec 3,5 de finesse, ca fait rêver !!

[@robge453]

This must be so great :D

[@Florentin-Parapente]

super video !!!

[@flying3000]

It was a crazy day... I think I saw you !!

[@paragliding-tshirt8791]

Great video :)

[@Drysk]

Excelent!

[@wolfdogaerial2859]

Awesome

[@5ty717]

favorite.

[@PlanetFirst]

Top job

[@michaellee4886]

what a awesome flight! I will make a chance to fly at Chamonix next year. Please let me know which season is the best for thermal flight.

[@micinvit]

I'd say June...I didn't fly that much in Chamonix, but best flights I had were in June (second half...)

[@yvesmathelin5182]

L'envers du Mont-Blanc, rentrer par la traversée des Aiguilles de Chamonix et pour finir les Drus, tout cela juste avec les ascendances - Quel pied !

[@nzmeateater]

Too many people flying there in first half of vid, accident looking for somewhere to happen there. second half was more enjoyable, thanks for shareing 👌

[@WuTangChillaBee]

Would you do that again in trainers?? Also lucky to not hit the pair walking up on take off.

[@olivierpercebois-garve5506]

Some good stuff, but slightly disappointed that you did not topland les Drus.

[@micinvit]

:-)

[@fahdzaa]

Unbelievable. Amazing, looks so fake lol but man its crazy to see. Cant imagine the feeling of real Freedom is up there like that. 👏😍

[@poipoipoi090909]

what is the name of peak on 7:28?

[@micinvit]

Should be... Aiguille de Blaitière

[@larssol1]

Wonderful! Congrats! How long time from take off at 2000 moh to landing in Chamonix? Regards, Lars

[@micinvit]

Hi Lars. "Direct flight" won't take much...10-15 minutes (?). There are two landings (one a bit closer to the cable car), but use the other one ;-) (official).

[@larssol1]

@@micinvit thanks, and the duration of the whole trip?

[@micinvit]

@@larssol1 You mean from takeoff to landing in Chamonix? Around 3,5 - 4hours (including the top landing and an initial "mistake" in the first attempt, that forced me to go back and regain altitude over Chamonix).

[@larssol1]

@@micinvit yes, exactly, thanks, what an adventure it must have been! I understand that toplanding is now forbidden :(

[@jhonkoam2291]

How can you go up ?

[@micinvit]

You have to search for "rising air mass", much like a leaf is lift by wind or/and warmer air that rise. That "rising warm air" is the cause for clouds to form. If is strong (and big) enough, you can fly inside of this "thermal" (that's what is called) and get higher. Even if there are no clouds, it doesn't mean that there are no thermals (in this case, they're called "blu Thermals"). Google it ;-)

[@checkmycatself666]

How long have you been paragliding for?

[@micinvit]

Around 500 h. Some pilots can become very good in short time (flying a lot around the year). I'm not one of those. Is not a question of years, but a question of hours in the air. I was lucky, that day: Right place, right time and exeptional conditions.

[@sysun2]

Which paragliding company that you bought this from?

[@micinvit]

It's a Sky paragliders (CZ) Apollo2 (EN "B"). If you "google it", I'm sure you can find a local dealer

[@Trim1]

Is it allways so crowded?

[@micinvit]

No :-) That was an exceptional day (as weather conditions). Unfortunatelly, after that (and because of that), top landing has been banned :-(

[@MS-ji6oj]

No need to climb Mont Blanc. One can land on its top these days☝️

[@jhonkoam2291]

Paramotor ? Or normal paragliding ?

[@micinvit]

No motor. Just a normal paraglider (you can see, in the video, that all others were normal paragliders)

[@PetrPolach]

Thanks to you we have a new airpace... shame on you!