On Sunday, Marc Kopp, a 55-years-old French man with multiple sclerosis became the first disabled person to sky-dive over Everest.

Marc Kopp who lives in Longwy in France wanted his achievement to send “a message of hope” to others with Multiple Sclerosis.

He has lived with MS for over ten years, after being diagnosed in 2001 with primary progressive multiple sclerosis (a form of Multiple Sclerosis with almost no chance of remission). Speaking prior to the jump, Kopp said: “I felt like I would send a message of hope. Even if you are sick, you are still alive.”

There is no doubt that Kopp felt truly alive when he jumped from the helicopter at 10,000 metres (32,800 feet) and experienced free-fall over Nepal’s Mount Everest Region.