A multiple sclerosis sufferer hoping to become the first disabled person to skydive over Mount Everest says he wants his feat of daring to send "a message of hope" to others with the disease.

"I am a happy person. Probably a little crazy . . . just a little. First, happy," 55-year-old Frenchman Marc Kopp told Agence France-Presse in Kathmandu ahead of his scheduled tandem skydive next week.

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