Imagine innocently paragliding one day when a thunderstorm whips through suddenly and throws you 32,000 feet in the air.
“There’s no oxygen. She could have suffered brain damage. But she came to again at a height of 6,900 metres with ice all over her body and slowly descended herself,” said Godfrey Wenness, the event organizer and one of Australia’s most experienced paraglider pilots.This entry is filed under Scary, Sports. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
February 20th, 2007 at 11:47 pm
!!! 32,000 ft !!! They turn off the seatbelt sign and bring me a scotch at 32,000. WTF.
BTW, she says heard lightning. Hmmmm.