Sports extremists strike me as plain lucky sometimes. This is almost like the nutter who skied down Everest or the skateboarder who took on Mount Whistler after being helicoptered to the summit, if less deliberate. Do we have any paragliders posting here?Ewa Wisnierska, 35, passed out due to a lack of oxygen and flew unconscious for up to an hour covered in ice after reaching an altitude of 9947 metres - near the cruising height of a jumbo jet.
Mr Wenness said her injuries were severe. "She's got bruises all over her body from the hail stones and she's recovering from frostbite to her extremities. She's got bandages over her head because her ears nearly got frozen off." "She just remembers going up, lightning around her in the cloud and she doesn't remember anything until coming to again." He said the size of the hail stones was up to 15 centimetres in diameter. "Apples, oranges, up to rockmelon size. And her glider kept flying perfectly which is the amazing thing in this whole thing. "Basically she can't believe that she's alive.'
Sergeant Scott Tanner of Manilla police said Wisnierska landed between Barraba and Niagra, 60 kilometres away from her launch site. "She was treated in hospital and discharged with frostbite injuries to her face," he said. A Bureau of Meteorology spokesman said the temperature in the storm at 9,000 metres would have been lower than minus-40 degrees.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/02/ ... ntentSwap1
Extreme sports
Extreme sports
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
Extreme sports
I just heard her tell her story on the news this morning. 
I Agree Spot she was one lucky person.
My Brotherinlaw Helicpoter Skies all over the world, just plain nuts if you ask me. :-3
I Agree Spot she was one lucky person. My Brotherinlaw Helicpoter Skies all over the world, just plain nuts if you ask me. :-3
ALOHA!!
MOTTO TO LIVE BY:
"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, champagne in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming.
WOO HOO!!, what a ride!!!"
MOTTO TO LIVE BY:
"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, champagne in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming.
WOO HOO!!, what a ride!!!"