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Paraglider survives high-flying ordeal
Paragliding 2005 World Cup winner Ewa Wisnierska, 35, was lifted to 32,612 feet by a storm that apparently killed a Chinese paraglider in eastern Australia on Wednesday....
He Zhongpin, 42, died during the same weather system, apparently from a lack of oxygen and extreme cold... His body was found 47 miles from his launch site.
...Officials and Wisnierska's ground team used global positioning and radio equipment to track her altitude as she soared well beyond the 29,000-foot plus height of Everest, the world's tallest peak.
She lost consciousness for more than 30 minutes while her glider flew on uncontrolled, sinking and lifting several times...
She regained consciousness at about 1,640 feet and landed safely, but had ice in her lightweight flying suit and frost bite on her face.
Paragliding 2005 World Cup winner Ewa Wisnierska, 35, was lifted to 32,612 feet by a storm that apparently killed a Chinese paraglider in eastern Australia on Wednesday....
He Zhongpin, 42, died during the same weather system, apparently from a lack of oxygen and extreme cold... His body was found 47 miles from his launch site.
...Officials and Wisnierska's ground team used global positioning and radio equipment to track her altitude as she soared well beyond the 29,000-foot plus height of Everest, the world's tallest peak.
She lost consciousness for more than 30 minutes while her glider flew on uncontrolled, sinking and lifting several times...
She regained consciousness at about 1,640 feet and landed safely, but had ice in her lightweight flying suit and frost bite on her face.