The idea of pulling a large parachute behind you until the wind catches it, then running down a mountainside until you're swept up into the air… is called paragliding. Some might argue that what was just described sounds more like a nightmare. For professional paraglider, 36 year old Ewa Wisnierska, back in 2007 at the Manilla XC Open - it was a little bit of both.

 

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Sources:

Miracle in the Storm (2010) Documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TUIGvIkDDs

 

BBC Interview with Ewa

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p05ky78m

 

2007 World Championship Results

https://www.fai.org/sites/default/files/civl/documents/10th_fai_world_paragliding_championships_female.pdf

https://www.fai.org/sites/default/files/civl/documents/10th_fai_world_paragliding_championships_overall.pdf

 

http://xcopen.org/index.php/competitions/37-2007-xc-open-manilla

 

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