Champion Paraglider Sails Higher Than Mount Everest

An adventure can be too extreme, even for extreme adventurers. Championship paraglider Ewa Wisnierska was lifted higher than the top of Mount Everest in a storm, but lived to tell her tale. The champion German paraglider was lifted by wind currents in a storm in eastern Australia. A Chinese paraglider, who was also preparing for the 10th FAI World Paragliding Championships in the same weather system died.