Paraglider survives mid-air collision and freezing night on Vancouver Island mountain - News Summed Up

Paraglider survives mid-air collision and freezing night on Vancouver Island mountain


Days after a paragliding collision about 100 metres in the air left him stranded on a mountain, Rick Heatley says he's ready to soar again. "It kind of destroyed my wing and as she went up through, it pulled out some lines and ripped some fabric. The other pilot got free, Heatley said, but he was in an unrecoverable spin about 90 to 120 metres above the ground. "If you wrap yourself in your glider it actually makes a pretty nice little sleeping bag tent." He hiked as far as he could before it got dark and then covered himself in his glider to avoid freezing.


Source: CBC News April 17, 2019 05:37 UTC



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