Friday, February 16, 2007

Five miles up and lives to tell about it

Wow. Somebody was definitely looking out for this woman.

A German champion paraglider says she survived being lifted higher than Mount Everest by a thunderstorm that killed a Chinese paraglider in eastern Australia. Paragliding 2005 World Cup winner Ewa Wisnierska, 35, says she was lifted 32,612 feet above sea level by a storm Wednesday near Manilla in New South Wales state while preparing for the 10th FAI World Paragliding Championships next week. Everest tops out at 29,035 feet.

The Sydney Morning Herald said Wisnierska told Australian radio that doctors think she's still alive because she passed out for a while, slowing her bodily functions.

Australia has had some real whoppers lately. Last month, a diver in Australia was spit out by a shark who tried to swallow him.

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