Guest spectr Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 did someone survive this? IT IS called the death zone, the height at which jumbo jets fly and where the air is too thin to breathe. Encased in ice and unconscious after being sucked into the zone by a thunderstorm, German paraglider Ewa Wisnerska expected to die, she admitted yesterday. But after blacking out at a height greater than Mount Everest and being pummelled by huge hailstones, Ms Wisnerska came to almost an hour later and piloted herself back down to safety. Her near-death experience happened on Wednesday in the Australian town of Tamworth, 170 miles north-west of Sydney, where 200 paragliders had convened for an international competition due to begin next week. They were on a routine training flight when a sudden storm front whipped up. The storm killed a member of the Chinese team, He Zhongpin, 42. He died from lack of oxygen and extreme cold. Ms Wisnerska, a member of the German team, tried to fly around the storm, but in ten minutes, the warm air and high winds whisked her to the zone where airliners fly, at 30,000ft. Mount Everest is 29,035ft. She was bombarded by hailstones the size of oranges and began to freeze as the air temperature dropped to -50C. The air was so thin that she could not breathe properly and passed out. Ms Wisnerska hung adrift for almost an hour before the paraglider drifted down to 22,700ft and, in the better air, she revived to find herself encased in ice. Ms Wisnerska, whose flight was tracked by her personal GPS and computer, was able to pilot herself back down to earth, and landed about 40 miles from her launch site. She was treated in hospital for severe frostbite to her face and blistering, but was released after an hour. She still plans to compete in next week's biennial championship. "You can't imagine the power. You feel like nothing, like a leaf from a tree going up," Ms Wisnerska said yesterday. "I was shaking all the time. The last thing I remember it was dark. I could hear lightning all around me." She described trying to skirt the thunderstorm and when that failed, repeatedly attempting to spiral against its lift. She eventually decided her chances of survival were "almost zero". She said she radioed her team leader at 13,123ft. "I said, 'I can't do anything. It's raining and hailing and I'm still climbing - I'm lost'. " However, fear turned to delight when she awoke and began to drift down. She recalled that she felt like an astronaut returning from the moon. "I could see the Earth coming - wow, like Apollo 13 - I can see the Earth," she said. Godfrey Wenness, one of Australia's most experienced paraglider pilots, yesterday said that Ms Wisnerska was extremely lucky. He said: "There's no oxygen. She could have suffered brain damage. It's like winning Lotto ten times in a row - the odds of her surviving were that long." This type of storm is relatively common in the Australian summer, routinely striking major cities with hail, heavy rain and destructive winds. http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=258902007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishCarBombs Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 i like google oner's post and status Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madsencarl Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Yeh, the status is gold. And the join date. When did the change from oner to killer take place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango 24 Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 when oz was down? twas the worst time ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madsencarl Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 i think it was before that. but re: the article, australians are tough cunts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango 24 Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 she wasnt an aussie she was german or something i think and it was on wednesday the 13th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madsencarl Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 well fuck her then. but we're still tough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Narnia Loc Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Thats nothing, I recently bought pilot wings for nintendo 64...a little late, but whatever. Im staying away from the Liks and weed and nintendo are enough to zone out and not think about it. ANYWAY, I got a perfect score on Pilot wings so fuck yall. heres a picture of the screen. fuck couldnt find it, lets forget I was ever here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Narnia Loc Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 I feel bad. Heres an image of some little thug ass nigs that appraoched me to asked what I was drinking. I told them beer. They then whipped this big ass bottle out of their jacket and said "You need to start fucking with some real shit." Little dude took a big swig and then bounced. The kids were like 10. ouch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUR X3 Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 You HAVE to live in the bay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_R_O_N Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 silly padawan, to survive one must use the force and use it well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Clothesoff Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 is that kriskros? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupBDC Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Frozen solid on a paraglider 30,000 feet over Australia, and lives. What the fuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldBench Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 that makes me want to paraglide now dope shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dame. Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 thats cool. i want that to happen to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 I think some guy survived 7000ft. parachute jump recenlty.. Both chutes failed.. Said when he gets better he's going back up.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gat Bush Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Green Apple shit. Real nigga shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 haha @ the drinking kids, they're gonna be fucking with some real hangovers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango 24 Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 i think that parachute thing was over here too guy landed i 7 metre thick scrub, blacked out and broke his leg lucky as fuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldBench Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 one chick landed 50mph into the ground,both her chutes failed.. broke like 70% of her body, she was hot... after all the plastic surgery she looked real bad.. i felt bad, but atleast she was alive. saw it on tv in october random story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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