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Flying High

Posted by Vikas Sah on Tuesday, March 6, 2007

An Australian storm carried two paragliders 32,000 feet high – 2965 feet higher that Mt. Everest.

Eva Wisnierska blacked out for 40 minutes during the ordeal, in which she suffered only frostbite and minor bruising. The other glider, He Zhongpin, was killed by lightening.

(Source: Time Magazine)

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