(DaveB) wrote:
32,000 ft. must be a new worlds record for paragliding.

A couple of weeks ago, another paraglider that was training for the same
competition had a little bird strike problem:

From http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070202/...ia_eagles_dc_1 :

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CANBERRA, Feb 2 (Reuters Life!) - Britain's top female paraglider has
cheated death after being attacked by a pair of "screeching" wild eagles
while competition flying in Australia.

Nicky Moss, 38, watched terrified as two huge birds began tearing into
her parachute canopy, one becoming tangled in her lines and clawing at
her head 2,500 meters (8,200ft) in the air.

"I heard screeching behind me and a eagle flew down and attacked me,
swooping down and bouncing into the side of my wing with its claws,"
Moss told Reuters on Friday.

"Then another one appeared and together they launched a sustained
attack on my glider, tearing at the wing."
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Matt Roberds

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